Anne Meara Has Passed

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 4:31pm

Rest In Peace

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 5:28pm

She has left many memories for those of us who grew up watching her...a wide and varied career. Thinking of you tonight...

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 6:06pm

One of the true pioneers of comedy. It was such a joy watching Stiller and Meara on Ed Sullivan and all the talk shows as a child.  RIP

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 6:30pm

She had such a warmth to her smile.

I remember her in Kate McShane, a lawyer show, Charles Haid played her priest brother who was a law teacher and Her character referred to him a "Ya jolly Jesuit"-  w her brooklyn/Irish accent.  Always made me laugh.

 

She'll be missed. 

May her memory be a blessing for her family.

[nmartin]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 7:07pm

Sorry to hear this. I saw in her in Eastern Standard, a play that I liked with a performance by her that I loved.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 8:47pm

An amazing talent!

I'm surprised that BWW.com's headline writer thought s/he had to explain that Meara was "Ben Stiller's mother". Whom does s/he think posts here?

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 11:26pm

Such a loss.  Never saw her on stage, but she was such a staple from my years growing up, seeing her on television talk, variety and game shows.  And a couple of sitcoms she was in, as well.

I couldn't remember if she and Jerry, being such a famous TV couple, ever appeared on that Bert Convy game show, Tattletales, so looked it up.  And there they were. 1978 in that particular episode.

Updated On: 5/24/15 at 11:26 PM

[stargazer2]

Posted: 5/25/15 at 9:24am

One of my favorite movies is "The Daytrippers".  Such a great talent.

[EthelMae]

Posted: 5/25/15 at 11:55am

Some memories:

-a cameo in the original Out-of Towners movie. Hilarious in about 2 minutes of film time.

-got to meet her at a play conference in Alaska of all places. Friendly, funny and so down to earth. I asked her what it was like to work with Sandy Dennis. And as loud as she could be she yelled, "I LOVE Sandy Dennis!!!"

-and on Theater Talk, I think it was, they were discussing her role in Anna Christie at the Roundabout. The producers were there saying that when "Anne came into the room, we knew we found our "Mary"!" Ms. Meara came right back with, "Are you kidding?? I had 5 callbacks! You producers!" I always loved that.

Updated On: 5/25/15 at 11:55 AM

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 5/25/15 at 9:57pm

I couldn't agree more about DAYTRIPPERS. Lovely film!