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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Fame
as Mrs. Sherwood
1980
Awakenings
as Miriam
1990
The Out-of-Towners
as Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station
1970
My Little Girl
as Mrs. Shopper
1986
Like Mike
as Sister Theresa
2002
Judy Berlin
as Bea
1999
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Wilma
1970
The Thin Pink Line
as Mrs. Langstrom
1998
Heavyweights
as Alice Bushkin
1995
Highway to Hell
as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)
1991
Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking
as Self
1972
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Holly Hoyt
1994
The Mother
as Mrs. Geegan
1994
The Daytrippers
as Rita Malone
1997
Southie
as Mrs. Quinn
1998
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
as Self
1999
Through an Open Window
as Madeline Jason
1992
What Makes a Family
as Evelyn Cataldi
2001
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
TV Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
as Winnie Tupper Banner
1984
In the Heat of the Night
1988
Rhoda
1974
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
The Love Boat
as Margaret Hanrahan
1977
Ed
as Barbara Gennacarro
2000
The View
as Self
1997
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Murphy Brown
1988
Oz
as Aunt Brenda O'Reily
1997
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
The King of Queens
as Veronica Olchin
1998