You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons:

This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.
This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong.

The IP address or range 54.163.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪Blablubbs‬ for the following reason(s):

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider or colocation provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host or colocation provider because it hides your IP address, much like a proxy or VPN.
We recommend that you attempt to use another connection to edit. For example, if you use a proxy or VPN to connect to the internet, turn it off when editing Wikipedia. If you edit using a mobile connection, try using a Wi-Fi connection, and vice versa. If you are using a corporate internet connection, switch to a different Wi-Fi network. If you have a Wikipedia account, please log in.
If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

How to appeal if you are confident that your connection does not use a colocation provider's IP address:
If you are confident that you are not using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is _______. Place any further information here. ~~~~)). You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined here. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. There are several reasons you might be editing using the IP address of a web host or colocation provider (such as if you are using VPN software or a business network); please use this method of appeal only if you think your IP address is in fact not a web host or colocation provider.

Administrators: The IP block exemption user right should only be applied to allow users to edit using web host in exceptional circumstances, and requests should usually be directed to the functionaries team via email. If you intend to give the IPBE user right, a CheckUser needs to take a look at the account. This can be requested most easily at SPI Quick Checkuser Requests. Unblocking an IP or IP range with this template is highly discouraged without at least contacting the blocking administrator.

This block will expire on 17:28, 10 March 2024.

Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors.

For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful.

Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked
Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by ‪Jon Kolbert‬. The reason given is Open proxy/Webhost: See the help page if you are affected .
- Start of block: 18:27, 12 November 2023
- Expiry of block: 18:27, 12 November 2028
Your current IP address is 54.163.179.242. The blocked range is 54.163.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

You can view and copy the source of this page:

((short description|American comedian and actress (1929–2015)))
((Use mdy dates|date=May 2015))
((Infobox person
| name               = Anne Meara
| birth_name         = Anne 
Therese Meara
| image              = Anne Meara 1975.JPG
| caption            = Meara in 1975
| birth_date         = ((Birth date|1929|9|20))
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|2015|5|23|1929|9|20))
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_place        = New York City, U.S.
| occupation         = Comedian, actress
| years_active       = 1948–2015
| spouse             = ((marriage|[[Jerry Stiller]]|1954))
| children           = 2, including [[Ben Stiller]]
))
'''Anne Meara Stiller''' (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American comedian and actress. 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 for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Tony Award]], and she won a [[Writers Guild Award]] as a co-writer for the television movie ''[[The Other Woman (1983 film)|The Other Woman]]''.

==Early years==
Meara was born on September 20, 1929, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]],<ref name=NYT/> the daughter of parents of Irish descent,<ref>((cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|date=March 17, 2009|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/St.shtml|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|title=A Pint of Guinness, A Cup of Manischevitz: Some Irish/Jewish Connections|access-date=May 25, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706041612/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/St.shtml|archive-date=July 6, 2015|df=mdy-all))</ref> Mary ([[née]] Dempsey)<ref name="NYT" /> and Edward Joseph Meara, a corporate lawyer for [[American Standard Companies|American Standard]].<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/16/archives/ej-meara-creator-of-comedy-skits-73.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=E.J. Meara, Creator Of Comedy Skits, 73|date=December 16, 1966|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106143516/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50B12F73A54157A93C4A81789D95F428685F9|archive-date=November 6, 2012|df=mdy-all))</ref> An only child, she was raised in [[Rockville Centre, New York]], on [[Long Island]]. When Anne was 11 years old, her mother died by suicide.<ref name=NYT>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/arts/anne-meara-comedian-and-actress-dies-at-85.html|title=Anne Meara, Comedian and Actress, Dies at 85|work=The New York Times|date=May 24, 2015|access-date=May 24, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524220053/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/arts/anne-meara-comedian-and-actress-dies-at-85.html|archive-date=May 24, 2015|df=mdy-all))</ref>

When she was 18, Meara spent a year studying acting at the Dramatic Workshop at [[The New School]] and at [[HB Studio]]<ref>[https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ HB Studio Alumni]</ref> under [[Uta Hagen]] in Manhattan. The following year, in 1948, she began her career as an actress  in [[Summer stock theatre|summer stock]].<ref name=NYT/>

==Career==

===Comedy team===
[[File:Jerry Stiller - Anne Meara.JPG|thumb|Publicity photo of Meara and Jerry Stiller, 1965]]
Meara met actor-comedian [[Jerry Stiller]] in 1953, and they married soon after. Until he suggested it, she had never thought of doing comedy. "Jerry started us being a comedy team," she said. "He always thought I would be a great comedy partner."<ref name=NYT/> They joined the Chicago [[improv comedy|improvisational]] company [[The Compass Players]] (which later became [[The Second City]]) and, after leaving, formed the comedy team of [[Stiller and Meara]]. In 1961 they were performing in nightclubs in New York and by the following year were considered a "national phenomenon", said the ''New York Times''.<ref name=NYT/>

Their often improvised comedy routines brought many relationship foibles to live audiences. Their skits focused on domestic themes, as did [[Nichols and May]], another comedy team from the Chicago Compass Players project during that period. "They were Nichols and May without the acid and with warmth," notes author [[Lawrence Epstein]].<ref name=Epstein>Epstein, Lawrence. ''Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair with Comedy Teams'', PublicAffairs, Perseus Book (2004) p. 224</ref> They also added a new twist to their comedy act, he adds, by sometimes playing up the fact that Stiller was Jewish and Meara was Catholic.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--kLKTGzaQ|title=Stiller & Meara on Computer Dating|last=Johnny Carson|date=August 27, 2012|access-date=April 30, 2018|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307042302/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--kLKTGzaQ|archive-date=March 7, 2018|df=mdy-all))</ref> After Nichols and May broke up as a team in 1961, Stiller and Meara were the number-one couple comedy team by the late 1960s. And as [[Mike Nichols]] and [[Elaine May]] were not married, Stiller and Meara became the most famous married couple comedy team since [[Burns and Allen]].<ref name=Hollywood/>

After some years honing the act, Stiller and Meara became regulars on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', with 36 appearances,<ref name=Hollywood>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-meara-dead-ben-stillers-797806 "Anne Meara, Comedian of Stiller & Meara Fame, Dies at 85"] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525222715/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-meara-dead-ben-stillers-797806 |date=May 25, 2015 )), ''Hollywood Reporter'', May 24, 2015</ref> and other TV programs, including ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. They released their first LP in 1963, ''Presenting America's New Comedy Sensation: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Live at The [[Hungry I]]'', which became a hit. By 1970, however, they broke up their act because it was affecting their marriage: "I didn't know where the act ended and our marriage began," complained Meara in 1977.<ref name=Hollywood/> Stiller agreed, fearing, "I would have lost her as a wife."<ref name=Hollywood/>

===Television, stage, film, video===
During the 1970s, Meara and Stiller wrote and performed many radio commercials 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 as Mrs.&nbsp;Curry opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[The Boys from Brazil (film)|The Boys from Brazil]]'' (1978).

In 1975, she starred in her own series, ''[[Kate McShane]]'', on CBS. She was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1976; however, the show was canceled after ten episodes.<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/kate-mcshane/202486 ''Kate McShane''] TV Guide</ref><ref>[https://www.emmys.com/bios/anne-meara "Anne Meara Biography and Emmy"] emmys.com, retrieved August 17, 2018</ref>

Also, in the 1970s, Meara provided narration for segments of the educational television series ''[[Sesame Street]]'' consisting of scenes from silent films.
[[file:Eugene Roche Anne Meara The Corner Bar 1973.JPG|thumb|Meara in an episode of ''[[The Corner Bar]]'', 1973]]
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). During that time, she acted in the movie ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'' (1980), in which she played English teacher Elizabeth Sherwood.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0oLHmOoErE "Mrs. Sherwood's Classroom in ''Fame''] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310104757/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0oLHmOoErE |date=March 10, 2016 )), video clip</ref> She also appeared as the grandmother in the TV series ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'' in the late 1980s. ''[[The Stiller and Meara Show]]'', her own 1986 TV sitcom, in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City and Meara portrayed his wife, a television commercial actress, was unsuccessful. From 1999 to 2007, Meara guest starred in ''[[The King of Queens]]'' (where her husband played [[Arthur Spooner]]), first as Mary Finnegan, then as Veronica Olchin (mother of [[Spence Olchin|Spence]], who was played by [[Patton Oswalt]]). Veronica and Arthur were married in [[China Syndrome (The King of Queens)|the series finale]].

Starting in October 2010, Meara and Jerry Stiller began starring in a [[Yahoo!]] web series called ''[[Stiller & Meara]]'' produced by [[Red Hour Productions|Red Hour Digital]], a production company owned by their son [[Ben Stiller]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Stiller-Parents-Yahoo-1019875.aspx|title=Meet Ben Stiller's Parents on New Yahoo! Web Show|publisher=TVGuide.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227080753/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Stiller-Parents-Yahoo-1019875.aspx|archive-date=December 27, 2010|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.stillerandmeara.com|title=Stiller & Meara|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312090208/http://www.stillerandmeara.com/|archive-date=March 12, 2013|df=mdy-all|access-date=April 30, 2018))</ref>

She accepted a role in the [[off-Broadway]] play ''[[Love, Loss, and What I Wore]]'' with [[Conchata Ferrell]], [[AnnaLynne McCord]], [[Minka Kelly]], and [[B. Smith]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149900-Minka-Kelly-Susan-Sullivan-Set-for-Love-Loss-Off-Broadway|title=Minka Kelly, Susan Sullivan Set for Love, Loss... Off-Broadway|access-date=April 21, 2011|date=April 14, 2011|work=[[Playbill]]|author=Gans, Andrew|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420223347/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/149900-Minka-Kelly-Susan-Sullivan-Set-for-Love-Loss-Off-Broadway|archive-date=April 20, 2011|df=mdy-all))</ref> She taught a technique and scene study class at [[HB Studio]] until her death.((citation needed|date=May 2015))

===Writing and consulting===
In 1995, Meara wrote the comedy ''After-Play'', which became an off-Broadway production.<ref name=NYT/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ULIc4sES3gAC&q=anne+meara+after-play "After-Play" script], Dramatists Play Service (1996)</ref> In her later years, she portrayed recurring roles on the television shows ''[[Sex and the City]]'' (as Mary Brady) and ''The King of Queens'' (as Veronica Olchin). During the 2004–05 season, she appeared in an episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.

She was the consulting director of J.A.P. – The [[Jewish-American princess stereotype|Jewish American Princesses]] of Comedy, a 2007 off-Broadway production that featured 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]].((citation needed|date=May 2015))

In 2009, Meara wrote her personal life reflections in a New York-focused online blog titled ''Mr. Beller's Neighborhood -- New York City Stories''. In it, Meara recalled her mother's death and her childhood experiences at Catholic boarding school.<ref name="ref13">((cite news|last=Meara|first=Anne|title=Old Nuns|date= June 8, 2009|url=http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/story.php?storyid=2283))</ref>

== Personal life ==
===Religion===
Meara was born, baptized, and raised a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]. She [[Conversion to Judaism|converted to Judaism]] six years after marrying Stiller.<ref name="Meara1">((cite news |last=O'Toole |first=Lesley |title=Ben Stiller: 'Doing Comedy Is Scary' |work=[[The Independent]] |date=December 22, 2006 |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece |access-date=December 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108222337/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece |archive-date=January 8, 2007 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/26869930.html?dids=26869930:26869930&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+01%2C+1998&author=Elaine+Dutka&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=THEATER%3B+Finding+an+Afterlife+as+a+Playwright%3B+When+comic+actress+Anne+Meara+finally+learned+to+accept+herself%2C+she+was+ready+to+write+'After-Play.'&pqatl=google |title=LA Times |website=pqarchiver.com |access-date=April 30, 2018))</ref> She insisted that she did not convert at Stiller's request, explaining, "Catholicism was dead to me". She took her conversion seriously and studied the Jewish faith in such depth that her Jewish-born husband quipped, "Being married to Anne has made me more Jewish".<ref name="ref12">((cite news |last=Elkin |first=Michael |title=ON THE SCENE: Stiller and Meara marry comedy and a home life |work=Jewish Exponent |date=July 28, 1995 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2352152.html |access-date=December 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104211900/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2352152.html |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all))</ref> They discussed how they met and their early career during a guest appearance on the TV game show ''[[What's My Line?]]'' in 1968.<ref name=Line>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1xWzUBKg0 "Stiller & Meara on "What's My Line?" (1968)] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526190945/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1xWzUBKg0 |date=May 26, 2015 )), video</ref>

===Children===
Meara and her husband had two children, Amy and [[Ben Stiller|Ben]].

===Death===
Meara died on May 23, 2015, at her home in Manhattan at the age of 85, having suffered multiple [[stroke]]s.<ref>((cite web|url=http://extratv.com/2015/05/24/comedy-great-anne-meara-of-stiller-and-meara-ben-stillers-mom-dies-at-85/|title=Actress and Comedian Anne Meara, Mother of Ben Stiller, Dies at 85|date=May 24, 2015|work=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525014948/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/anne-meara-dead-jerry-stiller-ben-stiller-1201504499/|archive-date=May 25, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=May 24, 2015|df=mdy-all))</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
Sources: TCM;<ref name=tcm>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/128975|13932/Anne-Meara/filmography.html "Anne Meara Filmography"] tcm.com. retrieved August 14, 2018</ref> AllMovie;<ref name=allmovie>[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-meara-p48147/filmography "Filmography"] allmovie.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
!  Notes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]''
| Woman in Police Station
| 
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Lovers and Other Strangers]]''
| Wilma 
| 
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Irish Whiskey Rebellion]]''
| Goldie Fain-Follies Star 
| 
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Nasty Habits (film)|Nasty Habits]]''
| Sister Geraldine 
| 
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Boys from Brazil (film)|The Boys from Brazil]]''
| Mrs. Curry 
| 
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]''
| Mrs. Sherwood
| 
|-
| 1984
| ''In Our Hands''
| 
| Documentary
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Longshot]]''
| Madge 
| 
|-
| 1986
| ''The Perils of P.K.''
| 
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[[My Little Girl]]''
| Mrs. Shopper
| 
|-
| 1989
| ''[[That's Adequate]]''
| Charlene Lane 
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Awakenings]]''
| Miriam 
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Through an Open Window]]''
| 
| 24-minute short
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Highway to Hell (film)|Highway to Hell]]''
| Medea
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''So You Want to Be an Actor''
| Herself
| Short subject
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Reality Bites]]''
| Louise
| 
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Search for One-Eye Jimmy]]''
| Holly Hoyt
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Heavyweights]]''
| Alice Bushkin
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Kiss of Death (1995 film)|Kiss of Death]]''
| Bev's Mother 
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Daytrippers]]''
| Rita Malone 
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Thin Pink Line]]''
| Mrs. Langstrom
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Southie (film)|Southie]]''
| Mrs. Quinn
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man''
| 
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Judy Berlin]]''
| Bea 
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Brooklyn Thrill Killers]]''
| 
| 29-minute short
|-
| 1999
| ''[[A Fish in the Bathtub]]''
| Molly 
| 
|-
| 2000
| ''Amy Stiller's Breast''
| Herself
| Short subject
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Independent (2000 film)|The Independent]]''
| Rita 
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Zoolander]]''
| Protestor 
| Uncredited
|-
| 2001
| ''Keeping It Real: The Adventures of [[Greg Walloch]]''
| 
| Documentary
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Get Well Soon (film)|Get Well Soon]]''
| Linda 
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Like Mike]]''
| Sister Theresa
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''The Yard Sale''
| 
| 19-minute short
|-
| 2003
| ''Crooked Lines''
| Hard Boiled 
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Chump Change (film)|Chump Change]]''
| Casting Director
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Night at the Museum]]''
| Debbie
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''The Mirror'' 
| 
| 
|-
| 2007
| ''The Shallow End of the Ocean''
| Voice of Alice
| 28-minute short
|-
| 2009
| ''When the Evening Comes'' 
| Marion Corrado 
| 
|-
| 2009
| ''The Queen of Greenwich Village''
| 
| 13-minute short
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Another Harvest Moon]]'' 
| Ella 
| 
|-
| 2014
| ''Simpler Times'' 
| 
| 33-minute short with Jerry Stiller
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]''
| Winnie
| Voice 
|}

=== Television ===
((more citations needed section|date=May 2015))

{| class="wikitable
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 1954–55
| ''[[The Greatest Gift (TV series)|The Greatest Gift]]''
| Harriet
| 219 episodes
| 
|-
| 1954
| ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]''
| Betty Blake
| Episode: "Man on the Mountaintop"
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The DuPont Show of the Month]]''
| Performer
| Episode: "Oliver Twist"
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Ninotchka (1960 film)|Ninotchka]]''
| Anna
| ABC TV movie
|<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/474478/Ninotchka/ ''Ninotchka''] tcm.com, retrieved August 16, 2018</ref>
|-
| 1964–65
| ''Linus! The Lion Hearted''
| Voice 
| Animated TV series, 3 episodes
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Dames at Sea#Television|Dames at Sea]]''
| Joan
| Television Special
|<ref>[https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/SCSB-3664172 " ''Dames at Sea'' Bell System Family theatre presents Ann Margret, ''Dames at Sea'' "] princeton.edu, retrieved August 15, 2018</ref>
|-
| 1971-72
| ''[[The Courtship of Eddie's Father]]''
| Bunny Sterling <br/> Annie Dempsey
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1971-73
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Paul Lynde Show]]''
| Grace Dickerson
| 3 episodes
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Corner Bar]]''
| Mae/Jennifer Bradley
| Cast member, 7 episodes
|
|-
| 1974
| ''Medical Center''
| Rose Miller
| Episode: "The Enemies"
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Kate McShane]]''
| Kate McShane
| Cancelled after 10 episodes
|
|-
| 1976–77
| ''[[Rhoda]]''
| Sally Gallagher
| 7 episodes
|
|-
| 1977–78
| ''Take Five with Stiller & Meara''
| 
| 
|
|-
| 1979-83
| ''[[Love Boat]]''
| Various roles
| 3 episodes
|
|-
| 1979–82
| ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]''
| Veronica Rooney
| 52 episodes
|
|-
| 1979–82
| ''HBO Sneak Previews''
| 
| Costarred with Jerry Stiller 
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The Other Woman (1983 film)|The Other Woman]]''
| Peg Gilford
| TV movie (CBS); <br/> Meara co-wrote the teleplay with Lila Garrett
|<ref>((cite news|first=Mike|last=Drew|title=Surprise: adultery film not that bad|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|The Milwaukee Journal]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|location=[[Milwaukee]]|date=March 22, 1983|page=22|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19830322&id=2m4aAAAAIBAJ&pg=5612,525712&hl=en|access-date=August 17, 2018))((Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref><ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/472568/Other-Woman-The/ " 'The Other Woman' Overview"] tcm.com, retrieved August 17, 2018</ref> 
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Stiller and Meara Show]]''
| Performer
|Co-writer; Canceled after a few weeks
|
|-
|1987
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Bartender
| Episode: "Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis"
|
|-
| 1987–89
| ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]''
| Dorothy Halligan
| 7 episodes
|
|-
| 1987–89
| ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special]]''
| Mrs. Salters
| Episode: "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book"
|
|-
| 1988-93
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Winnie Tupper Banner <br/> Mae Shaughnessy
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Monsters (American TV series)|Monsters]]''
| Greta 
| Episode: "One Wolf's Family"  
|
|-
| 1991
| ''The General Motors Playwrights Theater ''
| Rose Finker
| Episode: "Avenue Z Afternoon"
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Shalom Sesame ''
| Miriam
| Episode: "Show 10: Passover"
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[American Playhouse]]''  
| Bernice Shapiro
| "The Sunset Gang": segment: "The Detective"
|
|-
| 1992–99
| ''[[All My Children]]''
| Peggy Moody
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 1992–99
| ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special]]''
| Patricia Lennon
| Episode: "Love off Limits"
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]''
| Roda
| Episode: "Poor Relations"
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Great Performances]]'': ''The Mother''
| Mrs. Geegan
| PBS TV movie, Oct. 24, 1994
|<ref>O'Connor, John J. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/24/arts/television-review-nostalgia-for-drama-of-tv-past.html "Television Review: Nostalgia For Drama Of TV Past"] ''The New York Times'', October 24, 1994</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Murphy Brown]]''
| Reena Bernecky
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
| Donna DiGrazi
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Jitters''
| mother
| TV movie
|<ref>Kelleher, Terry. [https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-jitters-vol-47-no-17/ "Picks and Pans Review: 'Jitters'"] ''People'', May 5, 1997</ref>
|-
| 1999
| ''After Play''
| 
| Writer and cast member
|
|-
| 1999-02
| ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
| Aunt Brenda O'Reily
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1999 <br/> 2003–07
| ''[[The King of Queens]]''
| Mary Finnegan (1999) <br/> Veronica Olchin (2003–07)
| 10 episodes
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[What Makes a Family]]''
| Evelyn Cataldi
| TV movie (Lifetime)
|<ref>Wertheimer, Ron. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/22/arts/television-review-in-this-fight-over-custody-parents-loved-each-other.html "Television Review; In This Fight Over Custody, Parents Loved Each Other"] ''The New York Times'', January 22, 2001</ref>
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''
| Barbara Gennacarro
| Episode: "The Test"
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Will & Grace]]''
| Mrs. Friedman
| Episode: "Star-Spangled Banter"
|
|-
| 2002–04
| ''[[Sex and the City]]''
| Mary Brady
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Good Morning, Miami]]''
| Claire's Friend
| Episode: "The Slow and the Furious"
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Charlie Lawrence]]''
| Pauline Lawrence
| Episode: "If It's Not One Thing It's Your Mother"
|<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/charlie-lawrence/cast/200463/ " 'Charlie Lawrence' Cast"] tvguide.com, retrieved August 17, 2018</ref>
|-
| 2004–12
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Ida Becker <br/> Irene Kerns
| Episode: "Scavenger" <br/> Episode: "Dreams Deferred"
|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-patricia-arquette-386938|title= 'Law & Order: SVU' Enlists Patricia Arquette, Anne Meara|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= November 6, 2012|access-date= May 20, 2020))</ref>
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Four Kings]]''
| Ruth
| Episode: "Pilot"
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]''
| Estelle Thalberg
| Episode: "The Last Thing I Said Was"
|
|-
| 2009–10
| ''[[Wonder Pets|Wonder Pets!]]''
| Granny Ginny/Granny Winny
| 2 episodes: Voice
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Gravity (TV series)|Gravity]]''
| Mrs. Talbot
| Episode: "Old People Creep Me Out"
|
|-
| 2011
| ''Rip City''
| Myrt
| TVLand sitcom pilot that did not sell
|<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fran-drescher-rita-moreno-donald-faison-wayne-knight-kristen-johnston-christine-taylor-and-sherri-shepherd-among-hollywood-stars-signed-for-tv-land-pilots-taping-february-2011-115586154.html "Fran Drescher, Rita Moreno, Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, Kristen Johnston, Christine Taylor and Sherri Shepherd Among Hollywood Stars Signed for TV Land Pilots Taping February 2011"] prnewswire.com, February 8, 2011</ref>
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable"
!scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Title
!scope="col" | Credit(s)
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!scope="col" |Ref.
|-
|1956 || ''[[A Month in the Country (play)|A Month in the Country]]'' || Katina the maid || rowspan=2|[[Phoenix Theatre (New York City)|Phoenix Theatre]], Off-Broadway || <ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/a-month-in-the-country-1205 ''A Month in the Country''] ibdb.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1956 || ''[[The Good Woman of Setzuan]]'' || Niece || <ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-good-woman-of-setzuan-482276 ''The Good Woman of Setzuan''] ibdb.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1957 || ''Miss Loneyhearts'' || Sick-of-it-All || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway ||<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/miss-lonelyhearts-2642 ''Miss Loneyhearts''] ibdb.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1958 || ''[[As You Like It]]'' || Audrey || [[Joseph Papp Public Theater]], Off-Broadway || <ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4083 ''As You Like It''] lortel.org, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1958 || ''Ulysseys in Nighttown'' || Various roles || Rooftop Theatre, Off-Broadway ||<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4104 ''Ulysseys in Nightown''] lortel.org, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1971 || ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'' || Bunny Flingus || Truck and Warehouse Theatre, Off-Broadway || <ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=327734#content ''The House of Blue Leaves''] broadwayworld.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1984 || ''Spookhouse'' || Performer || Playhouse 91, Off-Broadway ||<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=326754#content ''Spookhouse''] broadwayworld.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1984 || ''[[A... My Name Is Alice]]'' || Writer || [[Top of the Gate]], Off-Broadway ||<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/2019 ''A... My Name Is Alice''] lortel.org, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1988 || ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' || Nurse || [[Joseph Papp Public Theater]], Off-Broadway ||<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/1682 ''Romeo and Juliet''] lortel.org, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1988 || ''[[Eastern Standard]]'' || May Logan || [[John Golden Theatre]], Broadway ||<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/6187 ''Eastern Standard''] lortel.org, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1993 || ''[[Anna Christie]]'' || Marthy Owen || [[Olympia Theatre (New York City)|Center Stage Right]], Broadway ||<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/anna-christie-4702 ''Anna Christie''] ibdb.com, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|1995 || ''After-Play'' || Terry Guteman <br/> Playwright || Theatre Four, Broadway ||<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/638 ''After-Play''] lortel.org, retrieved August 14, 2018</ref>
|-
|2000 || ''Down the Garden Paths'' || Playwright || [[Minetta Lane Theatre]], Off-Broadway ||<ref>Isherwood, Charles. [https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/down-the-garden-paths-1200465360/ "Review. ''Down the Garden Paths'' "] ''Variety'', November 19, 2000</ref>
|-
|2011 || ''[[Love, Loss and What I Wore]]'' || Performer || [[Westside Theatre]], Off-Broadway ||<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/article/conchata-ferrell-anne-meara-explore-love-loss-off-broadway-starting-april-27-com-178601# "Conchata Ferrell, Anne Meara Explore Love, Loss... Off-Broadway, Starting April 27"] Playbill, April 27, 2011</ref>
|-
|}

=== Radio ===
*''I'd Rather Eat Pants'', [[National Public Radio]], 2002

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! ((Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)))
|-
|[[34th Golden Globe Awards|1976]] || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actress - Television]] || ''[[Rhoda]]'' || ((nom)) || rowspan=6|((Citation needed |date=July 2021)) 
|-
|[[28th Primetime Emmy Awards|1976]] || rowspan=4|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series]] || ''[[Kate McShane]]'' || ((nom))
|-
|[[33rd Primetime Emmy Awards|1981]] || rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]] || rowspan=2|''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' || ((nom))
|-
|[[34th Primetime Emmy Awards|1982]] || ((nom))
|-
|[[49th Primetime Emmy Awards|1997]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] || ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' || ((nom))
|-
|[[36th Writers Guild of America Awards|1984]] || [[Writers Guild of America Awards]] || [[36th Writers Guild of America Awards|Original/Adapted Comedy Anthology]] || ''The Other Woman'' || ((won))
|-
|[[47th Tony Awards|1993]] || [[Tony Awards]] || [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play|Best Featured Actress in a Play]] || ''[[Anna Christie]]'' || ((nom)) || rowspan=2|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/anne-meara-vault-0000035535|title= Anne Meara|website= [[Playbill]].com|access-date= May 11, 2020))</ref>
|-
|1996 || [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] || John Gassner Award || ''After-Play'' || ((won)) 
|-
|}

* On February 9, 2007, Meara and Jerry Stiller received stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 7018 Hollywood Blvd.

== References ==
((Reflist|30em))

== External links ==
((commons category))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130312090208/http://www.stillerandmeara.com/ Stiller & Meara] [[Yahoo]] podcast
* ((IMDb name|575198))
* ((tcmdb name|id=128975|name=Anne Meara))
* ((IBDB name))
* ((iobdb name|1419))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311002810/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/anna_christie_01_93/ Production: Anna Christie] – ''Working in the Theatre Seminar'' video at [[American Theatre Wing|American Theatre Wing.org]], January 1993
* ((EmmyTVLegends name|anne-meara|Anne Meara))
* [http://comedyhalloffame.com/archives/anne-meara Anne Meara at the Comedy Hall of Fame]

((Ben Stiller))
((Authority control))

((DEFAULTSORT:Meara, Anne))
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American comedians]]
[[Category:20th-century converts to Judaism]]
[[Category:21st-century American comedians]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:American film actresses]]
[[Category:American people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:American Reform Jews]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:American women comedians]]
[[Category:Converts to Judaism from Roman Catholicism]]
[[Category:Converts to Reform Judaism]]
[[Category:Jewish American actresses]]
[[Category:Jewish American dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American women dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:20th-century American women writers]]
[[Category:Comedians from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Jewish American comedians]]
[[Category:Jewish female comedians]]
[[Category:People from Rockville Centre, New York]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]

Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page (help):

Anne Meara (edit)
Template:Abbr (view source) (protected)
Template:Ambox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Ben Stiller (edit)
Template:Birth date (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Br separated entries (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Template:Citation needed (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite news (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite web (view source) (protected)
Template:Commons category (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Count (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:DMCA (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Dead link (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Death date and age (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Delink (view source) (protected)
Template:EditAtWikidata (view source) (protected)
Template:EmmyTVLegends name (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:FULLROOTPAGENAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:First word (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Fix (view source) (protected)
Template:Fix/category (view source) (protected)
Template:Hlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:IBDB name (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:IMDb name (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:IOBDB name (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:If both (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:If empty (view source) (protected)
Template:If then show (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:In string (view source) (protected)
Template:Infobox person (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Iobdb name (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Isnumeric (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:MONTHNAME (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:MONTHNUMBER (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Main other (view source) (protected)
Template:Marriage (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Marriage/doc (edit)
Template:Marriage/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:More citations needed (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:More citations needed section (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Nom (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Template:PAGENAMEBASE (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Template:Plainlist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Pluralize from text (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Preview warning (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Reflist (view source) (protected)
Template:Reflist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:Remove accents (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description/lowercasecheck (view source) (protected)
Template:Side box (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Sister project (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Sp (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Str ≥ len (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:TCMDb name (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Tcmdb name (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:The Interviews name (view source) (semi-protected)
Template:Trim (view source) (protected)
Template:Unbulleted list (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Use mdy dates (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Webarchive (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:WikidataCheck (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Wikidata image (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Won (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:YEAR (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Age (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Arguments (view source) (protected)
Module:Authority control (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Authority control/auxiliary (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Authority control/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/blacklist (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/shared (view source) (protected)
Module:Check for clobbered parameters (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Check for unknown parameters (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1 (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Date (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Delink (view source) (protected)
Module:Detect singular (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Disambiguation/templates (view source) (protected)
Module:EditAtWikidata (view source) (protected)
Module:GetParameters (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If empty (view source) (protected)
Module:If preview (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If preview/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:If preview/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:InfoboxImage (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Latin (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:List (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/ambox.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbar/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Navbox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/configuration (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Navbox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Ns has subpages (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/disambiguation (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/setindex (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/softredirect (view source) (protected)
Module:ParameterCount (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Parameter validation (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Parameter validation/default config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Module:Separated entries (view source) (protected)
Module:Side box (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Side box/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:String (view source) (protected)
Module:String2 (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:TableTools (view source) (protected)
Module:Text (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Unsubst (view source) (protected)
Module:Ustring (view source) (protected)
Module:Wd (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wd/i18n (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Webarchive (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Webarchive/data (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataCheck (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB/nolinks (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB/titleformats (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wikitext Parsing (view source) (protected)
Module:Yesno (view source) (protected)

Return to Anne Meara.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Meara"