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.
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Movies (35)
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
2015
Simpler Times
as Gloria
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
as Winnie (voice)
2014
Another Harvest Moon
as Ella
2010
When the Evening Comes
as Marion Corrado
2009
Fired!
as Self
2007
Night at the Museum
as Debbie
2006
Crooked Lines
as Hard Boiled
2003
Like Mike
as Sister Theresa
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
Get Well Soon
as Linda
2001
Zoolander
as Protestor (uncredited)
2001
What Makes a Family
as Evelyn Cataldi
2001
The Independent
as Rita
2000
Chump Change
as Casting Director
2000
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
as Self
1999
Judy Berlin
as Bea
1999
A Fish in the Bathtub
as Molly
1999
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
The Thin Pink Line
as Mrs. Langstrom
1998
Southie
as Mrs. Quinn
1998
Jitters
as Louise Domino
1997
The Daytrippers
as Rita Malone
1997
Kiss of Death
as Bev's Mother
1995
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Heavyweights
as Alice Bushkin
1995
The Mother
as Mrs. Geegan
1994
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Holly Hoyt
1994
Reality Bites
as Louise
1994
Through an Open Window
as Madeline Jason
1992
Highway to Hell
as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)
1991
The Sunset Gang
as Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
1991
Awakenings
as Miriam
1990
That's Adequate
as Charlene Lane
1989
TV Shows (15)
Gravity
as Mrs. Talbot
2010
Head Case
as Self
2007
Four Kings
as Ruth
2006
Good Morning, Miami
as Evelyn
2002
Ed
as Barbara Gennacarro
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ida Becker
1999
The King of Queens
as Veronica Olchin
1998
Will & Grace
as Mrs. Friedman
1998
Sex and the City
as Mary Brady
1998
The View
as Self
1997
Oz
as Aunt Brenda O'Reily
1997
Good Advice
as Dooley Harold
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Performance
as Mrs Geegan
1991
Murphy Brown
1988