Anne Meara
Acting • Born 1929-09-20 – Died 2015-05-23
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.
Filmography
109 credits
Fame
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Sherwood
Awakenings
Movie • 1990
Miriam
The Out-of-Towners
Movie • 1970
Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station
My Little Girl
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Shopper
Like Mike
Movie • 2002
Sister Theresa
Judy Berlin
Movie • 1999
Bea
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Movie • 1995
Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie • 1970
Wilma
The Thin Pink Line
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Langstrom
Heavyweights
Movie • 1995
Alice Bushkin
Highway to Hell
Movie • 1991
Medea (waitress in Pluto's)
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
Movie • 1972
Self
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Movie • 1994
Holly Hoyt
The Mother
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Geegan
The Daytrippers
Movie • 1997
Rita Malone
Southie
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Quinn
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
Movie • 1999
Self
Through an Open Window
Movie • 1992
Madeline Jason
What Makes a Family
Movie • 2001
Evelyn Cataldi
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Movie • 1999
A Fish in the Bathtub
Movie • 1999
Molly
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Salters
Zoolander
Movie • 2001
Protestor (uncredited)
Nasty Habits
Movie • 1977
Sister Geraldine
Another Harvest Moon
Movie • 2010
Ella
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
Movie • 1977
When the Evening Comes
Movie • 2009
Marion Corrado
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Movie • 2014
Winnie (voice)
Kate McShane
Movie • 1975
Kate McShane
The Sunset Gang
Movie • 1991
Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
Jitters
Movie • 1997
Louise Domino
The Perils of P.K
Movie • 1986
Crooked Lines
Movie • 2003
Hard Boiled
That's Adequate
Movie • 1989
Charlene Lane
The Independent
Movie • 2000
Rita
The Boys from Brazil
Movie • 1978
Mrs. Curry
Night at the Museum
Movie • 2006
Debbie
Reality Bites
Movie • 1994
Louise
The Longshot
Movie • 1986
Madge
Simpler Times
Movie • 2014
Gloria
The Hustler of Money
Movie • 1987
Barmaid
Dames at Sea
Movie • 1971
Joan
Kiss of Death
Movie • 1995
Bev's Mother
Get Well Soon
Movie • 2001
Linda
The Irish Whiskey Rebellion
Movie • 1972
Goldie Fain-Follies Star
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Movie • 1977
Fired!
Movie • 2007
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Movie • 2015
Self
The Other Woman
Movie • 1983
Peg Gilford
Chump Change
Movie • 2000
Casting Director
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie • 2002
Self
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Ninotchka
Movie • 1960
Anna
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Winnie Tupper Banner
In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988
Rhoda
TV • 1974
The Sonny and Cher Show
TV • 1976
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Margaret Hanrahan
Ed
TV • 2000
Barbara Gennacarro
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Oz
TV • 1997
Aunt Brenda O'Reily
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
The King of Queens
TV • 1998
Veronica Olchin
Archie Bunker's Place
TV • 1979
Veronica Rooney
ALF
TV • 1986
Dorothy Halligan
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Mrs. Friedman
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Donna DiGrazi
Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Hullabaloo
TV • 1965
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
The Paul Lynde Show
TV • 1972
Grace Dickerson
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Betty Blake
The Corner Bar
TV • 1972
That's Life
TV • 1968
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ida Becker
Kate McShane
TV • 1975
Kate McShane
The Greatest Gift
TV • 1954
Gravity
TV • 2010
Mrs. Talbot
Tony Orlando and Dawn
TV • 1974
Self
Time Express
TV • 1979
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Irene Kerns
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Mae Shaughnessy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV • 1969
Bunny Sterling
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV • 1969
Annie Dempsey
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Rose Miller
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Head Case
TV • 2007
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Hostess
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Rose Vitelli
The King of Queens
TV • 1998
Mary Finnegan
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Mary Brady
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Janet Ferguson
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Martha
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Good Advice
TV • 1993
Dooley Harold
Four Kings
TV • 2006
Ruth
Great Performances
TV • 1971
The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self
Linus the Lionhearted
TV • 1964
Performance
TV • 1991
Mrs Geegan
Good Morning, Miami
TV • 2002
Evelyn
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Bartender (uncredited)