Alice Drummond

Actor May 21 (died age 88) Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA 1962–2020 (58 year career)

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Biography

Alice Elizabeth Drummond (née Ruyter; May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016) was an American actress. A veteran Off-Broadway performer, she was nominated in 1970 for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Mrs. Lee in The Chinese by Murray Schisgal. She may be best known as Alice, the librarian, in the opening scenes of the 1984 horror-comedy Ghostbusters.

Known For

Film

Ghostbusters

Librarian

Film

Awakenings

Lucy Fishman

Film

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Mrs. Finkle

Film

Synecdoche, New York

Actress Playing Frances

Film

Doubt

Sister Veronica

Film

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Clara

Film

After.Life

Mrs. Hutton

Film

Running on Empty

Mrs. Powell

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (52)

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

as Self

Furry Vengeance

as Mrs. Martin

After.Life

as Mrs. Hutton

Motherhood

as Edith

Synecdoche, New York

as Actress Playing Frances

Doubt

as Sister Veronica

Chronic Town

as Elizabeth

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

as Rose

The Honeymooners

as Miss Benvenuti

House of D

as Mrs. Brevoort

Pieces of April

as Grandma Dottie

The Rising Place

as Aunt Millie

Joe Gould's Secret

as Helen

Earthly Possessions

as Old Woman in Jalopy

The Love Letter

as Postal Clerk

I'll Take You There

as Stella

Advice From a Caterpillar

as Diner Grandmother

Just the Ticket

as Lady with Cash

In & Out

as Aunt Susan

Office Killer

as Carlotta Douglas

'Til There Was You

as Harriet

Commandments

as Mrs. Mann

Walking and Talking

as Betsy

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

as Clara

Jeffrey

as Grandma Rose

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

as Mrs. Finkle

Nobody's Fool

as Hattie

I.Q.

as Dinner Guest

Money for Nothing

as Mrs. Breen

Daybreak

as Anna

Awakenings

as Lucy Fishman

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

as Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

6.2

Money, Power, Murder.

as Helen

Animal Behavior

as Site Committee

Nikki and Alexander

as Mrs Klein

The Suicide Club

Running on Empty

as Mrs. Powell

Funny Farm

as Mrs. Ethel Dinges

The House on Carroll Street

as Woman at Hearing

Ghostbusters

as Librarian

You Can't Take it With You

1984

as Gay Wellington

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1982

as Governor's Secretary

6.2

Eyewitness

1981

as Mrs. Eunice Deever

Hide in Plain Sight

as Mrs. Novack

Sanctuary of Fear

as Grace Barringer

King of the Gypsies

as Zharko's Nurse

Thieves

as Mrs. Ramsey

Secret Service

as Mrs. Varney

Man on a Swing

as Mrs. Dawson

Particular Men

Where’s Poppa?

as Woman in Elevator

The Dog Lover

Television (15)

Boston Legal

as Lydia Tuffalo

The Jury

as Mrs. Shroeder

Spin City

as Sondra Spencer

New York News

Frannie's Turn

as Rosa Escobar

Law & Order

as Zelda

Lenny

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Juror

The Equalizer

as Kind Woman

Night Court

as Mavis Tuttle

Kate & Allie

Park Place

Great Performances

as Mrs. Varney

Where the Heart Is