Anne Meara
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Anne Meara is an American actress and comedian. She and Jerry Stiller
were a prominent 1960s comedy team, appearing as Stiller and Meara
, and are the parents of actor/comedian Ben
and actress Amy Stiller
.
, New York
, the daughter of Mary (née
Dempsey) and Edward Joseph Meara, a lawyer. Meara was raised Catholic
in an Irish American
family, and converted to Reform
Judaism
six years after marrying Stiller. She has long stressed that she did not convert at Stiller's request, but because "Catholicism was dead to me." She took the conversion seriously and studied the faith in such depth that her Jewish-born husband quipped, "Being married to Anne has made me more Jewish."
Meara has written about her mother's death and her childhood experiences at Catholic boarding school.
), and the pair, as the comedy team Stiller and Meara
, brought many of their real-life relationship foibles to bear on their often-improvised comedy routines. After some years honing the act, Stiller and Meara became regulars on The Ed Sullivan Show
and other TV programs. Their career declined, however, as variety series gradually disappeared.
During the 1970s, Meara and Stiller wrote and performed many radio commercials together for Blue Nun Wine. She had a recurring role on the sitcom Rhoda
as airline stewardess Sally Gallagher, one of the title character's best friends. She also had a small role opposite Laurence Olivier
in The Boys from Brazil
(1978).
Meara costarred with Carroll O'Connor
and Martin Balsam
in the early 1980s hit sitcom Archie Bunker's Place
, which was a continuation of the influential 1970s sitcom All in the Family
. She played the role of Veronica Rooney, the bar’s cook, for the show's first three seasons (1979–1982). She also appeared as the grandmother in the TV series ALF
in the late 1980s. Her own 1986 TV sitcom, The Stiller and Meara Show
, in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City
and Meara portrayed his wife, a TV commercial actress, was unsuccessful.
More recently, she has had recurring roles on the television shows Sex and the City
(as Mary Brady) and The King of Queens
(as Veronica). In the 2004-'05 season, she appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
.
She is the consulting director of J.A.P. - The Jewish American Princesses of Comedy, a 2007 Off-Broadway production that features live stand-up routines by four female Jewish comics juxtaposed with the stories of legendary performers from the 1950s and 1960s: Totie Fields
, Jean Carroll
, Pearl Williams
, Betty Walker
and Belle Barth
.
Starting in October 2010, Meara and her husband Jerry Stiller
began starring in a Yahoo!
web series called Stiller & Meara produced by Red Hour Digital
, a production company owned by their son Ben Stiller
. She accepted a role in the Off Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore
for an April 27 through May 29, 2011 run with Conchata Ferrell
, AnnaLynne McCord
, Minka Kelly
, and B. Smith
.
Jerry Stiller
Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller is an American comedian and actor.He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara...
were a prominent 1960s comedy team, appearing as Stiller and Meara
Stiller and Meara
Stiller and Meara were a husband and wife comedy duo popular in the 1960s and 1970s. They made frequent appearances on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show....
, and are the parents of actor/comedian Ben
Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
and actress Amy Stiller
Amy Stiller
Amy Stiller is an American actress. She is a stand up comedian, in New York City, and also a Bikram Yoga instructor.She was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of the comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara , and the older sister of actor Ben Stiller.-Filmography:* Lovers and Other...
.
Personal life
Meara was born in BrooklynBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, the daughter of Mary (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Dempsey) and Edward Joseph Meara, a lawyer. Meara was raised Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
in an Irish American
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
family, and converted to Reform
Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism refers to various beliefs, practices and organizations associated with the Reform Jewish movement in North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In general, it maintains that Judaism and Jewish traditions should be modernized and should be compatible with participation in the...
Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
six years after marrying Stiller. She has long stressed that she did not convert at Stiller's request, but because "Catholicism was dead to me." She took the conversion seriously and studied the faith in such depth that her Jewish-born husband quipped, "Being married to Anne has made me more Jewish."
Meara has written about her mother's death and her childhood experiences at Catholic boarding school.
Career
Meara has been married to Stiller since 1954. Both were members of the improvisational company The Compass Players (which later became The Second CityThe Second City
The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
), and the pair, as the comedy team Stiller and Meara
Stiller and Meara
Stiller and Meara were a husband and wife comedy duo popular in the 1960s and 1970s. They made frequent appearances on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show....
, brought many of their real-life relationship foibles to bear on their often-improvised comedy routines. After some years honing the act, Stiller and Meara became regulars on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan....
and other TV programs. Their career declined, however, as variety series gradually disappeared.
During the 1970s, Meara and Stiller wrote and performed many radio commercials together for Blue Nun Wine. She had a recurring role on the sitcom Rhoda
Rhoda
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978 airing in 109 episodes. The show was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky,...
as airline stewardess Sally Gallagher, one of the title character's best friends. She also had a small role opposite Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
in The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil (film)
The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 British/American science fiction/thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, with James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles...
(1978).
Meara costarred with Carroll O'Connor
Carroll O'Connor
John Carroll O'Connor best known as Carroll O'Connor, was an American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades...
and Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam was an American actor. He is known for his Oscar-winning role as "Arnold Burns" in A Thousand Clowns and his role as "Detective Milton Arbogast" in Psycho.- Early life :...
in the early 1980s hit sitcom Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983...
, which was a continuation of the influential 1970s sitcom All in the Family
All in the Family
All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...
. She played the role of Veronica Rooney, the bar’s cook, for the show's first three seasons (1979–1982). She also appeared as the grandmother in the TV series ALF
ALF (TV series)
ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...
in the late 1980s. Her own 1986 TV sitcom, The Stiller and Meara Show
The Stiller and Meara Show
The Stiller and Meara Show is a 1986 television sitcom featuring the comedy duo Stiller and Meara as the deputy mayor of New York and his wife, a TV commercial actress...
, in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Meara portrayed his wife, a TV commercial actress, was unsuccessful.
More recently, she has had recurring roles on the television shows Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
(as Mary Brady) and The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
(as Veronica). In the 2004-'05 season, she appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
.
She is the consulting director of J.A.P. - The Jewish American Princesses of Comedy, a 2007 Off-Broadway production that features live stand-up routines by four female Jewish comics juxtaposed with the stories of legendary performers from the 1950s and 1960s: Totie Fields
Totie Fields
Totie Fields was an American comedienne.-Life and career:Fields was born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut. She started singing in Boston clubs while still in high school, taking the stage name of Totie Fields...
, Jean Carroll
Jean Carroll
Jean Carroll was an American actress and comedienne during the 1950s and 1960s.Carroll was born as Celine Zeigman on January 7, 1911 in Paris, France She began her career as part of the comedy dance team Carroll and Howe, with her husband, vaudevillian Buddy Howe, who later became her manager...
, Pearl Williams
Pearl Williams
Pearl Williams was an American entertainer.Williams started out as a secretary, but quickly turned to playing the piano by ear and became an accomplished player. In 1938 she went to an audition for a singer as accompaniment. She was hired on the spot and that same night went on stage at the Famous...
, Betty Walker
Betty Walker
Betty Walker was a Jewish-American comic who performed primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born Edith Seeman in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Latvian immigrants.-Life and career:...
and Belle Barth
Belle Barth
Belle Barth , née Annabelle Salzman, was a Jewish-American comedian who worked primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. She was known for her bawdy, irreverent humor.-Comedy career:...
.
Starting in October 2010, Meara and her husband Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller
Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller is an American comedian and actor.He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara...
began starring in a Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
web series called Stiller & Meara produced by Red Hour Digital
Red Hour Productions
Red Hour Films is an American motion picture production and distribution company. Ben Stiller and producer Stuart Cornfeld run the company. The name was derived from an episode of Star Trek -- The Return of the Archons -- that features a scheduled, alien riot...
, a production company owned by their son Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
. She accepted a role in the Off Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman. It is organized as a series of monologues and uses a rotating cast of five principal women...
for an April 27 through May 29, 2011 run with Conchata Ferrell
Conchata Ferrell
Conchata Galen Ferrell is an American actress. She is best known for playing Berta the housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which she received two Emmy Award nominations in 2005 and 2007.-Personal life:...
, AnnaLynne McCord
AnnaLynne McCord
AnnaLynne McCord is an American actress. Known for playing a range of vixen-type roles, McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, and as the pampered Loren Wakefield on the MyNetworkTV telenovela American Heiress...
, Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly
Minka Dumont Kelly is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie's Angels.-Early life:Kelly was born in Los Angeles...
, and B. Smith
B. Smith
Barbara Smith , known as B. Smith, is a restaurateur and television host.- Restaurateur :Smith owns three restaurants and was recognized by Elle Décor as one of America’s ten most outstanding non-professional chefs. She opened her first restaurant in 1986...
.
Filmography
- The Out-of-TownersThe Out-of-Towners (1970 film)The Out-of-Towners is a 1970 comedy film written by Neil Simon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. It was released by Paramount Pictures on May 28, 1970....
(1970) - Lovers and Other StrangersLovers and Other StrangersLovers and Other Strangers is a 1970 comedy film based on the play by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The film features an ensemble cast including Richard Castellano, Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Harry Guardino, Anne Meara, Bob Dishy,...
(1970) - Irish Whiskey Rebellion (1972)
- Nasty Habits (1977)
- The Boys from BrazilThe Boys from Brazil (film)The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 British/American science fiction/thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, with James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles...
(1978) - Fame (1980)
- In Our Hands (1984) (documentary)
- The LongshotThe Longshot-Cast:*Tim Conway as Dooley*Jack Weston as Elton*Harvey Korman as Lou*Ted Wass as Stump*Eddie Deezen as Parking Attendant*Brad Trumbull as Track Cop...
(1986) - The Perils of P.K. (1986)
- My Little GirlMy Little GirlMy Little Girl is a 1986 American drama film that was released in the U.S. in 1987. The film was the directorial debut of Connie Kaiserman and Jennifer Lopez' first major motion picture. It was the final movie performance of Oscar-winning actress Geraldine Page.-Plot:Franny Bettinger has had a...
(1987) - That's AdequateThat's AdequateThat's Adequate is a 1989 mockumentary documenting a fictional Hollywood studio, Adequate Film Studios. Narrated and hosted by Tony Randall, the film features an all-star cast including James Coco, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, and Bruce Willis....
(1989) - AwakeningsAwakeningsAwakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir Awakenings. It tells the true story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer and portrayed by Robin Williams who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa...
(1990) - Through an Open WindowThrough an Open WindowThrough an Open Window is a 1993 American short film directed by Eric Mendelsohn. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival....
(1992) (short subject) - Highway to HellHighway to Hell (film)Highway to Hell is a 1992 horror comedy film directed by Ate de Jong starring Chad Lowe and Kristy Swanson. Charlie Sykes and his girlfriend Rachel Clark run away to Las Vegas to get married. Along the way Rachel is kidnapped by a Hellcop and taken to Hell to become one of Satan's brides, and...
(1992) - So You Want to Be an Actor (1993) (short subject)
- Reality BitesReality BitesReality Bites is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller, with major supporting roles played by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film was shot on location in Austin...
(1994) - The Search for One-Eye JimmyThe Search for One-eye JimmyThe Search for One-eye Jimmy is a comedy written and directed by Sam Henry Kass.-Synopsis:Set in Brooklyn, New York, the movie is the story of a California film student Les who returns to the town in which he grew up to shoot a film about it...
(1994) - HeavyweightsHeavyweightsHeavyweights is a 1995 comedy-drama film, directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis .-Plot:...
(1995) - Kiss of DeathKiss of Death (1995 film)Kiss of Death is a 1995 crime thriller film starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Stanley Tucci, Ving Rhames and Helen Hunt, directed by Barbet Schroeder....
(1995) - The DaytrippersThe DaytrippersThe Daytrippers is a 1996 independent drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola. It stars Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Parker Posey and Liev Schreiber.-Plot:...
(1996) - The Thin Pink LineThe Thin Pink LineThe Thin Pink Line is a 1998 film directed by Joe Dietl and Michael Irpino.The title is a parody of Errol Morris' documentary The Thin Blue Line, which raised questions about the conviction of a prison inmate on death row.-Plot outline:...
(1998) - SouthieSouthie (film)Southie is a 1999 American film directed by John Shea and starring Donnie Wahlberg. The film centers on Danny Quinn who returns home to South Boston from New York City and gets stuck between his friends, who are supported by one Irish gang, and his family, which are members of another...
(1998) - The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
- Judy BerlinJudy BerlinJudy Berlin is a 1999 American drama film directed by Eric Mendelsohn. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.Mendelsohn won the directing prize for Judy Berlin at the 1999 Sundance International Film Festival...
(1999) - Brooklyn Thrill KillersBrooklyn Thrill KillersBrooklyn Thrill Killers is a 1999 independent short film about the Brooklyn Thrill Killers, starring Dan Fogler. It was written and directed by Derek Davidson and Paul Franco.-Plot:...
(1999) (short subject) - A Fish in the BathtubA Fish in the BathtubA Fish in the Bathtub is a 1999 film directed by Joan Micklin Silver. It stars Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.-Cast:*Jerry Stiller as Sam*Anne Meara as Molly*Mark Ruffalo as Joel*Jane Adams as Ruthie*Doris Roberts as Freida...
(1999) - Amy Stiller's BreastAmy Stiller's BreastAmy Stiller's Breast is a 2000 short comedy film starring Amy Stiller as herself, and featuring her parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara as themselves. It was directed by Becky Neiman and written by Henry Joseph, Becky Neiman, and Amy Stiller.-Plot:...
(2000) (short subject) - The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
(2000) - ZoolanderZoolanderZoolander is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television specials in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the...
(2001) - Keeping It Real: The Adventures of Greg WallochGreg WallochGreg Walloch is an American comedian, actor, author, and monologist.Walloch is best known for his autobiographical performance monologues, which deal with events from his own life, in a style characterized by humor, poignancy, and sexuality...
(2001) (documentary) - Get Well Soon (2001)
- Like MikeLike MikeLike Mike is a 2002 film, directed by John Schultz and starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki and Brenda Song. It was produced in association with NBA Entertainment and features many cameo appearances by NBA stars...
(2002) - The Yard Sale (2002) (short subject)
- Crooked Lines (2003)
- Chump Change (2004)
- Night at the MuseumNight at the MuseumNight at the Museum is a 2006 fantasy adventure-comedy film based on the 1993 children's book The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc. It follows a divorced father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny...
(2006) - The Mirror (2007)
- Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
Television work
- The Greatest GiftThe Greatest GiftThe Greatest Gift is a posthumously-released compilation album by Scratch Acid, containing everything they had recorded.Included is one unreleased track, "The Scale Song", which was recorded in December 1982 and is likely the band's earliest recording....
(1954–1955) - NinotchkaNinotchkaNinotchka is a 1939 American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, based on a screen story by Melchior Lengyel. Ninotchka is Greta Garbo's first full...
(1960) - Dames at SeaDames at SeaDames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise.The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which an understudy steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star...
(1971) - The Paul Lynde ShowThe Paul Lynde ShowThe Paul Lynde Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC. The series stars Paul Lynde and aired from September 13, 1972 to September 8, 1973.-Setting:...
(1972–1973) - The Corner BarThe Corner BarThe Corner Bar is a short-lived American situation comedy that aired on ABC from 1972–1973. The Corner Bar revolved around the lives of the patrons of a tavern called Grant's Toomb. The series is notable for its inclusion of the first recurring gay character on American television, Peter Panama...
(cast member in 1973) - Kate McShane (1975) (canceled after 10 episodes)
- RhodaRhodaRhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978 airing in 109 episodes. The show was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky,...
(cast member from 1976–1977) - Take Five with Stiller & Meara (1977–1978)
- Archie Bunker's PlaceArchie Bunker's PlaceArchie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983...
(cast member from 1979–1982) - HBO Sneak Previews (costarred with Jerry Stiller 1979-1982)
- The Other WomanThe Other WomanThe Other Woman , is a 1995 made-for-TV movie that follows dying mother Tessa Bryan's attempts to gain the acceptance of her two young daughters Lara and Kate of her husband Michael's second wife Carolyn. To do so, she takes them on a trip across the country to their father's ranch...
(1983, writer and cast member) - The Stiller and Meara ShowThe Stiller and Meara ShowThe Stiller and Meara Show is a 1986 television sitcom featuring the comedy duo Stiller and Meara as the deputy mayor of New York and his wife, a TV commercial actress...
(1986) (canceled after a few weeks, cast member and co-writer) - ALFALF (TV series)ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...
(appeared in 7 episodes from 1987–1989, wrote one episode in 1989) - The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (1987)
- Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
(1988) (guest appearance) - Avenue Z Afternoon (1991)
- The Sunset Gang (1991)
- All My ChildrenAll My ChildrenAll My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
(cast member from 1992–1999) - Love off Limits (1993)
- "In the Heat of the NightIn the Heat of the Night (TV series)In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...
" (1994) (1 episode) - Great PerformancesGreat PerformancesGreat Performances, a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on Public Broadcasting Service public television since 1972...
(The Mother) (1994) - Jitters (1997)
- After Play (1999, writer and cast member)
- What Makes a FamilyWhat Makes a FamilyWhat Makes a Family is a 2001 television movie from Lifetime Television. The film premiered on the network on January 22, 2001.-Plot:Based on a true story, the movie involves a lesbian couple living in Florida who choose to have a child...
(2001) - The Yard Sale (2002)
- Sex and the CitySex and the CitySex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
(2002–2004) - The King of QueensThe King of QueensThe King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
(1998, 2003–2007) - OzOz (TV series)Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
(appeared in 2 episodes in 1999 & 2002) - Crooked Lines (2003)
- Good Morning, MiamiGood Morning, MiamiGood Morning, Miami is a sitcom which ran from 2002 to 2004 on NBC. Created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the show focused on the personal and professional life of Jake, the executive producer of the lowest-rated morning show in the country, based in Miami.Though unsuccessful and unacclaimed,...
(2003, 1 episode) - Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
(2004, 1 episode) - Four KingsFour KingsFour Kings is a sitcom introduced as a part of NBC's winter 2006 programming but cancelled before the end of the season. It aired at 8:30pm on Thursdays. It starred Seth Green, Josh Cooke, Todd Grinnell and Shane McRae...
(2006, 1 episode) - The Shallow End of the Ocean (2007)
- MercyMercy (TV series)Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April....
(2009, 1 episode) - Wonder PetsWonder PetsWonder Pets is an American animated children's television series. It debuted on March 3, 2006, on the Nick Jr. block of the Nickelodeon cable television network and Noggin on the same day...
(2009–2010, 2 episodes)
Theatre
- Down the Garden Paths (2000, playwright)
- After-Play (1995, playwright, lead)
- Anna ChristieAnna ChristieAnna Christie is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work.-Plot summary:...
(1993, Tony Award nominee) - Eastern StandardEastern StandardEastern Standard is a play by Richard Greenberg. Set in 1987, it focuses on yuppies, AIDS, the stock market and insider trading scandals, homelessness, and urban malaise.-Plot:...
(1988)
Radio
- I'd Rather Eat Pants, National Public Radio, 2002
- Dining Alone (Blue Nun wine ad with Jerry Stiller, winner Clio AwardClio AwardsThe Clio Awards are annual awards bestowed to reward innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design and communication. The categories include work in nearly all types of media, and the judges are advertising professionals from around the world....
, 1975)
External links
- Stiller & Meara Yahoo podcastPodcastA podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
- "Old Nuns" by Anne Meara
- AOL Video interview
- The Stiller and Meara Show at Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Production: Anna Christie - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.orgAmerican Theatre WingThe American Theatre Wing is a New York City-based organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre," according to its mission statement...
, January 1993 - The Jewish American Princesses of Comedy
- Stiller and Meara article at talkingcomedy.com
- New York Observer interview
- NY Times review of 2000 play by Meara: "Down the Garden Paths"
- by Meara, 1995 at Google Books