Anne Meara
Known for Acting · 104 credits
- Born
- 1929-09-20
- Died
- 2015-05-23
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Anne Meara Stiller · Stiller & Meara · 앤 메라 · アン・メアラ
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.
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Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ida Becker / Irene Kerns
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Oz
1997
as Aunt Brenda O'Reily
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Bartender (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Winnie Tupper Banner / Mae Shaughnessy
TV Shows (51)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ida Becker / Irene Kerns
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Oz
1997
as Aunt Brenda O'Reily
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Bartender (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Winnie Tupper Banner / Mae Shaughnessy
The Love Boat
1977
as Margaret Hanrahan / Rose Vitelli
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self
The King of Queens
1998
as Veronica Olchin / Mary Finnegan
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Great Performances
1971
Sex and the City
1998
as Mary Brady
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Murphy Brown
1988
Will & Grace
1998
as Mrs. Friedman
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Donna DiGrazi
Love, American Style
1969
as Janet Ferguson / Martha
American Playhouse
1982
as Bernice Shapiro (segment 'Yiddish', 'The Detective')
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Betty Blake
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
ALF
1986
as Dorothy Halligan
Medical Center
1969
as Rose Miller
In the Heat of the Night
1988
Ed
2000
as Barbara Gennacarro
Monsters
1988
as Greta
Rhoda
1974
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Performance
1991
as Mrs Geegan
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
as Veronica Rooney
The Greatest Gift
1954
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
as Bunny Sterling / Annie Dempsey
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
Good Morning, Miami
2002
as Evelyn
Temperatures Rising
1972
Head Case
2007
as Self
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
Good Advice
1993
as Dooley Harold
Hullabaloo
1965
as Self
Four Kings
2006
as Ruth
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
as Grace Dickerson
Kate McShane
1975
as Kate McShane
Gravity
2010
as Mrs. Talbot
That's Life
1968
as Self
The Corner Bar
1972
Time Express
1979
Linus the Lionhearted
1964
Movies (53)
Night at the Museum
2006
as Debbie
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014
as Winnie (voice)
Zoolander
2001
as Protestor (uncredited)
Awakenings
1990
as Miriam
Fame
1980
as Mrs. Sherwood
Like Mike
2002
as Sister Theresa
Kiss of Death
1995
as Bev's Mother
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Mrs. Curry
Reality Bites
1994
as Louise
Heavyweights
1995
as Alice Bushkin
Crooked Lines
2003
as Hard Boiled
The Thin Pink Line
1998
as Mrs. Langstrom
Highway to Hell
1991
as Medea (waitress in Pluto's)
The Daytrippers
1997
as Rita Malone
Another Harvest Moon
2010
as Ella
A Fish in the Bathtub
1999
as Molly
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Out-of-Towners
1970
as Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station
The Independent
2000
as Rita
Ninotchka
1960
as Anna
My Little Girl
1986
as Mrs. Shopper
Get Well Soon
2001
as Linda
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970
as Wilma
Dick Clark's Good Old Days
1977
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Holly Hoyt
What Makes a Family
2001
as Evelyn Cataldi
The Hustler of Money
1987
as Barmaid
Nasty Habits
1977
as Sister Geraldine
The Sunset Gang
1991
as Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")
Chump Change
2000
as Casting Director
Judy Berlin
1999
as Bea
The Other Woman
1983
as Peg Gilford
That's Adequate
1989
as Charlene Lane
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015
as Self
The Longshot
1986
as Madge
Through an Open Window
1992
as Madeline Jason
Simpler Times
2014
as Gloria
Southie
1998
as Mrs. Quinn
The Mother
1994
as Mrs. Geegan
Fired!
2007
as Self
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
1972
as Self
The Perils of P.K
1986
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
Kate McShane
1975
as Kate McShane
The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
When the Evening Comes
2009
as Marion Corrado
The Irish Whiskey Rebellion
1972
as Goldie Fain-Follies Star
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
1987
as Mrs. Salters
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1977
Dames at Sea
1971
as Joan
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
1999
as Self
Jitters
1997
as Louise Domino
About Anne Meara
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 Wik… With 104 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Anne Meara has appeared in 53 films and 51 TV shows.
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