Anne Meara

Q: Did Anne Meara win any awards during her career?

Yes, Anne Meara received an Emmy nomination for her guest role on 'Archie Bunker's Place' and was recognized for her contributions to comedy.

Q: What was Anne Meara's first film?

Anne Meara made her film debut in the 1962 movie 'The Queen of the Stardust Ballroom,' which showcased her talent in a dramatic role.

Q: How many children did Anne Meara have?

Anne Meara had two children, Ben Stiller and Amy Stiller, both of whom pursued careers in entertainment.

Q: What is Anne Meara's estimated net worth?

Anne Meara's estimated net worth was around $10 million, reflecting her successful career in comedy and acting.

Q: What notable television shows did Anne Meara appear in?

Anne Meara appeared in numerous television shows, including 'The King of Queens,' 'St. Elsewhere,' and 'Sex and the City.'

Q: What was the comedy duo Stiller and Meara known for?

Stiller and Meara were known for their comedic sketches and performances on television, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.

Q: What was Anne Meara's acting style?

Anne Meara's acting style was characterized by her sharp wit, expressive voice, and ability to blend humor with heartfelt performances.

Known for

Night at the Museum (2006)

IMDb 6.5 / 10

2006 / Adventure, Comedy / 108 min

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army...

Awakenings (1990)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

1990 / Biography, Drama / 121 min

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first...

Like Mike (2002)

IMDb 5.3 / 10

2002 / Comedy, Family / 100mins

Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy...

Name

Anne Meara

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Born

20 September 1929, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Spouses

Jerry Stiller (1954–2015)

Children

2, Ben Stiller, Amy Stiller

Parents

Harry Meara, Mae Meara

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents—comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara—exploring their impact on popular culture and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	Movie Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity In 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to...	Self	Not rated
2014	Movie Simpler Times Harry, a recently widowed man in his golden years, has just moved in with his daughter and son-in-law. On his...	Gloria	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Planes: Fire & Rescue When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift...	Winnie (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	Movie Another Harvest Moon Another Harvest Moon is a tender drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. FRANK, ELLA,...	Ella	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2010	TV Gravity Gravity is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jill Franklyn and Eric Schaeffer. The series "follows the sometimes comic,...	Mrs. Talbot	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2009	Movie When the Evening Comes Charlie Corrado is pushing forty and still lives with his grandparents, Martin and Marion Corrado. Although he feels safe in...	Marion Corrado	Not rated
2007	Movie Fired! When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2007	TV Head Case Meet Therapist Dr Elizabeth Goode. She's brash, unconventional, judgmental, but undeniably thriving as the "it" therapist to Hollywood's maladjusted elite....	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2006	Movie Night at the Museum Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila...	Debbie	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2006	TV Four Kings Barry, Ben, Jason, and Bobby—four lifelong friends who affectionately refer to themselves as the “Four Kings of New York”— find...	Ruth	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2003	Movie Crooked Lines Johnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1 million in...	Hard Boiled	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2002	TV Good Morning, Miami A talented young TV producer arrives in Miami to revamp the lowest-rated morning show in the country. Jake Silver risks...	Evelyn	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	Movie Like Mike Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to...	Sister Theresa	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2002	Movie AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	Movie Get Well Soon After having a nervous breakdown, a popular talk-show host confronts his ex-girlfriend who is dating a cross-dresser.	Linda	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2001	Movie Zoolander Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters...	Protestor (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	Movie What Makes a Family Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies....	Evelyn Cataldi	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie The Independent A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a...	Rita	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2000	TV Ed After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed...	Barbara Gennacarro	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2000	Movie Chump Change A failed Hollywood actor returns to his home town in Wisconsin and reminisces about his life in L.A. to a...	Casting Director	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1999	Movie The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1999	Movie Judy Berlin Judy Berlin is an aspiring actress whose idealism is at odds with her small suburban community, where a solar eclipse...	Bea	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Irene Kerns	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Ida Becker	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie A Fish in the Bathtub A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in...	Molly	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1999	Movie The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Thin Pink Line A film crew in search of a new documentary project determines to find a wrongfully imprisoned death-row inmate. Enter Chauncey...	Mrs. Langstrom	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1998	TV The King of Queens Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie....	Veronica Olchin	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1998	TV The King of Queens Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie....	Mary Finnegan	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1998	TV Will & Grace Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves...	Mrs. Friedman	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1998	Movie Southie South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who...	Mrs. Quinn	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1998	TV Sex and the City Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all...	Mary Brady	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	TV Oz The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups -...	Aunt Brenda O'Reily	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	Movie Jitters An independent, professional woman has second thoughts about getting married.	Louise Domino	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie The Daytrippers Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband....	Rita Malone	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	Movie Kiss of Death Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because...	Bev's Mother	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger An urgent plea to protect creatures from man's insensitivity and greed. The program offers clear explanations of why the survival...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1995	Movie Heavyweights Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable...	Alice Bushkin	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1994	Movie The Mother Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old woman who seeks a...	Mrs. Geegan	Not rated
1994	Movie The Search for One-eye Jimmy While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production...	Holly Hoyt	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1994	Movie Reality Bites A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit...	Louise	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	TV Good Advice Good Advice is an American situation comedy series that aired for two seasons on CBS from 1993 to 1994. It...	Dooley Harold	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	TV Homicide: Life on the Street An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.	Donna DiGrazi	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1992	Movie Through an Open Window A middle-aged suburban woman is haunted by what she believes to be a bird that is stuck in her house,...	Madeline Jason	Not rated
1991	Movie Highway to Hell Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie...	Medea (waitress in Pluto's)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1991	TV Performance An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.	Mrs Geegan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1991	Movie The Sunset Gang Three stories about the Jewish elderly in Florida: in "Yiddish," a man and a woman, both married to others, form...	Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective")	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie Awakenings Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease....	Miriam	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie That's Adequate This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on...	Charlene Lane	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1988	TV Murphy Brown Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1988	TV Monsters Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel...	Greta	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1988	TV In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1987	Movie The Hustler of Money A veteran bowling hustler tries to teach a young hotshot the finer points of playing the game for money.	Barmaid	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1987	Movie The Day They Came to Arrest the Book A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be...	Mrs. Salters	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	TV ALF A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.	Dorothy Halligan	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1986	Movie My Little Girl A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped...	Mrs. Shopper	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1986	Movie The Perils of P.K P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1986	Movie The Longshot Four losers borrow money from gangsters to bet on a "sure thing", but lose. The gangsters go after them to...	Madge	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1984	TV Murder, She Wrote An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.	Winnie Tupper Banner	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	TV Murder, She Wrote An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.	Mae Shaughnessy	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1983	Movie The Other Woman After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Lou Chadway (Hal Linden) falls for and marries...	Peg Gilford	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1982	TV American Playhouse American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.	Bernice Shapiro (segment 'Yiddish', 'The Detective')	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1980	Movie Fame A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the...	Mrs. Sherwood	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1979	TV 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...	Veronica Rooney	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1979	TV Time Express Time Express was a short-lived American fantasy TV series, broadcast April–May 1979 on CBS and later syndicated. The series was...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1978	Movie The Boys from Brazil Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.	Mrs. Curry	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1977	Movie 'Twas the Night Before Christmas The story of the Cosgrove family on Christmas Eve in a New England town in the late 1890s.	Unknown character	Not rated
1977	Movie Dick Clark's Good Old Days Dick Clark reviews popular music of the '50s and '60s.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1977	TV The Love Boat Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their...	Margaret Hanrahan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1977	TV The Love Boat Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their...	Rose Vitelli	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1977	Movie Nasty Habits In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither...	Sister Geraldine	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1976	TV The Sonny and Cher Show Cher and Sonny Bono starred in this quintessentially '70's TV comedy/variety show. Sonny and Cher's hit songs featured prominently on...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1976	TV Donny & Marie Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Bartender (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Kate McShane Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane...	Kate McShane	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1975	Movie Kate McShane A flamboyant Denver lady lawyer, with the help of her father, a retired cop who does the legwork for her...	Kate McShane	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	TV Tony Orlando and Dawn CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher...	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
1974	TV Rhoda	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1972	Movie Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking Telecast December 1972, DON RICKLES: ALIVE AND KICKING was a huge ratings extravaganza for the network, especially when you consider...	Self	Not rated
1972	TV The Paul Lynde Show The Paul Lynde Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC. The series stars Paul Lynde and aired from...	Grace Dickerson	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1972	TV Temperatures Rising Temperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that ran from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974 on the ABC...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1972	TV The Corner Bar The Corner Bar is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from June 1972 to September 1973.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1972	Movie The Irish Whiskey Rebellion An Irish radical turns East Coast bootlegger during Prohibition.	Goldie Fain-Follies Star	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1971	Movie Dames at Sea Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim...	Joan	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1970	TV The Flip Wilson Show The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17,...	Self	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1970	Movie Lovers and Other Strangers Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people...	Wilma	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1970	Movie The Out-of-Towners A trip to New York for a job interview turns into a trip to hell for a small town couple.	Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1969	TV Love, American Style An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three,...	Janet Ferguson	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1969	TV Love, American Style An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three,...	Martha	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1969	TV Medical Center Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM...	Rose Miller	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1969	TV The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which...	Bunny Sterling	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1969	TV The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which...	Annie Dempsey	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1968	TV That's Life That's Life is a musical comedy series that appeared on the ABC television network in 1968–69, starring Robert Morse and...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1967	TV The Carol Burnett Show The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner,...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1965	TV Hullabaloo Hullabaloo is an American musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through August 29, 1966. Similar...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1964	TV Linus the Lionhearted Linus the Lionhearted is an American animated television series featuring a main character of the same name. The character was...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1963	TV The Danny Kaye Show The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV The Merv Griffin Show	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self - Co-Host	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1960	Movie Ninotchka A no-nonsense diplomat of the Soviet Union, Nina Ivanovna Ninotchka Yakushova arrives in Paris to ensure the sale of jewels...	Anna	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1958	TV Kraft Music Hall Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1958	TV Kraft Music Hall Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee	Not rated
1954	TV The Greatest Gift	Unknown character	Not rated
1948	TV The Philco Television Playhouse The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced...	Betty Blake	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1948	TV The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 7.1 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1986	TV ALF A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1983	Movie The Other Woman After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Lou Chadway (Hal Linden) falls for and marries...	Writer Writing	TMDB 4.6 / 10