Anne Meara

ActorWriter Sep 20 (died age 85) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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Biography

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 movi…

Known For

Film

Awakenings

Miriam

Film

Night at the Museum

Debbie

Film

ALF

Writer

Film

Zoolander

Protestor (uncredited)

Film

Reality Bites

Louise

Film

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Winnie (voice)

Film

The Boys from Brazil

Mrs. Curry

Film

Fame

Mrs. Sherwood

Filmography

Acting (102)

Movies (53)

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

2025

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015

as Self

Planes: Fire & Rescue

2014

as Winnie (voice)

6.2

Simpler Times

2014

as Gloria

Another Harvest Moon

2010

as Ella

4.7

When the Evening Comes

2009

as Marion Corrado

Fired!

as Self

Night at the Museum

as Debbie

Crooked Lines

as Hard Boiled

Like Mike

as Sister Theresa

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

2002

as Self

6.5

Zoolander

2001

as Protestor (uncredited)

What Makes a Family

as Evelyn Cataldi

Get Well Soon

as Linda

The Independent

as Rita

Chump Change

as Casting Director

Judy Berlin

as Bea

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999

as Molly

6.6

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

1999

as Self

5.3

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

Southie

as Mrs. Quinn

The Thin Pink Line

as Mrs. Langstrom

Jitters

as Louise Domino

The Daytrippers

as Rita Malone

Heavyweights

as Alice Bushkin

Kiss of Death

as Bev's Mother

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Reality Bites

as Louise

The Mother

as Mrs. Geegan

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

1994

as Holly Hoyt

5.5

Through an Open Window

1992

as Madeline Jason

Highway to Hell

1991

as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)

5.8

The Sunset Gang

1991

as Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")

Awakenings

as Miriam

That's Adequate

as Charlene Lane

The Hustler of Money

as Barmaid

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

1987

as Mrs. Salters

The Longshot

as Madge

My Little Girl

as Mrs. Shopper

The Perils of P.K

The Other Woman

as Peg Gilford

Fame

as Mrs. Sherwood

The Boys from Brazil

as Mrs. Curry

Nasty Habits

as Sister Geraldine

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

1977

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

1977

Kate McShane

1975

as Kate McShane

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

1972

as Goldie Fain-Follies Star

3.0

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking

1972

as Self

Dames at Sea

1971

as Joan

6.0

The Out-of-Towners

1970

as Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station

6.7

Lovers and Other Strangers

1970

as Wilma

4.9

Ninotchka

1960

as Anna

Television (49)

Gravity

as Mrs. Talbot

Head Case

as Self

Four Kings

as Ruth

Good Morning, Miami

as Evelyn

as Barbara Gennacarro

7.7

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Ida Becker

Sex and the City

as Mary Brady

Will & Grace

as Mrs. Friedman

The King of Queens

as Mary Finnegan

The View

as Self

as Aunt Brenda O'Reily

8.0

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Donna DiGrazi

Good Advice

as Dooley Harold

Performance

as Mrs Geegan

Murphy Brown

In the Heat of the Night

ALF

as Dorothy Halligan

Murder, She Wrote

as Winnie Tupper Banner

7.5

Archie Bunker's Place

as Veronica Rooney

Time Express

The Love Boat

as Margaret Hanrahan

Donny & Marie

as Self

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976

6.8

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Bartender (uncredited)

Kate McShane

as Kate McShane

Rhoda

Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self

Temperatures Rising

The Paul Lynde Show

as Grace Dickerson

The Corner Bar

Great Performances

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

Love, American Style

as Martha

Medical Center

as Rose Miller

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Bunny Sterling

That's Life

as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self

7.7

Hullabaloo

1965

as Self

Linus the Lionhearted

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Hostess

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Greatest Gift

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Betty Blake

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

The Other Woman

1983

Writer

3.3

Television (1)

ALF

1986

Writer

7.7