Acting

Anne Meara

Born 1929-09-20 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died 2015-05-23

Anne Meara (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of the prominent 1960s comedy team Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor, director, and producer Ben Stiller. She was also featured on stage, on television, and in numerous films and later became a playwright. During her career, Meara was nominated for four Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and she won a Writers Guild Award as a co-writer for the television movie The Other Woman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Meara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Newest first

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
2015
Simpler Times
as Gloria
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Winnie (voice)
2014
Another Harvest Moon
as Ella
2010
Gravity
as Mrs. Talbot
2010
When the Evening Comes
as Marion Corrado
2009
Fired!
as Self
2007
Head Case
as Self
2007
Night at the Museum
as Debbie
2006
Four Kings
as Ruth
2006
Crooked Lines
as Hard Boiled
2003
Good Morning, Miami
as Evelyn
2002
Like Mike
as Sister Theresa
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
Get Well Soon
as Linda
2001
Zoolander
as Protestor (uncredited)
2001
What Makes a Family
as Evelyn Cataldi
2001
The Independent
as Rita
2000
Ed
as Barbara Gennacarro
2000
Chump Change
as Casting Director
2000
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
as Self
1999
Judy Berlin
as Bea
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ida Becker
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Irene Kerns
1999
A Fish in the Bathtub
as Molly
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
The Thin Pink Line
as Mrs. Langstrom
1998
The King of Queens
as Veronica Olchin
1998
Will & Grace
as Mrs. Friedman
1998
The King of Queens
as Mary Finnegan
1998
Southie
as Mrs. Quinn
1998
Sex and the City
as Mary Brady
1998
The View
as Self
1997
Oz
as Aunt Brenda O'Reily
1997
Jitters
as Louise Domino
1997
The Daytrippers
as Rita Malone
1997
Kiss of Death
as Bev's Mother
1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Heavyweights
as Alice Bushkin
1995
The Mother
as Mrs. Geegan
1994
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Holly Hoyt
1994
Reality Bites
as Louise
1994
Good Advice
as Dooley Harold
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Donna DiGrazi
1993
Through an Open Window
as Madeline Jason
1992
Highway to Hell
as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)
1991
Performance
as Mrs Geegan
1991
The Sunset Gang
as Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
1991
Awakenings
as Miriam
1990
That's Adequate
as Charlene Lane
1989
Murphy Brown
1988
Monsters
as Greta
1988
In the Heat of the Night
1988
The Hustler of Money
as Barmaid
1987
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
as Mrs. Salters
1987
ALF
as Dorothy Halligan
1986
ALF
Writer
1986
My Little Girl
as Mrs. Shopper
1986
The Perils of P.K
1986
The Longshot
as Madge
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Winnie Tupper Banner
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Mae Shaughnessy
1984
The Other Woman
as Peg Gilford
1983
The Other Woman
Writer
1983
American Playhouse
as Bernice Shapiro (segment 'Yiddish', 'The Detective')
1982
Fame
as Mrs. Sherwood
1980
Archie Bunker's Place
as Veronica Rooney
1979
Time Express
1979
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Curry
1978
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977
The Love Boat
as Margaret Hanrahan
1977
The Love Boat
as Rose Vitelli
1977
The Love Boat
as Minnie Dunlop
1977
Nasty Habits
as Sister Geraldine
1977
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Bartender (uncredited)
1975
Kate McShane
as Kate McShane
1975