(CNN) -- Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as Archie Bunker's wife in the groundbreaking TV 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," has died, her son said Saturday..
She was 90 years old.
Stapleton was an accomplished stage actress who had many television roles during her career. But her breakout role was as Edith Bunker -- the kind-hearted foil to husband Archie, played by the late Carroll O'Connor -- which earned her three Emmy awards.
