Anne Meara: movies and TV shows
Anne Meara has 114 credits in the archive: 54 films and 60 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: Homicide: Life on the Street (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 1998 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 95 |
| 2015 | Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | Film | — | 85 |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Winnie (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 84 |
| 2014 | Simpler Times | Gloria | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2010 | Gravity | Mrs. Talbot | TV | 5.1 | 80 |
| 2010 | Another Harvest Moon | Ella | Film | 4.7 | 80 |
| 2009 | When the Evening Comes | Marion Corrado | Film | — | 79 |
| 2007 | Head Case | Self | TV | 6.3 | 77 |
| 2007 | Fired! | Self | Film | 5.9 | 77 |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | Debbie | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2006 | Four Kings | Ruth | TV | 5.0 | 76 |
| 2003 | Crooked Lines | Hard Boiled | Film | 4.5 | 73 |
| 2002 | Good Morning, Miami | Evelyn | TV | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2002 | Like Mike | Sister Theresa | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2002 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | Film | 7.7 | 72 |
| 2001 | Zoolander | Protestor (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2001 | Get Well Soon | Linda | Film | 4.2 | 71 |
| 2001 | What Makes a Family | Evelyn Cataldi | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2000 | Ed | Barbara Gennacarro | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 2000 | The Independent | Rita | Film | 5.5 | 70 |
| 2000 | Chump Change | Casting Director | Film | 4.0 | 70 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ida Becker | TV | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Irene Kerns | TV | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1999 | A Fish in the Bathtub | Molly | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1999 | Judy Berlin | Bea | Film | 5.9 | 69 |
| 1999 | The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man | Film | 8.0 | 69 | |
| 1999 | The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller | Self | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Veronica Olchin | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Mary Finnegan | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Mary Brady | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Mrs. Friedman | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1998 | The Thin Pink Line | Mrs. Langstrom | Film | 4.7 | 68 |
| 1998 | Southie | Mrs. Quinn | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 67 |
| 1997 | Oz | Aunt Brenda O'Reily | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1997 | The Daytrippers | Rita Malone | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1997 | Jitters | Louise Domino | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1995 | Heavyweights | Alice Bushkin | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Bev's Mother | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 1995 | Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger | Film | 8.7 | 65 | |
| 1994 | Reality Bites | Louise | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Holly Hoyt | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1994 | The Mother | Mrs. Geegan | Film | — | 64 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Donna DiGrazi | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 1993 | Good Advice | Dooley Harold | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1992 | Through an Open Window | Madeline Jason | Film | — | 62 |
| 1991 | Performance | Mrs Geegan | TV | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1991 | Highway to Hell | Medea (waitress in Pluto's) | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1991 | The Sunset Gang | Bernice Shapiro (segment "The Detective") | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Miriam | Film | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1989 | That's Adequate | Charlene Lane | Film | 4.1 | 59 |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | TV | 6.4 | 58 | |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | TV | 7.6 | 58 | |
| 1988 | Monsters | Greta | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1987 | The Hustler of Money | Barmaid | Film | 8.3 | 57 |
| 1987 | The Day They Came to Arrest the Book | Mrs. Salters | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1986 | ALF | Dorothy Halligan | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 1986 | ALF | TV | 7.6 | 56 | |
| 1986 | My Little Girl | Mrs. Shopper | Film | 4.6 | 56 |
| 1986 | The Longshot | Madge | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1986 | The Perils of P.K | Film | 9.5 | 56 | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Winnie Tupper Banner | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Mae Shaughnessy | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1983 | The Other Woman | Peg Gilford | Film | 4.6 | 53 |
| 1983 | The Other Woman | Film | 4.6 | 53 | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Bernice Shapiro (segment 'Yiddish', 'The Detective') | TV | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1980 | Fame | Mrs. Sherwood | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | Veronica Rooney | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1979 | Time Express | TV | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Mrs. Curry | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Margaret Hanrahan | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Rose Vitelli | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Sister Geraldine | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1977 | Dick Clark's Good Old Days | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1977 | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1976 | Donny & Marie | Self | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1976 | The Sonny and Cher Show | TV | 7.1 | 46 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Bartender (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1975 | Kate McShane | Kate McShane | TV | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1975 | Kate McShane | Kate McShane | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1974 | Rhoda | TV | 6.3 | 44 | |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | TV | 3.5 | 44 |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | TV | 7.5 | 42 | |
| 1972 | The Paul Lynde Show | Grace Dickerson | TV | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1972 | The Corner Bar | TV | 5.0 | 42 | |
| 1972 | The Irish Whiskey Rebellion | Goldie Fain-Follies Star | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1972 | Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | TV | 6.1 | 41 | |
| 1971 | Dames at Sea | Joan | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 40 |
| 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | Purse Snatching Victim in Police Station | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1970 | Lovers and Other Strangers | Wilma | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Martha | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Janet Ferguson | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Rose Miller | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Bunny Sterling | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Annie Dempsey | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1968 | That's Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo | Self | TV | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1964 | Linus the Lionhearted | TV | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1960 | Ninotchka | Anna | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | TV | 5.4 | 28 | |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | TV | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 26 |
| 1954 | The Greatest Gift | TV | — | 24 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Betty Blake | TV | 6.6 | 18 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 18 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 14 |