Anne Meara

Born:	September 20, 1929 (1929-09-20) (age 77) Queens, New York, US
Occupation:	Actress, Comedian
Spouse:	Jerry Stiller
Children:	Amy Stiller, Ben Stiller

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Biography

Personal life

Meara was born in Queens, New York to Mary and Edward J. Meara (Irish-born immigrants from a village called Toomevara). Her mother committed suicide when Meara was 11, and she has been in therapy since the mid-1980s. Meara was raised Catholic, but converted to Judaism six years after marrying Stiller.^[1] She has long stressed that her conversion was not at Stiller's request, but because "Catholicism was dead to me", and she simply came to prefer the more "lively" character of Jewish culture. She took the conversion seriously, studying the faith in such depth that her born-Jewish husband quipped, "being married to Anne has made me more Jewish." Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... Suicide (Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally taking ones own life. ... Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Secular Jewish culture embraces several related phenomena; above all, it is the culture of secular communities of Jewish people, but it can also include the cultural contributions of individuals who identify as secular Jews, or even those of religious Jews working in cultural areas not generally considered to be connected...

She is left-handed.

Career

Meara has been married to Stiller since 1954. Both were members of the improvisational company The Compass Players (which would later become The Second City), 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. Improvisational comedy (also called improv or impro) is comedy that is performed with a little to no predetermination of subject matter and structure. ... The Second City Logo The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. ... Jerry Stiller (born June 8, 1927) is an American comedian, actor, and father of Ben Stiller. ... The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ...

During the 1970s Meara and Stiller wrote and performed many radio commercials together for Blue Nun Wine. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... Blue Nun is a brand of German wine launched in 1927. ...

Meara co-starred along side Carroll O'Connor and Martin Balsam in early 1980s hit sit-com Archie Bunker's Place, which was a continuation of the influential 1970s sitcom All in the Family. She played the role of Veronica Rooney, who was 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. 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 was on an episode of Law and Order SVU. John Carroll OConnor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an American actor, most famous for his portrayal of the character Archie Bunker in the television sitcoms All in the Family (1971-1979) and Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983). ... Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Archie Bunkers Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of All in the Family. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... ALF ALF is the name of a popular TV sitcom series produced by NBC between 1986 and 1990, inspired by and spoofing the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... The King of Queens is an Emmy nominated, American comedy series that ran for nine seasons, from 1998 until 2007. ... Law and Order SVU is one part in the 4 part law and order series of TV shows. ...

She is the consulting director of J.A.P. - The Princesses of Comedy, a 2007 Off-Broadway production that features live standup 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. This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Totie Fields (May 7, 1930 - August 2, 1978) was a zaftig American comedian who was not afraid to poke fun at her own weight problems. ... Jean Carroll, née Celine Zeigman, was a Jewish-American comedian during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Pearl Williams was a Jewish-American comic popular during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Betty Walker (August 7, 1928–July 26, 1982) was a Jewish-American comic who performed primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Belle Barth (1911(?) ¹ - 1971), née Annabelle Salzman (Epstein 2001:180), was a Jewish-American comedian who worked primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. ...

Filmography

• The Out-of-Towners (1970)
• Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
• Irish Whiskey Rebellion (1972)
• Nasty Habits (1977)
• The Boys from Brazil (1978)
• Fame (1980)
• In Our Hands (1984) (documentary)
• The Longshot (1986)
• The Perils of P.K. (1986)
• My Little Girl (1987)
• That's Adequate (1989)
• Awakenings (1990)
• Through an Open Window (1992) (short subject)
• Highway to Hell (1992)
• So You Want to Be an Actor (1993) (short subject)
• Reality Bites (1994)
• The Search for One-Eye Jimmy (1994)
• Heavyweights (1995)
• Kiss of Death (1995)
• The Daytrippers (1996)
• The Thin Pink Line (1998)
• Southie (1998)
• The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999)
• Judy Berlin (1999)
• Brooklyn Thrill Killers (1999) (short subject)
• A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)
• Amy Stiller's Breast (2000) (short subject)
• The Independent (2000)
• Zoolander (2001)
• Keeping It Real: The Adventures of Greg Walloch (2001) (documentary)
• Get Well Soon (2001)
• Like Mike (2002)
• The Yard Sale (2002) (short subject)
• Crooked Lines (2003)
• Chump Change (2004)
• Night at the Museum (2006)

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Upcoming

• The Mirror (2007)

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Television Work

• The Greatest Gift (1954-1955)
• Ninotchka (1960)
• Dames at Sea (1971)
• The Paul Lynde Show (1972-1973)
• The Corner Bar (cast member in 1973)
• Kate McShane (1975) (canceled after 10 episodes)
• Rhoda (cast member from 1976-1977)
• Archie Bunker's Place (cast member from 1979-1982)
• The Other Woman (1983)
• The Stiller & Meara Show (1986) (canceled after a few weeks)
• The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (1987)
• Avenue Z Afternoon (1991)
• The Sunset Gang (1991)
• All My Children (cast member from 1992-1999)
• Love Off Limits (1993)
• The Mother (1994)
• Jitters (1997)
• What Makes a Family (2001)
• Sex and the City (2002-2004)
• The King Of Queens (1998, 2003-2007)

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External links

• Anne Meara at the Notable Names Database
• Anne Meara at the Internet Movie Database
• Anne Meara at the Internet Broadway Database
• Production: Anna Christie - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, January 1993
• Princesses of Comedy