Anne Meara
Anne Meara (born September 20, 1929 in New York City , † May 23, 2015 ) was an American actress and comedian . She became known as part of the comedian duo Stiller and Meara at the side of her husband Jerry Stiller . In Germany, she became popular primarily through guest roles in the series Alf , King of Queens and Sex and the City .
Life
Anne Meara was born in 1929 to Mary Dempsey and Edward Joseph Meara in Brooklyn , New York . When she was eleven years old, her mother committed suicide ; then she received psychological treatment until the mid-1980s. She was raised Catholic, but converted to Judaism six years after her marriage to Jerry Stiller in 1954 , emphasizing that this was not her husband's wish. In the 1960s and 1970s, she and her husband became known as the comedian duo Stiller and Meara. The couple's children, Ben Stiller and Amy Stiller , also work as actors.
From 1979 to 1982 she played the character Veronica Rooney in the American sitcom Archie Bunker's Place . After the first three seasons, she dropped out of the series. Before she began to occasionally take on guest roles in various popular American series, she starred in several films, for example in 1980 in Fame - The Road to Fame or 1995 in Kiss of Death .
She was mainly made through guest roles in the series Alf (as Dorothy Halligan, mother of Kate Tanner), King of Queens (from season 2 as Veronica Olchin, mother of Spence Olchin) and Sex and the City (as Mary Brady, mother of Steve Brady) known. Anne Meara died in Manhattan on May 23, 2015 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: Never Again New York (The Out-of-Towners)
- 1970: Lovers and Other Strangers (Lovers and Other Strangers)
- 1978: The Boys from Brazil
- 1979: Love Boat (Mommy has no time for love)
- 1980: Fame - The Road to Fame (Fame)
- 1987: Streetgirls (My Little Girl)
- 1987–1989: Alf (TV series, she also wrote the script for the episode Uninvited Guests in 1989 )
- 1988, 1993: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1990: Awakenings (Awakenings)
- 1991: Highway to Hell (Highway to Hell)
- 1994: In search of Jimmy Hoyt
- 1994: Reality Bites - Full of Life (Reality Bites)
- 1995: Pfundskerle (Heavy Weights)
- 1995: Kiss of Death
- 1996: Affair in Manhattan (The Daytrippers)
- 1998: The Thin Pink Line
- 1999–2007: King of Queens ( The King of Queens , TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2001: Zoolander
- 2002: Like Mike
- 2002–2004: Sex and the City (TV series)
- 2004, 2012: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: Night at the Museum (Night at the Museum)
- 2014: Planes 2 - Always on the move ( Planes: Fire & Rescue , voice of Winnie )
Web links
- Anne Meara in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Anne Meara in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Anne Meara in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Guest roles in television series
- Anne Meara at filmreference.com (English)
- Anne Meara in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ filmreference.com: Anne Meara Biography (English).
- ↑ independent.co.uk: Ben Stiller: Doing comedy is scary . Article dated December 22, 2006.
- ↑ faz.net: Ben Stiller's mother: Anne Meara died at 85 . Article of May 25, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meara, Anne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2015 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York City , New York , United States |