Anne Meara

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

All Movies (53)

• Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity2015 · as Self
• Simpler Times2014 · as Gloria
• Planes: Fire & Rescue2014 · as Winnie (voice)
• Another Harvest Moon2010 · as Ella
• When the Evening Comes2009 · as Marion Corrado
• Fired!2007 · as Self
• Night at the Museum2006 · as Debbie
• Crooked Lines2003 · as Hard Boiled
• Like Mike2002 · as Sister Theresa
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · as Self
• Get Well Soon2001 · as Linda
• Zoolander2001 · as Protestor (uncredited)
• What Makes a Family2001 · as Evelyn Cataldi
• The Independent2000 · as Rita
• Chump Change2000 · as Casting Director
• The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller1999 · as Self
• Judy Berlin1999 · as Bea
• A Fish in the Bathtub1999 · as Molly
• The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man1999
• The Thin Pink Line1998 · as Mrs. Langstrom
• Southie1998 · as Mrs. Quinn
• Jitters1997 · as Louise Domino
• The Daytrippers1997 · as Rita Malone
• Kiss of Death1995 · as Bev's Mother
• Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger1995
• Heavyweights1995 · as Alice Bushkin
• The Mother1994 · as Mrs. Geegan
• The Search for One-eye Jimmy1994 · as Holly Hoyt
• Reality Bites1994 · as Louise
• Through an Open Window1992 · as Madeline Jason
• Highway to Hell1991 · as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)
• The Sunset Gang1991 · as Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
• Awakenings1990 · as Miriam
• That's Adequate1989 · as Charlene Lane
• The Hustler of Money1987 · as Barmaid
• The Day They Came to Arrest the Book1987 · as Mrs. Salters
• My Little Girl1986 · as Mrs. Shopper
• The Perils of P.K1986
• The Longshot1986 · as Madge
• The Other Woman1983 · as Peg Gilford
• Fame1980 · as Mrs. Sherwood
• The Boys from Brazil1978 · as Mrs. Curry
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas1977
• Dick Clark's Good Old Days1977
• Nasty Habits1977 · as Sister Geraldine
• Kate McShane1975 · as Kate McShane
• Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking1972 · as Self
• The Irish Whiskey Rebellion1972 · as Goldie Fain-Follies Star
• Dames at Sea1971 · as Joan
• Lovers and Other Strangers1970 · as Wilma
• The Out-of-Towners1970 · as Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station
• Ninotchka1960 · as Anna

All TV Shows (58)

• Gravity2010 · as Mrs. Talbot
• Head Case2007 · as Self
• Four Kings2006 · as Ruth
• Good Morning, Miami2002 · as Evelyn
• Ed2000 · as Barbara Gennacarro
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Ida Becker
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Irene Kerns
• The King of Queens1998 · as Veronica Olchin
• Will & Grace1998 · as Mrs. Friedman
• The King of Queens1998 · as Mary Finnegan
• Sex and the City1998 · as Mary Brady
• The View1997 · as Self
• Oz1997 · as Aunt Brenda O'Reily
• Good Advice1993 · as Dooley Harold
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Donna DiGrazi
• Performance1991 · as Mrs Geegan
• Murphy Brown1988
• Monsters1988 · as Greta
• In the Heat of the Night1988
• ALF1986 · as Dorothy Halligan
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Winnie Tupper Banner
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Mae Shaughnessy
• Archie Bunker's Place1979 · as Veronica Rooney
• Time Express1979
• The Love Boat1977 · as Margaret Hanrahan
• The Love Boat1977 · as Rose Vitelli
• The Sonny and Cher Show1976
• Donny & Marie1976 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• Kate McShane1975 · as Kate McShane
• Tony Orlando and Dawn1974 · as Self
• Rhoda1974
• The Paul Lynde Show1972 · as Grace Dickerson
• Temperatures Rising1972
• The Corner Bar1972
• Great Performances1971
• The Flip Wilson Show1970 · as Self
• Love, American Style1969 · as Martha
• Love, American Style1969 · as Janet Ferguson
• Medical Center1969 · as Rose Miller
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father1969 · as Bunny Sterling
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father1969 · as Annie Dempsey
• That's Life1968 · as Self
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self
• Hullabaloo1965 · as Self
• Linus the Lionhearted1964
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Hostess
• Kraft Music Hall1958
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• The Greatest Gift1954
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Betty Blake
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee