Anne Meara

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Anne Meara

Acting September 20, 1929

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 Stil…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

6.6 2006 Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Zoolander

Zoolander

6.2 2001 Movie
Awakenings

Awakenings

7.8 1990 Movie
Sex and the City

Sex and the City

7.4 1998 TV Show
The View

The View

4.3 1997 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
ALF

ALF

7.6 1986 TV Show
The King of Queens

The King of Queens

7.1 1998 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2015
    Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

    Movie Self

  3. 2014
    Simpler Times

    Movie Gloria

  4. 2014
    Planes: Fire & Rescue

    Movie Winnie (voice)

  5. 2010
    Another Harvest Moon

    Movie Ella

  6. 2010
    Gravity

    TV show Mrs. Talbot

  7. 2009
    When the Evening Comes

    Movie Marion Corrado

  8. 2007
    Fired!

    Movie Self

  9. 2007
    Head Case

    TV show Self

  10. 2006
    Night at the Museum

    Movie Debbie

  11. 2006
    Four Kings

    TV show Ruth

  12. 2003
    Crooked Lines

    Movie Hard Boiled

  13. 2002
    Good Morning, Miami

    TV show Evelyn

  14. 2002
    Like Mike

    Movie Sister Theresa

  15. 2002
    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

    Movie Self

  16. 2001
    Get Well Soon

    Movie Linda

More credits
  1. 2001
    Zoolander

    Movie Protestor (uncredited)

  2. 2001
    What Makes a Family

    Movie Evelyn Cataldi

  3. 2000
    The Independent

    Movie Rita

  4. 2000
    Ed

    TV show Barbara Gennacarro

  5. 2000
    Chump Change

    Movie Casting Director

  6. 1999
    The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

    Movie Self

  7. 1999
    Judy Berlin

    Movie Bea

  8. 1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    TV show Ida Becker

  9. 1999
    A Fish in the Bathtub

    Movie Molly

  10. 1999
    The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

    Movie

  11. 1998
    The Thin Pink Line

    Movie Mrs. Langstrom

  12. 1998
    The King of Queens

    TV show Veronica Olchin

  13. 1998
    Will & Grace

    TV show Mrs. Friedman

  14. 1998
    Southie

    Movie Mrs. Quinn

  15. 1998
    Sex and the City

    TV show Mary Brady

  16. 1997
    The View

    TV show Self

  17. 1997
    Oz

    TV show Aunt Brenda O'Reily

  18. 1997
    Jitters

    Movie Louise Domino

  19. 1997
    The Daytrippers

    Movie Rita Malone

  20. 1995
    Kiss of Death

    Movie Bev's Mother

  21. 1995
    Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

    Movie

  22. 1995
    Heavyweights

    Movie Alice Bushkin

  23. 1994
    The Mother

    Movie Mrs. Geegan

  24. 1994
    The Search for One-eye Jimmy

    Movie Holly Hoyt