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

Mrs. Sherwood

Fame

Miriam

Awakenings

Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station

The Out-of-Towners

Mrs. Shopper

My Little Girl

Sister Theresa

Like Mike

Bea

Judy Berlin

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Wilma

Lovers and Other Strangers

Mrs. Langstrom

The Thin Pink Line

Alice Bushkin

Heavyweights

Medea (waitress in Pluto's)

Highway to Hell

Self

Don Rickles: Alive And Kicking

Holly Hoyt

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

Mrs. Geegan

The Mother

Rita Malone

The Daytrippers

Mrs. Quinn

Southie

Self

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller

Madeline Jason

Through an Open Window

Evelyn Cataldi

What Makes a Family

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man

Molly

A Fish in the Bathtub

Mrs. Salters

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

Protestor (uncredited)

Zoolander

Sister Geraldine

Nasty Habits

Ella

Another Harvest Moon

Attack of the Doc!

Dick Clark's Good Old Days

Marion Corrado

When the Evening Comes

Winnie (voice)

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Kate McShane

Kate McShane

Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")

The Sunset Gang

Louise Domino

Jitters

The Perils of P.K

Hard Boiled

Crooked Lines

Charlene Lane

That's Adequate

Rita

The Independent

Mrs. Curry

The Boys from Brazil

Debbie

Night at the Museum

Louise

Reality Bites

Madge

The Longshot

Gloria

Simpler Times

Barmaid

The Hustler of Money

Joan

Dames at Sea

Bev's Mother

Kiss of Death

Linda

Get Well Soon

Goldie Fain-Follies Star

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Herself

Fired!

Self

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Peg Gilford

The Other Woman

Casting Director

Chump Change

Self

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

52

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-09-20

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Anne Meara Stiller