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Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara Brought Us So Much More Than Laughs
Before he was ever known as George Constanza's loudmouthed father on Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller got his big break on the variety show circuit as one-half of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara—wife Anne Meara being the other half.
On Monday, May 11, Jerry's son Ben Stiller announced via Twitter that his father passed away "from natural causes" at the age of In his tribute, Ben recalled his father's love for Anne and mentioned their long, happy marriage: "He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed."
Jerry's legacy will live on through memories of his amazing comedic partnerships, not only with his wife but also with the many television casts he worked with throughout his extensive career. His relationship with Meara was certainly a special one both on and off the screen.
The couple based the characters they portrayed in their comedy routines—the short, Jewish Hershey Horowitz and the tall, Catholic Mary Elizabeth Doyle—on their own relationship. Much like their creators, the fictional couple had "virtually nothing in common except their love for each other." Audiences adored their comedic chemistry, t
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Stiller and Meara
American comedic duo
Stiller and Meara were a husband-and-wife comedy team made up of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara that was popular primarily in the s and s. The duo made frequent appearances on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show.
Career
[edit]Stiller and Meara were among the earliest graduates of the Second City improvisational comedy troupe to become famous. When variety shows became scarce in the late s, they had a syndicated short program, only five minutes long, which ran on the NBC affiliate in the Washington, D.C. market immediately after Saturday Night Live. They also created comical radio advertisements.[1] Their advertisements for Blue Nun were so effective that they boosted sales of the wine by %.[2] During the mids Stiller and Meara made a couple of appearances together on the sitcom Rhoda. (Meara was a semi-regular during that show's third season, and Stiller appeared twice, playing her character's ex-husband.)
Anne Meara played Veronica Rooney, a cook on Archie Bunker's Place from to She often made wisecracks and gave Archie a hard time. She insisted that Archie also hire her openly gay nephew Fred as a waiter to help him pay for law school. She was an alcoholic and privately pined to
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Jerry Stiller
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| Born | Gerald Isaac Stiller ()June 8, Brooklyn, New Dynasty City, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, () (aged&#;92) New Dynasty City, U.S. |
| Burial place | Nantucket Somebody Cemetery |
| Alma&#;mater | Syracuse Further education college (BA) |
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| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | Anne Meara &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Ben |
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