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Anne Meara was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of a prominent 1960s comedy team, Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor Ben Stiller. She also was featured on stage, in television, and in numerous films, and later she became a playwright.
Born
Friday, 20 September 1929
Died
Saturday, 23 May 2015
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Attack of the Doc! | Self | 2023 |
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | 2015 |
Simpler Times | Gloria | 2014 |
Planes: Fire & Rescue | Winnie (voice) / Winnie | 2014 |
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | 2013 |
Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable | Self | 2012 |
Another Harvest Moon | Ella | 2010 |
Stiller & Meara | Self | 2010 |
Gravity | Mrs. Talbot | 2010 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Attack of the Doc! | Self | 2023 |
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | 2015 |
Simpler Times | Gloria | 2014 |
Planes: Fire & Rescue | Winnie (voice) / Winnie | 2014 |
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | 2013 |
Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable | Self | 2012 |
Another Harvest Moon | Ella | 2010 |
Stiller & Meara | Self | 2010 |
Gravity | Mrs. Talbot | 2010 |
Mercy | Estelle Thalberg | 2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
Head Case | Self | 2007 |
Fired! | Herself / Self | 2007 |
Night at the Museum | Debbie | 2006 |
Wonder Pets! | Linny's Grandmother / Granny Jenny | 2006 |
#1 Single | Self | 2006 |
Four Kings | Ruth | 2006 |
The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2004 |
I Love the '70s | Self | 2003 |
Charlie Lawrence | Charlie's Mother | 2003 |
Good Morning, Miami | Claire's Friend | 2002 |
Like Mike | Sister Theresa | 2002 |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002 |
Get Well Soon | Linda | 2001 |
Keeping It Real: The Adventures of Greg Walloch | Restaurant Patron 1 | 2001 |
Zoolander | Protestor | 2001 |
What Makes a Family | Evelyn Cataldi | 2001 |
The Independent | Rita | 2000 |
Ed | Barbara Gennacarro | 2000 |
Chump Change | Casting Director | 2000 |
Judy Berlin | Bea | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ida Becker / Irene Kerns | 1999 |
Southie | Mrs. Quinn | 1999 |
A Fish in the Bathtub | Molly | 1999 |
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | 1999 | |
The Thin Pink Line | Mrs. Langstrom | 1998 |
Will & Grace | Mrs. Friedman | 1998 |
The King of Queens | Veronica Olchin / Mary Finnegan | 1998 |
Sex and the City | Mary Brady | 1998 |
Oz | Aunt Brenda O'Reily | 1997 |
The Daytrippers | Rita Malone | 1997 |
Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
Kiss of Death | Bev's Mother | 1995 |
Heavyweights | Alice Bushkin | 1995 |
The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Holly Hoyt | 1994 |
Reality Bites | Louise | 1994 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
The 47th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1993 |
Good Advice | Dooley Harold | 1993 |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Donna DiGrazi | 1993 |
Highway to Hell | Medea, Waitress in Pluto's / Medea (waitress in Pluto's) | 1991 |
The General Motors Playwrights Theater | Rose Finkler | 1991 |
Awakenings | Miriam | 1990 |
That's Adequate | Charlene Lane | 1989 |
Murphy Brown | Reena Bernecky | 1988 |
Monsters | Greta | 1988 |
In the Heat of the Night | Roda | 1988 |
The Hustler of Money | Barmaid | 1987 |
Shalom Sesame | Miriam / Self | 1987 |
ALF | Dorothy Halligan | 1986 |
My Little Girl | Mrs. Shopper | 1986 |
The Perils of P.K. | 1986 | |
The Longshot | Madge | 1986 |
Murder, She Wrote | Winnie Tupper Banner / Mae Shaughnessy | 1984 |
Super Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1984 |
In Our Hands | Self | 1984 |
Breakaway | Self | 1983 |
Lovers and Other Strangers | Wilma | 1983 |
American Playhouse | Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective") | 1982 |
Fame | Mrs. Sherwood | 1980 |
CBS Schoolbreak Special | Patricia Lennon / Mrs. Salters | 1980 |
Archie Bunker's Place | Veronica Rooney | 1979 |
Time Express | Gloria Chernoff | 1979 |
The Boys from Brazil | Mrs. Curry | 1978 |
The Love Boat | Margaret Hanrahan / Minnie Dunlop / Rose Vitelli | 1977 |
Nasty Habits | Sister Geraldine / Geraldine | 1977 |
Shoot for the Stars | Self | 1977 |
The Diahann Carroll Show | Self | 1976 |
The Sonny and Cher Show | Self | 1976 |
Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
Donny and Marie | Self | 1975 |
Saturday Night Live | Bartender | 1975 |
Rhyme and Reason | Self | 1975 |
Kate McShane | Kate McShane | 1975 |
Rhoda | Sally Gallagher | 1974 |
The Mac Davis Show | Self | 1974 |
Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | 1974 |
Celebrity Sweepstakes | Self | 1974 |
Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
Match Game | Herself - Panelist | 1973 |
The $10,000 Pyramid | Herself - Celebrity Contestant | 1973 |
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking | Self | 1972 |
The Paul Lynde Show | Grace Dickerson / Grace | 1972 |
The New Temperatures Rising Show | Harriet | 1972 |
I've Got a Secret | Self - guest star | 1972 |
The Corner Bar | Mae / Jennifer Bradley | 1972 |
Flip | Self | 1970 |
Lovers and Other Strangers | Wilma | 1970 |
The Out of Towners | Woman in Police Station / Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station | 1970 |
The Engelbert Humperdinck Show | Self | 1969 |
Love, American Style | Janet Ferguson (segment "Love and the Clinical Problem") / Martha (segment "Love and the Conjugal Visit") | 1969 |
The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Bunny Sterling / Annie Dempsey | 1969 |
Sesame Street | Silent 'Help' Film Narrator / (voice) / Narrator | 1969 |
The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
You're Putting Me On | Self | 1969 |
Medical Center | Rose Miller | 1969 |
That's Life | Self | 1968 |
The Skitch Henderson Show | Self | 1968 |
What's My Line? | Self - Guest | 1968 |
The Summer Brothers Smothers Show | Self | 1968 |
The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters | 1967 |
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour | Self (Stiller & Meara) | 1967 |
Hullabaloo | Self | 1965 |
ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
Linus the Lionhearted | (voice) (as Stiller & Meara) | 1964 |
The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself (as Stiller & Meara) / Herself / Self - Guest | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Comedienne / Herself - Co-Host / Herself / Herself - Comedian / Self - Guest / Herself - Co-Hostess | 1961 |
The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself - Guest | 1948 |
The Philco Television Playhouse | Betty Blake | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Comedienne / Self - as Stiller & Meara / Self | 1948 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Stiller & Meara | 2010 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Nominated |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series | Nominated |
1977 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Television | Nominated |
1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |