Anne Meara

Anne Meara

Known for
Acting
Born
September 20, 1929
Died
May 23, 2015 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 movie The Other Woman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Meara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost poster

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity poster

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Movie · as Self

2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue poster

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Movie · as Winnie (voice)

2014
Simpler Times poster

Simpler Times

Movie · as Gloria

2010
Another Harvest Moon poster

Another Harvest Moon

Movie · as Ella

2010
Gravity poster

Gravity

TV · as Mrs. Talbot · 1 ep

2009
When the Evening Comes

When the Evening Comes

Movie · as Marion Corrado

2007
Fired! poster

Fired!

Movie · as Self

2007
Head Case poster

Head Case

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Night at the Museum poster

Night at the Museum

Movie · as Debbie

2006
Four Kings poster

Four Kings

TV · as Ruth · 1 ep

2003
Crooked Lines poster

Crooked Lines

Movie · as Hard Boiled

2002
Like Mike poster

Like Mike

Movie · as Sister Theresa

2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories poster

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

Movie · as Self

2002
Good Morning, Miami poster

Good Morning, Miami

TV · as Evelyn · 1 ep

2001
What Makes a Family poster

What Makes a Family

Movie · as Evelyn Cataldi

2001
Zoolander poster

Zoolander

Movie · as Protestor (uncredited)

2001
Get Well Soon poster

Get Well Soon

Movie · as Linda

2000
The Independent poster

The Independent

Movie · as Rita

2000
Chump Change poster

Chump Change

Movie · as Casting Director

2000
Ed poster

Ed

TV · as Barbara Gennacarro · 1 ep

1999
Judy Berlin poster

Judy Berlin

Movie · as Bea

1999
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller poster

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

Movie · as Self

1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man poster

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

Movie

1999
A Fish in the Bathtub poster

A Fish in the Bathtub

Movie · as Molly

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Ida Becker, Irene Kerns · 1 ep

1998
The Thin Pink Line poster

The Thin Pink Line

Movie · as Mrs. Langstrom

1998
Southie poster

Southie

Movie · as Mrs. Quinn

1998
The King of Queens poster

The King of Queens

TV · as Veronica Olchin, Mary Finnegan · 9 eps

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Mrs. Friedman · 1 ep

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Mary Brady · 4 eps

1997
The Daytrippers poster

The Daytrippers

Movie · as Rita Malone

1997
Jitters poster

Jitters

Movie · as Louise Domino

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Oz poster

Oz

TV · as Aunt Brenda O'Reily · 2 eps

1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger poster

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Movie

1995
Heavyweights poster

Heavyweights

Movie · as Alice Bushkin

1995
Kiss of Death poster

Kiss of Death

Movie · as Bev's Mother

1994
The Search for One-eye Jimmy poster

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

Movie · as Holly Hoyt

1994
The Mother poster

The Mother

Movie · as Mrs. Geegan

1994
Reality Bites poster

Reality Bites

Movie · as Louise

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Donna DiGrazi · 1 ep

1993
Good Advice poster

Good Advice

TV · as Dooley Harold · 1 ep

1992
Through an Open Window poster

Through an Open Window

Movie · as Madeline Jason

1991
Highway to Hell poster

Highway to Hell

Movie · as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)

1991
The Sunset Gang poster

The Sunset Gang

Movie · as Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Mrs Geegan · 1 ep

1990
Awakenings poster

Awakenings

Movie · as Miriam

1989
That's Adequate poster

That's Adequate

Movie · as Charlene Lane

1988
In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night

TV · 1 ep

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · 1 ep

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Greta · 1 ep

1987
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

Movie · as Mrs. Salters

1987
The Hustler of Money poster

The Hustler of Money

Movie · as Barmaid

1986
My Little Girl poster

My Little Girl

Movie · as Mrs. Shopper

1986
The Perils of P.K poster

The Perils of P.K

Movie

1986
The Longshot poster

The Longshot

Movie · as Madge

1986
ALF poster

ALF

TV · as Dorothy Halligan · 8 eps

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Winnie Tupper Banner, Mae Shaughnessy · 1 ep

1983
The Other Woman poster

The Other Woman

Movie · as Peg Gilford

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Bernice Shapiro (segment 'Yiddish', 'The Detective') · 1 ep

1980
Fame poster

Fame

Movie · as Mrs. Sherwood

1979
Archie Bunker's Place poster

Archie Bunker's Place

TV · as Veronica Rooney · 50 eps

1979
Time Express poster

Time Express

TV · 1 ep

1978
The Boys from Brazil poster

The Boys from Brazil

Movie · as Mrs. Curry

1977
Nasty Habits poster

Nasty Habits

Movie · as Sister Geraldine

1977
Dick Clark's Good Old Days poster

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

Movie

1977
'Twas the Night Before Christmas poster

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Movie

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Margaret Hanrahan, Rose Vitelli, Minnie Dunlop · 1 ep

1976
The Sonny and Cher Show poster

The Sonny and Cher Show

TV · 1 ep

1976
Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1975
Kate McShane poster

Kate McShane

Movie · as Kate McShane

1975
Kate McShane poster

Kate McShane

TV · as Kate McShane · 10 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Bartender (uncredited) · 1 ep

1974
Rhoda poster

Rhoda

TV · 3 eps

1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn poster

Tony Orlando and Dawn

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1972
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking poster

Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking

Movie · as Self

1972
The Irish Whiskey Rebellion poster

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

Movie · as Goldie Fain-Follies Star

1972
Temperatures Rising poster

Temperatures Rising

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Paul Lynde Show poster

The Paul Lynde Show

TV · as Grace Dickerson · 2 eps

1972
The Corner Bar

The Corner Bar

TV · 16 eps

1971
Dames at Sea poster

Dames at Sea

Movie · as Joan

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · 1 ep

1970
The Out-of-Towners poster

The Out-of-Towners

Movie · as Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station

1970
Lovers and Other Strangers poster

Lovers and Other Strangers

Movie · as Wilma

1970
The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father poster

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

TV · as Bunny Sterling, Annie Dempsey · 1 ep

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · as Rose Miller · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Janet Ferguson, Martha · 1 ep

1968
That's Life

That's Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1965
Hullabaloo poster

Hullabaloo

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
Linus the Lionhearted poster

Linus the Lionhearted

TV · 3 eps

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 14 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 25 eps

1960
Ninotchka

Ninotchka

Movie · as Anna

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1954
The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift

TV · 218 eps

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Betty Blake · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 8 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep