What Ever Happened to Edith Bunker?!
Question:
What Ever Happened to Edith Bunker?
I never saw the ALL IN THE FAMILY episode where they explain what happened to Edith? What happened on the show? And what happened in real life? Was her contract not renewed? Did she need to be released to do another show?
All of the sudden, Archie is living with a little girl? And who was she?!!!!!
Answers:
Stapleton remained with the show all through the original series run, but decided to leave before the first season of Archie Bunker's Place had wrapped up. At that point, Edith was written out as having suffered a stroke and died off camera, leaving Archie to deal with the death of his beloved "dingbat
Edith's 9-year old niece, Stephanie Mills. The Bunkers took her in after the child's father, Floyd Mills, abandoned her on their doorstep in 1978. (He later extorted money from them to allow her to stay with them.) She would remain with the show through its transition to Archie Bunker's Place.