[1] When she was 18, Meara spent a year studying acting at the Dramatic Workshop at The New School and at HB Studio[4] under Uta Hagen in Manhattan.

"[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.

Their skits focused on domestic themes, as did Nichols and May, another comedy team from the Chicago Compass Players project during that period.

[5] 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.

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.

She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1976; however, the show was canceled after ten episodes.

[8][9] She had a recurring role on the sitcom Rhoda as airline stewardess Sally Gallagher, one of the title character's best friends.

In the 1970s, she provided narration for segments of the educational television series Sesame Street consisting of scenes from silent films.

[11][12] In 2011, she accepted a role in the off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore with Conchata Ferrell, AnnaLynne McCord, Minka Kelly, and B.

[1][14] 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).

In 2009, Meara wrote her personal life reflections in a New York-focused online blog titled Mr. Beller's Neighborhood -- New York City Stories.

"[18] They discussed how they met and their early career during a guest appearance on the TV game show What's My Line?