RIP Anne Meara.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 6:37pm

RIP funny lady! Have been a fan since I was 10 watching you and Jerry on Ed Sullivan.

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/24/actress-and-comedian-anne-meara-dies-at-85/21186720/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-930829317

Updated On: 5/24/15 at 06:37 PM

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 6:45pm

How sad.  I grew up watching Stiller & Meara.  A classic comedy team.  RIP Anne. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 7:46pm

Loved her my whole life.  But never more than when she had her run-in with Leroy in Fame.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 9:08pm

Their Irish/Jew fights were hysterical! As were their "I hate you!" bits and their wonderful cabdriver sketches. No matter how well they acted their fights, their love for each other shone through, which made the whole thing better! Jerry, please take care of yourself. The world still needs you!

 

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 10:15pm

 

[Huss417]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 10:56pm

Sorry to hear this.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 11:00pm

Thanks Pal Joey! That was cutting edge back in the late 60's! Heck the creaters of Bridget Loves Bernie pretty much stole their act!

 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 11:05pm

But Bridget didn't convert to Judaism like Anne did.  She became a lesbian!

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 5/24/15 at 11:33pm

A great dramatic actress as well, she gave an amazing performance in "FAME"...

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 5/25/15 at 8:02pm

So sad. What a wonderful life and legacy. I too grew up watching Stiller and Meara on Carson, etc.  RIP.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/25/15 at 10:40pm

She proved herself to be a wonder foil to Archie Bunker!

 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/25/15 at 10:50pm

She was on the second season of an ABC summer replacement sitcom called "The Corner Bar" in 1973, which was a very formative year for me and TV series with adult themes.  When "Cheers" premiered years later, I was like, "It's The Corner Bar!".  Meara owned the bar in the second season.  

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 9:04am

I worked with her (circa 1990). She was an Actors Studio devotee (and member), and really thought and approached everything with those sensibilities.  The stand-up demeanor/persona was in effect a kind of character; her general process/MO was not a comedian's.  She was a serious theater actor (and writer) and I thought a terrific director, though from what I understand she didn't do much directing, which is sad. The piece we worked on featured a cast of (all) women, and she had a great ability to inspire performances without a lot of peripheral talk.  Like many instinctive actors who direct, she knew that less is more.  And that actors need to be left alone.  She was also a task-master.  We sat down with the script, and I said "so are we gonna go through this line by line?"  She paused, not for humorous effect, and said "word for word."  Which we did, over hours.  Over subsequent years, I'd often see her on the street, we were neighbors, and she could be disarming and droll.  But she was never remotely comical directing or parsing text. Her work ethic was her life, and if you didn't share it, she had little patience with you, appropriately.  She was very kind and generous to me, and I treasure the memory of our brief experience together.        

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/26/15 at 9:35am

Lovely.