Actress and Comedienne Anne Meara Dies at the age of 85

Posted by Leah on 5/25/2015 10:13:14 AM

Actress and comedienne Anne Meara died over the 2015 Memorial Day weekend at the age of 85. She was best known to the “older generation” as half of the legendary comedy team “Stiller and Meara”. For the younger of us she was known as Ben Stiller’s mom. Jerry Stiller, (her husband), was quoted as saying that “…we were married 61 years and worked together almost as long.”
 
         Meara appeared on numerous TV shows and in countless movies throughout her 61 year career. Some of the more notable TV appearances include the late ‘70’s show Archie Bunker’s Place as Veronica, the 80’s sitcom Alf as Dorothy Halligan and Peggy Moody on the soap opera All My Children, to name a few. Some of her more memorable movie roles include (but are certainly not limited to) Debbie in Night at the Museum, Marrion Corrado in When Evening Comes, the voice of Winnie in Planes: Fire and Rescue, and Miriam in Awakenings.

               As of the time that I wrote this no details had been released as to the cause of death.