JERRY STILLER & ANNE MEARS SIGNED CONTRACT 1968 VERY YOUNG PRE SEINFELD

Description: A MULTI PAGE CONTRACT WITH WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY INFORMATION AS WELL AS A VINTAGE 8X10 IONCH PHOTO OF COMEDY TEAM LEGENDS JERRY STILLER AND ANNE MEARA FROM 1968 Gerald Isaac Stiller was an American actor, comedian and author. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Anne Meara Stiller was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of a prominent 1960s comedy team, Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor Ben Stiller. She was also featured on stage, in television, and in numerous films, and later she became a playwright. Anne Meara Stiller (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of a prominent 1960s comedy team, Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor Ben Stiller. She was also featured on stage, in television, and in numerous films, and later she became a playwright. During her career, Meara was nominated for four Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and she won a Writers Guild Award as a co-writer for the TV movie The Other Woman. Contents1Early years2Career2.1Comedy team2.2Television, stage, film, video2.3Writing and consulting3Personal life3.1Religion3.2Children3.3Death4Filmography4.1Film4.2Television4.3Theatre4.4Radio5Awards and nominations6References7External linksEarly yearsMeara was born in Brooklyn, New York,[1] the daughter of parents of Irish descent,[2] Mary (née Dempsey)[3] and Edward Joseph Meara, a corporate lawyer for American Standard.[4] An only child, she was raised in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island. When Anne was 11 years old, her mother died by suicide.[1] When she was 18, Meara spent a year studying acting at the Dramatic Workshop at The New School and at HB Studio[5] under Uta Hagen in Manhattan. The following year, 1948, she began her career as an actress in summer stock.[1] CareerComedy team Publicity photo of Meara and Jerry Stiller, 1965Meara met actor-comedian Jerry Stiller in 1953, and they married in 1954. Until he suggested it, she had never thought of doing comedy. "Jerry started us being a comedy team," she said. "He always thought I would be a great comedy partner."[1] They joined the Chicago improvisational company The Compass Players (which later became The Second City), and after leaving, formed the comedy team of Stiller and Meara. In 1961, they were performing in nightclubs in New York, and by the following year were considered a "national phenomenon", said the New York Times.[1] Their often improvised comedy routines brought many of their relationship foibles to live audiences. Their skits focused on domestic themes, as did Nichols and May, another comedy team during that period from the Chicago Compass Players project. "They were Nichols and May without the acid and with warmth," notes author Lawrence Epstein.[6] They also added a new twist to their comedy act, he adds, by sometimes playing up the fact that Stiller was Jewish and Meara was Catholic.[7] After Nichols and May broke up as a team in 1961, Stiller and Meara were the number-one couple comedy team by the late 1960s. And as Mike Nichols and Elaine May were not married, Stiller and Meara became the most famous married couple comedy team since Burns and Allen.[8] After some years honing the act, Stiller and Meara became regulars on The Ed Sullivan Show, with 36 appearances,[8] and other TV programs, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. They released their first LP in 1963, Presenting America's New Comedy Sensation: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Live at The Hungry I, which became a hit. By 1970, however, they broke up their act because it was affecting their marriage: "I didn't know where the act ended and our marriage began," complained Meara in 1977.[8] Stiller agreed, fearing, "I would have lost her as a wife."[8] Television, stage, film, videoDuring the 1970s, Meara and Stiller wrote and performed many radio commercials together for Blue Nun Wine. She had a recurring role on the sitcom Rhoda as airline stewardess Sally Gallagher, one of the title character's best friends. She also had a small role as Mrs. Curry opposite Laurence Olivier in The Boys from Brazil (1978). In 1975, she starred in her own series, Kate McShane, on CBS. She was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1976, however, the show was cancelled after 10 episodes.[9][10][11] Also in the 1970s, Meara provided narration for segments of the educational television series Sesame Street, consisting of scenes from silent films. Meara in an episode of The Corner Bar, 1973Meara costarred with Carroll O'Connor and Martin Balsam in the early 1980s hit sitcom Archie Bunker's Place, which was a continuation of the influential 1970s sitcom All in the Family. She played the role of Veronica Rooney, the bar's cook, for the show's first three seasons (1979–1982). During that time, she acted in the movie Fame (1980), in which she played English teacher Elizabeth Sherwood.[12] She also appeared as the grandmother in the TV series ALF in the late 1980s. The Stiller and Meara Show, her own 1986 TV sitcom, in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City and Meara portrayed his wife, a television commercial actress, was unsuccessful. From 1999 to 2007, Meara guest starred on The King of Queens (where her husband played Arthur Spooner), first as Mary Finnegan, then as Veronica Olchin (mother of Spence, who was played by Patton Oswalt). Veronica and Arthur were married in the series finale. Starting in October 2010, Meara and Jerry Stiller began starring in a Yahoo! web series called Stiller & Meara produced by Red Hour Digital, a production company owned by their son Ben Stiller.[13][14] She accepted a role in the off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore with Conchata Ferrell, AnnaLynne McCord, Minka Kelly, and B. Smith.[15] She taught a technique and scene study class at HB Studio until her death.[citation needed] Writing and consultingIn 1995, Meara wrote the comedy After-Play, which became an off-Broadway production.[1][16] In her later years, she portrayed recurring roles on the television shows Sex and the City (as Mary Brady) and The King of Queens (as Veronica Olchin). During the 2004–05 season, she appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She was the consulting director of J.A.P. – The Jewish American Princesses of Comedy, a 2007 off-Broadway production that featured live stand-up routines by four female Jewish comics juxtaposed with the stories of legendary performers from the 1950s and 1960s: Totie Fields, Jean Carroll, Pearl Williams, Betty Walker, and Belle Barth.[citation needed] In 2009, Meara wrote her personal life reflections in a New York-focused online blog, titled Mr. Beller's Neighborhood -- New York City Stories. In it, Meara recalled her mother's death and her childhood experiences at Catholic boarding school.[17] Personal lifeReligionMeara was born, baptised and raised a Roman Catholic. She converted to Judaism six years after marrying Stiller.[18][19] She insisted that she did not convert at Stiller's request, explaining, "Catholicism was dead to me". She took her conversion seriously and studied the Jewish faith in such depth that her Jewish-born husband quipped, "Being married to Anne has made me more Jewish".[20] They discussed how they met and their early career during a guest appearance on the TV game show What's My Line? in 1968.[21] ChildrenTogether, Meara and her husband had two children, Amy (born 1961) and Ben (born 1965). DeathMeara died on May 23, 2015, at her home in Manhattan at the age of 85, having suffered multiple strokes.[22] FilmographyFilmSources: TCM;[23] AllMovie;[24] Film Reference[25] YearTitleRoleNotes1970The Out-of-TownersWoman in Police Station1970Lovers and Other StrangersWilma1972Irish Whiskey RebellionGoldie Fain-Follies Star1977Nasty HabitsSister Geraldine1978The Boys from BrazilMrs. Curry1980FameMrs. Sherwood1984In Our HandsDocumentary1986The LongshotMadge1986The Perils of P.K.1987My Little GirlMrs. Shopper1989That's AdequateCharlene Lane1990AwakeningsMiriam1992Through an Open Window24-minute short1992Highway to HellMedea1993So You Want to Be an ActorHerselfShort subject1994Reality BitesLouise1994The Search for One-Eye JimmyHolly Hoyt1995HeavyweightsAlice Bushkin1995Kiss of DeathBev's Mother1996The DaytrippersRita Malone1998The Thin Pink LineMrs. Langstrom1998SouthieMrs. Quinn1999The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man1999Judy BerlinBea1999Brooklyn Thrill Killers29-minute short1999A Fish in the BathtubMolly2000Amy Stiller's BreastHerselfShort subject2000The IndependentRita2001ZoolanderProtestorUncredited2001Keeping It Real: The Adventures of Greg WallochDocumentary2001Get Well SoonLinda2002Like MikeSister Theresa2002The Yard Sale19-minute short2003Crooked Lines[26]Hard Boiled2004Chump ChangeCasting Director2006Night at the MuseumDebbie2007The Mirror2007The Shallow End of the OceanVoice of Alice28-minute short2009When the Evening ComesMarion Corrado2009The Queen of Greenwich Village13-minute short2009Another Harvest MoonElla2014Simpler Times33-minute short with Jerry Stiller2014Planes: Fire & RescueWinnieVoiceTelevision This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)Sources: Film Reference;[25] TV.com[27] YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1954–55The Greatest GiftHarriet219 episodes1954The Philco Television PlayhouseBetty BlakeEpisode: "Man on the Mountaintop"1959The DuPont Show of the MonthPerformerEpisode: "Oliver Twist"1960NinotchkaAnnaABC TV movie[28]1964–65Linus! The Lion HeartedVoiceAnimated TV series, 3 episodes1971Dames at SeaJoanTelevision Special[29][30]1971-72The Courtship of Eddie's FatherBunny SterlingAnnie Dempsey2 episodes1971-73Love, American StyleVarious roles2 episodes1973The Paul Lynde ShowGrace Dickerson3 episodes1973The Corner BarMae/Jennifer BradleyCast member, 7 episodes1974Medical CenterRose MillerEpisode: "The Enemies"1975Kate McShaneKate McShaneCancelled after 10 episodes1976–77RhodaSally Gallagher7 episodes1977–78Take Five with Stiller & Meara1979-83Love BoatVarious roles3 episodes1979–82Archie Bunker's PlaceVeronica Rooney52 episodes1979–82HBO Sneak PreviewsCostarred with Jerry Stiller1983The Other WomanPeg GilfordTV movie (CBS);Meara co-wrote the teleplay with Lila Garrett[31][32]1986The Stiller and Meara ShowPerformerCo-writer; Canceled after a few weeks1987Saturday Night LiveBartenderEpisode: "Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis"1987–89ALFDorothy Halligan7 episodes1987–89CBS Schoolbreak SpecialMrs. SaltersEpisode: "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book"1988-93Murder, She WroteWinnie Tupper BannerMae Shaughnessy2 episodes1990MonstersGretaEpisode: "One Wolf's Family"1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterRose FinkerEpisode: "Avenue Z Afternoon"1991American PlayhouseBernice Shapiro"The Sunset Gang": segment: "The Detective"1992–99All My ChildrenPeggy Moody5 episodes1992–99CBS Schoolbreak SpecialPatricia LennonEpisode: "Love off Limits"1994In the Heat of the NightRodaEpisode: "Poor Relations"1994Great Performances: The MotherMrs. GeeganPBS TV movie, Oct. 24, 1994[33]1994Murphy BrownReena Bernecky2 episodes1996Homicide: Life on the StreetDonna DiGrazi2 episodes1997JittersmotherTV Movie[34]1999After PlayWriter and cast member1999-02OzAunt Brenda O'Reily2 episodes19992003–07The King of QueensMary Finnegan (1999)Veronica Olchin (2003–07)10 episodes2001What Makes a FamilyEvelyn CataldiTV movie (Lifetime)[35]2001EdBarbara GennacarroEpisode: "The Test"2001Will & GraceMrs. FriedmanEpisode: "Star-Spangled Banter"2002–04Sex and the CityMary Brady4 episodes2003Good Morning, MiamiClaire's FriendEpisode: "The Slow and the Furious"2003Charlie LawrencePauline LawrenceEpisode: "If It's Not One Thing It's Your Mother"[36]2004–12Law & Order: Special Victims UnitIda BeckerEpisode: "Scavenger"Episode: "Dreams Deferred"[37]2006Four KingsRuthEpisode: "Pilot"2009MercyEstelle ThalbergEpisode: "The Last Thing I Said Was"2009–10Wonder Pets!Granny Ginny2 episodes2010GravityMrs. TalbotEpisode: "Old People Creep Me Out"2011Rip CityMyrtTVLand sitcom pilot that did not sell[38]TheatreYearTitleCredit(s)NotesRef.1956A Month in the CountryKatina the maidPhoenix Theatre, Off-Broadway[39]1956The Good Woman of SetzuanNiece[40]1957Miss LoneyheartsSick-of-it-AllMusic Box Theatre, Broadway[41]1958As You Like ItAudreyJoseph Papp Public Theater, Off-Broadway[42]1958Ulysseys in NighttownVarious rolesRooftop Theatre, Off-Broadway[43]1971The House of Blue LeavesBunny FlingusTruck and Warehouse Theatre, Off-Broadway[44]1984SpookhousePerformerPlayhouse 91, Off-Broadway[45]1984A... My Name Is AliceWriterTop of the Gate, Off-Broadway[46]1988Romeo and JulietNurseJoseph Papp Public Theater, Off-Broadway[47]1988Eastern StandardMay LoganJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway[48]1993Anna ChristieMarthy OwenCenter Stage Right, Broadway[49]1995After-PlayTerry GutemanPlaywrightTheatre Four, Broadway[50]2000Down the Garden PathsPlaywrightMinetta Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway[51]2011Love, Loss and What I WorePerformerWestside Theatre, Off-Broadway[52]RadioI'd Rather Eat Pants, National Public Radio, 2002Awards and nominationsYearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.1976Golden Globe AwardsBest Supporting Actress - TelevisionRhodaNominated[53]1976Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Actress in a Drama SeriesKate McShaneNominated1981Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesArchie Bunker's PlaceNominated1982Nominated1997Guest Actress in a Drama SeriesHomicide: Life on the StreetNominated1984Writers Guild of America AwardsOriginal/Adapted Comedy AnthologyThe Other WomanWon1993Tony AwardsBest Featured Actress in a PlayAnna ChristieNominated[54]1996Outer Critics Circle AwardJohn Gassner AwardAfter-PlayWonOn February 9, 2007 Meara and Jerry Stiller received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Blvd. Anne Meara, who was half of one of the most successful male-female comedy teams of all time and who went on to enjoy a long and diverse career as an actress and, late in life, a playwright, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 85. Her death was confirmed by her husband and longtime comedy partner, Jerry Stiller, and her son, the actor and director Ben Stiller. They did not provide the cause. Ms. Meara was an experienced but relatively unknown stage actress when she joined forces with Jerry Stiller as members of the Compass Players, an improvisational theater troupe that evolved into Second City, and later on their own as Stiller and Meara. (Another male-female team, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, also got their start with the Compass Players.) Stiller and Meara began performing in New York nightclubs in 1961 and within a year had become a national phenomenon. But even during the act’s heyday, Ms. Meara also pursued a separate career as an actress. She had already amassed an impressive list of stage credits before beginning her comedy career, including an Obie Award-winning performance in “Mädchen in Uniform” in 1955 and roles in several Shakespeare in the Park productions. (She was a witch in “Macbeth” in 1957.) She later appeared both on and off Broadway, in films, and especially on television, where she was seen on a wide range of series, from “Rhoda” and “Archie Bunker’s Place” on CBS to “Sex and the City” and “Oz” on HBO. Dig deeper into the moment.Special offer: Subscribe for $1 a week.A tall redhead with a brassy voice and a self-confident demeanor, Ms. Meara was a natural for comedy but frequently played dramatic parts as well. “Comedy, drama, it’s the same deal,” she said in an interview for the Archive of American Television in 2008. “You don’t really act differently; you just make adjustments.” ImageAnne Meara in her West Side apartment in 1995.Anne Meara in her West Side apartment in 1995.Credit...Fred R. Conrad/The New York TimesAnne Meara was born in Brooklyn on Sept. 20, 1929, and raised in Rockville Centre on Long Island. An only child, she was the daughter of Edward Meara, a lawyer, and the former Mary Dempsey, who committed suicide when her daughter was 11. After studying for a year at the Dramatic Workshop at the New School in Manhattan, Anne began her career in summer stock in 1948. She met Mr. Stiller in 1953 and married him soon after, but it would be some time before they began working as a team. The idea, they both agreed, was his; she did not think of herself as a comedian, but because work was scarce she reluctantly agreed. “Jerry started us being a comedy team,” she said in 2008. “He always thought I would be a great comedy partner. At that time in my life, I disdained comedians.” In the 1960s Stiller and Meara were regular guests on the variety and talk shows of Ed Sullivan and many others, and performed in nightclubs all over the country. In the 1970s their voices were heard on radio commercials for Blue Nun wine and other products. Ms. Meara and Mr. Stiller’s relationship was the basis for their best-known comedy routines, which told the continuing story of Hershey Horowitz and Mary Elizabeth Doyle, a short Jewish man and a tall Catholic woman who had virtually nothing in common except their love for each other. On their first date, arranged by a computer, Hershey and Mary Elizabeth were surprised to learn that they lived on the same block but knew none of the same people. (There was one significant difference between the real-life couple and the comedy version: Ms. Meara, though born and raised Roman Catholic, converted to Judaism in 1961.) By the end of the decade, Mr. Stiller and Ms. Meara were both concentrating on their individual careers, but they continued to perform together from time to time. She made several guest appearances on the sitcom “The King of Queens,” on which Mr. Stiller (who had also memorably played Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld”) was a regular; her character married his in the series finale in 2007. Editors’ Picks After Covid Upended a Dying Woman’s Rome Dream, Her Twin Stepped In They Wanted a ‘Blank Slate’ One-Bedroom for Less Than $1 Million. Which Option Would You Choose? ‘While I Was Away, My Boss Had Flowers Delivered to My Apartment’Continue reading the main story ImageJerry Stiller and Ms. Meara on the set of "The King of Queens" in 2003.

Jerry Stiller and Ms. Meara on the set of "The King of Queens" in 2003. Credit...Stefano Paltera/Associated PressIn 2010 they began appearing in a series of web videos produced by their son in which they sat on a couch and talked, to the camera and occasionally to each other, about a variety of topics. In 1975 Ms. Meara starred in “Kate McShane,” an hourlong drama about a lawyer that, despite generally good reviews, was canceled after two months. “They never really made her a full-blooded woman,” she said of her character in 2008. “She had no love life; she was really a nun.” That was her only starring role on television, but she kept busy in a range of supporting roles on the small screen well into the 21st century. In addition to her prodigious prime-time work, she appeared occasionally on the soap opera “All My Children” in the 1990s. During her career, she was nominated for four Emmy Awards and won a Writers Guild Award as a co-writer of “The Other Woman,” a 1983 TV movie. She had memorable character parts in movies as well, including a teacher in “Fame” (1980) and a personnel manager in “Reality Bites” (1994), Ben Stiller’s feature-film directorial debut. Onstage, she was in the original Off Broadway production of John Guare’s dark comedy “The House of Blue Leaves” in 1971 — her son had a small role in the 1986 Broadway revival and the lead role in a second revival, in 2011 — and she was nominated for a Tony for “Anna Christie” in 1993. In addition to her husband and her son, Ms. Meara is survived by a daughter, the actress and comedian Amy Stiller, and two grandchildren. Ms. Meara branched out into writing in 1995, when her comedy “After-Play” was presented Off Broadway. Her “Down the Garden Paths” had a brief Off Broadway run in 2000, with a cast headed by Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. “After-Play” has been produced by a number of regional theaters, sometimes with both Ms. Meara and Mr. Stiller in the cast. But neither of them was in the original cast, and she did not conceive it as a Stiller and Meara vehicle. “I wanted to do something on my own,” she told The New York Times in 1995. “It’s the same way he feels good about doing ‘Seinfeld.’ The irony is, I feel we’re closer personally than when we were out going to nightclubs.” Anne Meara Biography (1929-)Born September 20, 1929, in New York, NY; daughter of Edward Joseph and Mary(maiden name, Dempsey) Meara; married Jerry Stiller (an actor and comic), September 14, 1954; children: Amy (an actress), Benjamin (an actor and director). Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401. NationalityAmericanGenderFemaleOccupationActress, comedianBirth DetailsSeptember 20, 1929New York, New York, United StatesFamous WorksCREDITSTelevision AppearancesSeriesHarriet, The Greatest Gift, NBC, 1954You're Putting Me On (game show), 1969Mae, The Corner Bar, ABC, 1973Title role, Kate McShane, CBS, 1975-1976Sally Gallagher, a recurring role, Rhoda, CBS, 1976-1977Take Five with Stiller and Meara, syndicated, 1977Cohost, HBO Sneak Preview, HBO, 1979-1982Veronica Rooney, Archie Bunker's Place (also known as All in the Family, Justice for All, and Those Were the Days), CBS, 1979-1983Anne Bender, The Stiller and Meara Show, NBC, 1986Dorothy Halligan, a recurring role, ALF, NBC, 1987-1989Voice, Good and Evil, ABC, 1991Peggy Moody, All My Children, ABC, 1993-1997PilotsTitle role, Kate McShane, CBS, 1975Annie Bell, This Better Be It, CBS, 1976Veronica Rooney, Gloria Comes Home, CBS, 1982Anne Bender, The Stiller and Meara Show, CBS, 1986Betty, Two Families, CBS, 2002Specials"Oliver Twist," The DuPont Show of the Month, 1959Anna, Ninotchka, ABC, 1960The Jonathan Winters Show, NBC, 1965The Perry Como Christmas Show, NBC, 1966Dames at Sea, NBC, 1971Don Rickles--Alive and Kicking, CBS, 1972Alan King Looks Back in Anger--A Review of 1972, ABC, 1973Celebration: The American Spirit, ABC, 1976The Mad Mad Mad Mad World of the Super Bowl, NBC, 1977Voice of Nellie Cosgrove, 'Twas the Night before Christmas, ABC, 1977Mrs. Salters, "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book," CBS SchoolbreakSpecials, CBS, 1987Colin's mother, Colin Quinn Back in Brooklyn (also known as Colin Back to Brooklyn), MTV, 1989Rose Finkler, "Avenue Z Afternoon," General Motors Playwrights Theatre, Arts and Entertainment, 1992Patricia Lennon, "Love Off Limits" (also known as "Off Limits"), CBS Schoolbreak Specials, CBS, 1993Through an Open Window, syndicated, 1994Voice, Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger, HBO, 1994Mrs. Geegan, "The Mother" (also known as "Paddy Chayefsky's The Mother"),Great Performances, PBS, 1994The Comedy Central Presents the New York Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller, Comedy Central, 1999The Comedy Central Presents the New York Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner, Comedy Central, 2000Voice, They Came for Good: A History of the Jews in the United States, PBS, 2001There's Something about Ben Stiller, Arts and Entertainment, 2001MoviesPeg Gilford, The Other Woman, CBS, 1983Louise Domino, Jitters, Lifetime, 1997A tekeroelantos naploja (also known as The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man), 1999Evelyn Cataldi, What Makes a Family, Lifetime, 2001Episodic"Man on the Mountaintop," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954The Ed Sullivan Show (also known as Toast of the Town), CBS, multiple appearances, between 1963 and 1971Hullabaloo!, 1965"The Comedy Survival Kit," Kraft Music Hall, 1968The Summer Smothers Brothers Show, 1968That's Life, ABC, 1969"Love and Marriage: Parts 1 & 2" and other episodes, Kraft Music Hall, 1970The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, multiple episodes, between 1970 and 1975"Love and the Conjugal Visit," Love, American Style, ABC, 1971The Carol Burnett Show, 1972Annie, "We Love Annie," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC, 1972Bunny, "Thy Neighbor Loves Thee," The Courtship of Eddie's Father,ABC, 1972Grace Dickerson, "The Landlord," The Paul Lynde Show, ABC, 1972Grace Dickerson, "To Wed or Not to Wed," The Paul Lynde Show, ABC,1972Grace Dickerson, "Howie's Inheritance," The Paul Lynde Show, ABC,1973Grace Dickerson, "Barbara Goes Home to Mother," The Paul Lynde Show, ABC, 1973"Love and the Clinical Problem," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973"The Enemies," Medical Center, CBS, 1974Panelist, Match Game 73, 1974Tony Orlando and Dawn, 1975Margaret Hanrahan, "Super Mom/I'll See You Again/April's Return," TheLove Boat, ABC, 1979Mrs. Sherwood, Fame, 1980Rose Vitelli, "Love, Honor, and Obey," The Love Boat, ABC, 1981"We, the Jury," The Love Boat, ABC, 1983Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1987Winnie Tupper Banner, "Who Threw the Barbitols in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988"One Wolf's Family," Monsters, 1990Bernice Shapiro, "Yiddish," The Sunset Gang, PBS, 1991Bernice Shapiro, "The Detective," The Sunset Gang, PBS, 1991Women Aloud (also known as Funny Ladies), syndicated, 1992Mae Shaughnessy, "Murder in White," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1993Roda, "Poor Relations," In the Heat of the Night, 1994Reena Bernecky, "Bye Bye Bernecky," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1994Reena Bernecky, "Brown in Toyland," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1994Dooley Harold, "Roll Out the Barrel," Good Advice, 1994Donna DiGrazi, "Hostage: Part 2," Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, 1996Mary Finnegan, "S'aint Valentines," The King of Queens, CBS, 1999Aunt Brenda O'Reily, "Legs," Oz, HBO, 1999Barbara Gennacarro, "The Test," Ed, NBC, 2001"Ben Stiller," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001Mrs. Friedman, "Star-Spangled Banter," Will & Grace, NBC, 2001Aunt Brenda O'Reily, "Wheel of Fortune," Oz, HBO, 2002Mary Brady, "Unoriginal Sin," Sex and the City, HBO, 2002Veronica, "S'poor House," The King of Queens, CBS, 2003The View, 2003Also appeared as Charlie's mother, "If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother," Charlie Lawrence; as guest panelist on To Tell the Truth;and on The Merv Griffin Show and The Sonny & Cher Show.OtherAppeared in The Male Menopause.Film AppearancesWilma, Lovers and Other Strangers, Cinerama, 1970Irate woman in police station, The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1970Irish Whiskey Rebellion, GSF/Cinerama, 1973Sister Hildegarde (some sources cite Geraldine), Nasty Habits (also known as The Abbess), Brut, 1976Mrs. Curry, The Boys from Brazil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978Mrs. Sherwood, Fame, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1980Herself, In Our Hands, 1984Mrs. Shopper, My Little Girl, 1986The Perils of P. K., 1986Madge, The Longshot, Orion, 1986Charlene Lane, That's Adequate, 1989Miriam, Awakenings, Columbia, 1990Mia, 1990Medea, Highway to Hell, Hemdale Releasing, 1992Herself, So You Want to Be an Actor?, 1993Louise, Reality Bites, Universal, 1994Alice Bushkin, Heavyweights, Buena Vista, 1995Bev's mother, Kiss of Death, 1995Rita Malone, The Daytrippers (also known as En route vers Manhattan), Columbia/TriStar, 1996Holly Hoyt, The Search for One-Eyed Jimmy, Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1996Mrs. Quinn, Southie, Lions Gates Films, 1998Molly, A Fish in the Bathtub, Curb Entertainment, 1998Mrs. Langstrom, The Thin Pink Line, PARCO/Tokyo Theatres Co., 1998Mrs. Perrett, Brooklyn Thrill Killers, 1999Bea, Judy Berlin, Shooting Gallery, 2000Rita, The Independent, New City Releasing, 2000Chump Change, Miramax, 2000Herself, Amy Stiller's Breast, 2000Protestor, Zoolander, Paramount, 2001First restaurant patron, Keeping It Real: The Adventures of Greg Walloch (also known as F**k the Disabled: The Surprising Adventures of GregWalloch), Avatar Films, 2001Get Well Soon, Lions Gate Films, 2001Hard-boiled woman, Crooked Lines, Crooked Lines Productions, 2001Sister Theresa, Like Mike, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002Hank, The Yard Sale, American Film Institute/Yard Sale Productions, 2002Stage AppearancesA Month in the Country, off-Broadway, 1954Maedchen in Uniform, off-Broadway, 1955Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 1957Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1957Ulysses in Nightgown, New York City, 1958Marion, Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, Carnegie Hall Playhouse, New York City, 1958Bunny Flingus, The House of Blue Leaves, Truck and Warehouse Theatre, New York City, 1970Spookhouse, Playhouse 91, New York City, 1984Bosoms and Neglect, 1986Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, New York Shakespeare Festival, AnspacherTheatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1988May Logan, Eastern Standard, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1988, then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1989Marthy Owen, Anna Christie, Roundabout Theatre Company, CriterionCenter Stage Right Theatre, New York City, 1993Terry Guteman, After-Play, Theatre Four, New York City, 1995Also appeared off-Broadway in Dandy Dick and The Silver Tassie.Stage WorkDirector, Matinee, Mazur Theatre, New York City, 1990RECORDINGSAlbums(With Jerry Stiller) Laugh When You Like, Atlantic, 1972The End of the Pier, 1992WRITINGSTelevision Episodes"Break Up to Make Up," ALF, NBC, 1989Television WritingOther(With Lila Garrett) The Other Woman (movie), CBS, 1983The Stiller and Meara Show (series), NBC, 1986Stage PlaysAfter-Play, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 1994, then Theatre Four, New York City, 1995Down the Garden Paths, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ,1999, then Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001Further ReferenceOTHER SOURCES BooksStiller, Jerry, Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara, Simon & Schuster, 2000 Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor, comedian and author. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 2015. Stiller saw a late-career resurgence starting in 1993, playing George Costanza's father Frank on the sitcom Seinfeld, a part which earned him an Emmy nomination. The year Seinfeld went off the air, Stiller began his role as the eccentric Arthur Spooner on the CBS comedy series The King of Queens, another role which garnered him widespread acclaim.[1] Stiller is the father of actor Ben Stiller, and the father and son appeared together in films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2. He also performed voice-over work for television and films including The Lion King 1½ and Planes: Fire and Rescue. In his later career, Stiller became known for playing grumpy and eccentric characters who were nevertheless beloved.[2][3] Contents1Early life2Stiller and Meara3Resurgence3.1Seinfeld3.2The King of Queens3.3Other appearances4Author5Personal life6Death7Filmography7.1Film7.2Television7.3Stage8Accolades8.1Awards and nominations8.2Other9References10External linksEarly lifeThe eldest of four children,[4] Stiller was born at Unity Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, to Bella (née Citron; 1902–1954) and William Stiller (1896–1999), a taxi and bus driver.[5] His family was Jewish. His paternal grandparents immigrated from Galicia (southeast Poland and western Ukraine), and his mother was born in Frampol, Poland.[6] He lived in the Williamsburg and East New York neighborhoods before his family moved to the Lower East Side,[7] where he attended Seward Park High School,[8] where he played Adolf Hitler in a school production.[9] Upon his return from service in the U.S. Army during World War II,[10][11] Stiller attended Syracuse University, earning a bachelor's degree in Speech and Drama in 1950.[12][13] He also studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village.[14] In the 1953 Phoenix Theater production of Coriolanus (produced by John Houseman), Stiller, along with Gene Saks and Jack Klugman, formed (as told by Houseman in the 1980 memoir Front and Center) "the best trio of Shakespearian clowns that I have ever seen on any stage".[15] Also in 1953, Stiller met actress-comedian Anne Meara, and they married in 1954. Until Stiller suggested it, Meara had never thought of doing comedy. "Jerry started us being a comedy team," she said. "He always thought I would be a great comedy partner."[16] They joined the Chicago improvisational company The Compass Players (which later became The Second City) and, after leaving, began performing together. In 1961 they were performing in nightclubs in New York City and by the following year were considered a "national phenomenon", said the New York Times.[16] Stiller and Meara Stiller and MearaThe comedy team Stiller and Meara, composed of Stiller and his wife, Anne Meara, was successful throughout the 1960s, with numerous appearances on television variety programs, primarily on The Ed Sullivan Show.[17] In 1970, they broke up the live act before it broke up their marriage. They subsequently forged a career in radio commercials, notably the campaign for Blue Nun wine. They also starred in their own syndicated five-minute sketch comedy show on radio, Take Five with Stiller and Meara, from 1977 to 1978.[18] From 1979 to 1982, Stiller and Meara hosted HBO Sneak Previews, a half-hour show produced monthly on which they described the movies and programs to be featured in the coming month.[5] They also did some comedy sketches between show discussions. The duo had their own 1986 TV sitcom, The Stiller and Meara Show, in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City and Meara portrayed his wife, a TV commercial actress. ResurgenceSeinfeldLate in his career, Stiller earned the part of the short-tempered Frank Costanza, father of George Costanza, on the sitcom Seinfeld, a role which Stiller played from 1993 until 1998.[19] Stiller's character as initially envisioned was a "meek" and "Thurberesque" character that required him to wear a bald cap. After a couple of days of rehearsal Stiller realized the character wasn't working and asked Seinfeld co-creator Larry David if he could perform the character in a different way, which was more in line with his final characterization on the show.[20][21] For his portrayal of Frank, Stiller gained widespread critical and popular acclaim, including being nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 1997 and winning an American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series in 1998.[19][22] The King of QueensAfter Seinfeld ended, Stiller had planned on retiring. However, Kevin James asked him to join the cast of The King of Queens. James, who played the leading role of Doug Heffernan, had told Stiller that he needed him to have a successful show. Stiller agreed and played the role of Arthur Spooner, the father of Carrie Heffernan, from 1998 until 2007. Stiller said that this role tested his acting ability more than any other had, and that, before being a part of The King of Queens, he only saw himself as a "decent actor."[23] Other appearances Stiller in 2006Stiller played himself in filmed skits opening and closing Canadian rock band Rush's 30th Anniversary Tour concerts in 2004. These appearances are seen on the band's DVD R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour, released in 2005. Stiller later appeared in cameos for in-concert films for the band's 2007–08 Snakes & Arrows Tour. Stiller appeared on Dick Clark's $20,000 Pyramid show in the 1970s, and footage of the appearance was edited into an episode of The King of Queens to assist the storyline about his character being a contestant on the show, and, after losing, being bitter about the experience, as he never received his parting gift, a lifetime supply of Rice-a-Roni.[24] He also made several appearances on the game show, Tattletales, with his wife, Anne Meara. In the late 1990s, Stiller appeared in a series of Nike television commercials as the ghost of deceased Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi. He also appeared in various motion pictures, most notably Zoolander (2001) and Secret of the Andes (1999). On February 9, 2007, Stiller and Meara were honored with a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On October 28, 2010, the couple appeared on an episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Stiller voiced the announcer on the children's educational show Crashbox. Starting in October 2010, Stiller and Meara began starring in Stiller & Meara, a Yahoo web series from Red Hour Digital in which they discussed current topics. Each episode was about two minutes long.[25][26] Stiller also worked as a spokesman for Xfinity. AuthorStiller wrote the foreword to the 2005 book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us (ISBN 0-446-69674-9) by Allen Salkin. The book discussed Festivus, the fictional holiday promulgated by Stiller's Seinfeld character Frank Costanza.[27] Stiller also authored a memoir titled Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara, which was published by Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0-684-86903-9).[28] Personal life Stiller's son, BenStiller was married to Anne Meara for over 60 years, from 1954 until her death on May 23, 2015.[29] The two met in an agent's office. Meara was upset about an interaction with the casting agent, so Stiller took her out for coffee—all he could afford—and they remained together ever since. Meara was Irish Catholic and converted to Judaism before the couple's two children were born.[9] Their son is actor-comedian Ben Stiller (born 1965) and their daughter is actress Amy Stiller (born 1961).[30] He has two grandchildren through Ben. DeathStiller died from natural causes at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on May 11, 2020, at the age of 92, less than a month before his 93rd birthday. His death was announced by his son, Ben Stiller.[31][32] Many actors Stiller worked with, including Seinfeld castmates Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards[33] and King of Queens castmates Kevin James and Leah Remini, paid tributes to him on social media.[34] FilmographyFilmYearFilmRoleNotesRef(s)1970Lovers and Other StrangersJimUncredited[35]1974The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeLt. Rico Patrone[36]Airport 1975Sam[36]1976The RitzCarmine Vespucci[36]1977Nasty HabitsP.R. Priest[36]1980Those Lips, Those EyesMr. Shoemaker[36]1986Seize the DayDr. Tamkin[36]1987Hot PursuitVictor Honeywell[36]NadineRaymond Escobar[36]1988HairsprayWilbur Turnblad[36]1989That's AdequateSid Lane[36]1990Little VegasSam[36]1992Highway to HellThe Desk Cop[36]FreefallEmily's FatherShort1993The PicklePhil Hirsch[36]1995HeavyweightsHarvey Bushkin[36]1997Die Story von Monty SpinnerratzProf. Plumpingham[37]Camp StoriesSchlomo[36]StagTed[36]The DeliPetey Cheesecake[36]1999A Fish in the BathtubSam Kaplan[36]Secret of the AndesDr. Golfisch[36]The SuburbansSpeedo Silverburg[36]2000The IndependentMonty Fineman[36]My 5 WivesDon Giovani[36]Chump ChangeThe Colonel[36]2001ZoolanderMaury Ballstein[36]On the LineNathan[36]2002Serving SaraMilton the Cop[36]2004Teacher's PetPretty BoyVoice[38]The Lion King 1½Uncle MaxVoice; Direct-to-DVD[36]Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyMan in BarUncredited[39]2005R30: 30th Anniversary World TourHimself[40]2007HairsprayMr. Pinky[36]The Heartbreak KidDoc[36]2008Snakes & Arrows LiveHeidi[41]2011Swinging with the FinkelsMr. Winters[36]2012Foodfight!General XVoice[36]Excuse Me for LivingMorty[36]2014Planes: Fire & RescueHarveyVoice[37]2016Zoolander 2Maury Ballstein[42]TelevisionYearShowRoleNotesRef(s)1956–1957Studio One in HollywoodSergeant Joe Capriotti / Hugh2 episodes[14]1957The Big StoryTylerEpisode: "The Hoax"1959Armstrong Circle TheatrePfc. Elwood JohnsonEpisode: "Thunder Over Berlin"1962The DefendersSergeant WysenskiEpisode: "The Empty Chute"General Electric TheaterHaroldEpisode: "Acres and Pains"1964BrennerChris ZelcoEpisode: "The Plain Truth"1964–1965Linus the Lionhearted3 episodes[43]1969That's LifeHimselfEpisode: "Our First Fight"1971–1972The Courtship of Eddie's FatherMr. Landon / Paul Sterling2 episodes[37]1971–1973Love, American StyleLeonard Ferguson / Harry2 episodes[37]1972The Carol Burnett ShowHimselfEpisode: "#6.8"1972–1973The Paul Lynde ShowBarney Dickerson4 episodes[37]1975–1976Joe and SonsGus Duzik14 episodes[37]1976PhyllisBurt HillmanEpisode: "Phyllis and the Jumper"[14]RhodaLloyd ZimmerEpisode: "A Touch of Classy"[14]1979Time ExpressEdward ChernoffEpisode: "Garbage Man/Doctor's Wife"1979–1983The Love BoatHarlan WeatherlyTony VitelliBud Hanrahan3 episodes[37]1980–1982Archie Bunker's PlaceCarmine2 episodes[37]1981Madame XBurt OrlandTelevision filmHart to HartMyron FinkleEpisode: "Murder Takes a Bow"[14]Private BenjaminSgt. MuldoonEpisode: "So Long, Sergeant Ross"1982Simon & SimonHarold TraxlerEpisode: "The Uncivil Servant"[37]AliceGordyEpisode: "Do You Take This Waitress"[37]1983Reading RainbowDinosaur ComicEpisode: "Digging Up Dinosaurs"[44]Amanda'sSalEpisode: "You Were Meant for Me"The Other WomanMel BinnsTelevision film1984Trapper John, M.D.Artie MerrowEpisode: "Where There's a Will"[36]1985The EqualizerBrahmsEpisode: "Pilot"Tales from the DarksideLuther MandrakeEpisode: "The Devil's Advocate"1986Screen TwoMarty de ReskeEpisode: "The McGuffin"[37]1987Saturday Night LiveStuEpisode: "Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis"1988–1989TattingersSid Wilbur14 episodes[14]1989Murder, She WroteSFPD Lt. BirnbaumEpisode: "When The Fat Lady Sings"[36]1990MonstersVictorEpisode: "One Wolf's Family"[37]Sweet 15WatermanTelevision film[45]1991American PlayhouseSam / Seymour Shapir2 episodes[36]Women & Men 2IrvingTelevision film1992–1996Law & OrderMichael Tobis / Sam Pokras2 episodes[36]1993–1998SeinfeldFrank Costanza26 episodes[36]1993L.A. LawNat PincusEpisode: "Rhyme and Punishment"[14]1994In the Heat of the NightRabbi FeldmanEpisode: "The Rabbi"[37]1995Homicide: Life on the StreetMcGonnigalEpisode: "In Search of Crimes Past"[36]1996Deadly GamesPhil CullenEpisode: "Dr. Kramer"1997Subway StoriesOld ManTelevision film[46]1998Touched by an AngelMaury SaltEpisode: "Cry and You Cry Alone"[36]The Larry Sanders ShowHimselfEpisode: "I Buried Sid"[36]HerculesEagleVoice; Episode: "Hercules and the Promethus Affair"1998–2007The King of QueensArthur Spooner195 episodes[36]2000–2002Teacher's PetPretty BoyVoice; 11 episodes[36]2003Odd Job JackJim McDonaldEpisode: "A Candidacy of Dunces"[37]Sex and the CityMr. BradyEpisode: "One"[47]2009Wonder Pets!Old White MouseVoice; 2 episodes[37]MercyJoe ThalbergEpisode: "The Last Thing I Said Was"[36]2010Ice DreamsSkipperTelevision film[37]2010–2011Fish HooksPrincipal SticklerVoice; 21 episodes[48]2011The Good WifeJudge Felix AftermanEpisode: "Silver Bullet"[36]2014How Murray Saved ChristmasMurray WeinerVoice; Television film[37]2016Zoolander: Super ModelMaury BallsteinVoice; Television film (final film role)2019–presentTimon and Pumbaa at the MoviesUncle MaxVoice; recording onlyStageYearTitleTheatreRoleRef(s)1954The Golden AppleAlvin TheatreMayor Juniper[49]1955The Carefree TreePhoenix Theatre, BroadwayThe Propertyman[49]1956Diary of a ScoundrelStyopka[49]The Good Woman of SetzuanPoliceman[49]1957Measure for MeasureBarnadine[49]The Taming of the ShrewBiondello[49]1958The Power and the GloryMestizo[49]1975The RitzLongacre Theatre, BroadwayCarmen Vespucci[49]1977The Unexpected GuestLittle Theatre, BroadwayHarry Mullin[49]1980PassioneMorosco Theatre, BroadwayBerto[49]1984HurlyburlyEthel Barrymore Theatre, BroadwayArtie[49]1993Three Men on a HorseLyceum Theatre, BroadwayCharlie[49]1994What's Wrong with This Picture?Brooks Atkinson Theatre, BroadwaySid[49]1997The Three SistersCriterion Center Stage Right, BroadwayChebutykin[49]AccoladesAwards and nominationsYearAwardCategoryNomineesResult1997Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesSeinfeldNominated2001Grammy AwardsBest Spoken Word AlbumMarried to Laughter: A Love StoryNominated2007Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Cast in a Motion PictureHairsprayNominatedOtherIn 2007 Stiller and his wife Anne Meara received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[50] When Jerry Stiller told his father he wanted to become an actor, his father offered an alternate plan. He said, "Why don't you be a stagehand — that's like being on the stage — at least you'll be working every night," Stiller told Fresh Air in 1993. Stiller did not heed his father's advice and went on to have a long career in show business. He performed comedy on stage and screen, and, in later years, made a name for himself playing George Costanza's hotheaded father on Seinfeld. Stiller died of natural causes, his son Ben Stiller tweeted Monday. Stiller was born in Brooklyn in 1927. After serving in World War II, he teamed up with his wife, Anne Meara, to form the Stiller and Meara comedy duo — a practical move motivated by love. "We wanted to keep the marriage together," he joked — she was tall and Catholic, he was short and Jewish — and until they partnered up, "we never got jobs together," Stiller told the Archive of American Television. Stiller and Meara enjoyed success as a duo for many years but eventually decided to pursue careers on their own. Looking back in 1993, Stiller told Fresh Air he and Meara were young parents juggling a show business schedule — and trying "to figure out a way to do everything." "Here were a husband and wife working together and suddenly you're being asked to play Las Vegas," he recalled. "What do you do, pick up the two children and the nanny and go to Vegas and get ready to do the nightclub act?" Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara pose on the set of The King of Queens in November 2003.Stefano Paltera/APAfter stints on Broadway and on several TV shows in the 1970s, Stiller's most notable role came in the early '90s, when he joined the cast of Seinfeld. Stiller said producer Larry David was looking for an actor who would "play it down" — and he did at first — but felt the approach wasn't working. So, in a final dress rehearsal in front of a live audience, Stiller played Costanza's temperament up — way up. In a now-famous episode, the frequently furious Costanza is encouraged to recite the mantra "serenity now" every time he gets riled up. Stiller went on to earn an Emmy nomination for his work on Seinfeld. Years later, he played another angry dad on the show King of Queens. Stiller was also a father in real life, but not one fueled by anger. His son, actor Ben Stiller, told NPR that his dad was always supportive — and hilarious. "He just can't help but be funny because he's so committed to being who he is," Stiller said. Long-Time Actress And Comedian Anne Meara DiesARTS & LIFELong-Time Actress And Comedian Anne Meara DiesThe father and son appeared together in Ben's Zoolander movies. When Meara died in 2015, she and Stiller had been married for more than 60 years. Ben Stiller said his mother's humor tended to be dark, but his father's was always intended to bring joy, and perhaps a bit of "serenity now," to others.

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