Cast: Anne Meara

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Anne Meara. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Awakenings

1990 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Penny Marshall

Cast Robert De Niro · Robin Williams · Julie Kavner · Ruth Nelson

Synopsis Awakenings (1990) follows Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy neurologist, as he begins working with catatonic patients who survived the 1917 encephalitis epidemic. Inspired by a new drug, L-Dopa, he administers it to Leonard Lowe, a patient who awakens after decades...

7.3

23K votes

7.3

23K votes

The Boys From Brazil

1978 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Gregory Peck · Laurence Olivier · James Mason · Lilli Palmer

Synopsis In The Boys From Brazil (1978), a young journalist stumbles upon a chilling Nazi conspiracy in South America. A notorious war criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele, is orchestrating a sinister plan involving the cloning of Adolf Hitler. Aging Nazi hunter Ezra...

6.8

6K votes

6.8

6K votes

Direction Arthur Hiller

Cast Jack Lemmon · Sandy Dennis · Anne Meara · Ann Prentiss

Synopsis Written for the screen by Neil Simon, The Out-Of-Towners is witty, uproarious movie that keeps moving at Simon´s unusal frenetic pace. Incredible mishaps occur when a middle-aged Ohio couple fly to New York City for the husband´s job interview. Jack...

6.5

969 votes

6.5

969 votes

The Daytrippers

1996 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Greg Mottola

Cast Hope Davis · Parker Posey · Anne Meara · Stanley Tucci

Synopsis Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into...

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6.4

209 votes

6.4

209 votes

Sex and the City (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Darren Star · Michael Patrick King · Allen Coulter · Michael Engler

Cast Sarah Jessica Parker · Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis · Cynthia Nixon

Synopsis TV Series (1998-2004). 6 Seasons. 94 Episodes. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon star in SEX AND THE CITY - The critically acclaimed, award-winning series that offers an hilarious look at dating, mating and relating in...

6.3

54K votes

6.3

54K votes

Reality Bites

1994 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Ben Stiller

Cast Winona Ryder · Ethan Hawke · Janeane Garofalo · Ben Stiller

Synopsis Reality Bites (1994) follows recent college graduate Lelaina Pierce as she navigates the challenges of adulthood in 1990s Houston. Dreaming of a career in filmmaking, she documents her friends' lives while facing romantic entanglements with the charming but unreliable Troy...

6.2

10K votes

6.2

10K votes

ALF (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Paul Fusco · Tom Patchett · Nick Havinga · Burt Brinckerhoff

Cast Max Wright · Anne Schedeen · Andrea Elson · Benji Gregory

Synopsis ALF (TV Series) (1986) follows the humorous adventures of a sarcastic, furry alien named ALF (Alien Life Form) who crash-lands into the garage of the Tanner family. The Tanners, a middle-class suburban family, secretly take him in, hiding him from...

6.2

34K votes

6.2

34K votes

Monsters (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ernest D. Farino · Bette Gordon · Jeffrey Wolf · Gerald Cotts

Cast John Bolger · Pamela Dean Kelly · John Saxon · Lisa Waltz

Synopsis A horror anthology show in a similar vein to Tales from the Darkside, it shared the same producer, Richard Rubenstein, and in some ways succeeded the show (which had ended the same year in which Monsters began). It differed in...

5.8

42 votes

5.8

42 votes

What Makes a Family (TV)

2001 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Maggie Greenwald

Cast Brooke Shields · Cherry Jones · Anne Meara · Al Waxman

Synopsis Co-produced by Barbra Streisand and Whoopi Goldberg, the made-for-TV What Makes a Family stars Brooke Shields, cast against type as a woman happily committed to a lesbian relationship. Yearning for a family of their own, Janine Nielsen (Shields) and her...

5.4

141 votes

5.4

141 votes

4.3

2K votes

Heavy Weights (Heavyweights)

1995 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Steven Brill

Cast Aaron Schwartz · Ben Stiller · Tom McGowan · Tim Blake Nelson

Synopsis A group of adolescents are enjoying a wild summer at fat camp... until a neurotic fitness fanatic buys the camp and imposes an absurd diet and exercise regime. The kids must gain control before their summer wastes away...

3.9

787 votes

3.9

787 votes

That's Adequate

1989 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Harry Hurwitz

Cast Tony Randall · James Coco · Jerry Stiller · Anne Meara

Synopsis Faux documentary about a fictional Hollywood film studio.

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The Perils of P.K.

1986 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Green

Cast Naura Hayden · Dick Shawn · Jackie Mason · Larry Storch

Synopsis P.K., a former movie star now reduced to working as a stripper in a Las Vegas nightclub, is desperate for a comeback, and thinks she could make one if she could only get a big-name star to appear in a...

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The Longshot

1986 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Paul Bartel

Cast Tim Conway · Jack Weston · Harvey Korman · Ted Wass

Synopsis Four friends playing all they have in a "safe" bet, even borrow money to gangsters. Everything is complicated when the result is not what they expected.

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Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series)

1979 · Movie · 30 min. · United States

Direction Patt Shea · Harriett Weiss · Joe Gannon · Gary Shimokawa

Cast Carroll O'Connor · Danielle Brisebois · Jason Wingreen · Bill Quinn

Synopsis (1979-1983). 4 seasons. Television sitcom which was a continuation of 'All in the Family.' In this series, Archie Bunker gets to loudly voice his opinions in his own bar, instead of at home.

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Kate McShane (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Corey Allen · Bill Bixby · David Friedkin · John Peyser

Cast Anne Meara · Ed Lauter · John Aprea · Sandy Ward

Synopsis Kate McShane was a brash but successful criminal attorney from a blue-collar Irish background who often took on cases that seemed hopeless for her clients.

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The Other Woman (TV)

1983 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Melville Shavelson

Cast Hal Linden · Anne Meara · Madolyn Smith Osborne · Warren Berlinger

Synopsis After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Lou Chadway (Hal Linden) falls for and marries his daughter's sexy roommate but soon learns that he has absolutely nothing in common with her. Peg Gilford (Anne Meara)...

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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

2015 · Documentary · 101 min. · United States

Direction Roger C. Memos

Cast Harry Belafonte · Walter Bernstein · Steven Carr Reuben · Renee Cary

Synopsis In 1935, 17 year old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career at MGM. She made 54 films in 17 years before a series of unfortunate events...

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The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Dwight Hemion

Cast Ed Herlihy · Alan King · Eddy Arnold · Anne Meara

Synopsis TV Series (1967-1971). 115 episodes. A few years after Perry Como left as host, "The Kraft Music Hall" was revived as a regular series from 1967-71. There was no set host during this period, and various guest hosts, usually a...

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