Anne Meara - Biography

Last Editor: novaseven2000				Anne Meara Biography -   Name : Anne Meara Profession : Actress Birth Details : born September 20, 1929 Spouse : Jerry Stiller (14 September 1954 - present) 2 children

Anne Meara Trivia -

Mother of actor Ben Stiller. Mother of actress Amy Stiller. Grandmother of Ella Olivia Stiller and Quinlin Dempsey Stiller (daughter and son of son Ben Stiller and wife Christine Taylor ). Earned a 1993 Tony nomination as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Wrote and starred in the hit off-Broadway play "Afterplay" (1995), which also starred, at various times, Jerry Stiller, Rita Moreno, Rue McClanahan and Barbara Barrie. Is of Irish ethinicity Mother-in-law of actress Christine Taylor (wife of son Ben Stiller). She and husband Jerry Stiller appeared on "Toast of the Town" (1948) (aka The Ed Sullivan Show) as Stiller & Meara every two months for a total of 36 times. Won an Obie for the 1955 off-Broadway production "Mädchen in Uniform." Although Anne converted to Judaism upon their marriage, the main source of Stiller & Meara's material was the differences in their ethnic backgrounds, epitomized by their famous "Hershey Horowitz/Mary Elizabeth Doyle" routines. Born and raised an Irish Catholic, she converted to Judaism after marrying Jerry Stiller Was named as "Queen of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 2000. Her husband, Jerry Stiller, was named "King of Brooklyn" at the same festival.

Anne Meara Detailed Biography -

Anne Meara (born September 20, 1929) is an American comedian and actress. She was born in New York City, into a family of Irish Catholic extraction and raised accordingly. She and Jerry Stiller are the parents of actor/comedian Ben and actress Amy Stiller. Her mother committed suicide when Meara was 11, and she has been in therapy since the mid-1980s. She was raised Catholic, but converted to Judaism six years after marrying Stiller. She has long stressed that her conversion wasn't 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." 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).