9 Celebrity Twitter Tributes to Comedy Legend Anne Meara

The death Saturday of Anne Meara unleashed an outpouring of remembrances for the actress and comedienne.

Meara was an accomplished actress, half of the comedy team Stiller & Meara, a writer and playwright. She received four Emmy Award nominations, was nominated for a Tony Award, and won a Writer’s Guild Award for “The Other Woman.”

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Her son, actor Ben Stiller, wrote on his Twitter account: “Thank you so much for all the kind words about Anne. All of us in our family feel so lucky to have had her in our lives.”

Here are a few of the tributes for which his family is grateful—

Samuel L. Jackson: “I did 2 films with Anne Meara, a lovely, gracious & Funny Lady. We lost one of the Good Ones! RIP Ms Anne.”

Steve Martin: “Stiller and Meara have been a wonderful presence in comedy my whole life. Now Anne Meara is gone, and I salute her.”

Leah Remini: “Rest In Peace Anne Meara. Thank you for the laughs on and off the screen of The king Of Queens Your kind of Chutzpah will be greatly missed. It was an honor to know you. Our thoughts and prayers to her family.”

Lewis Black: “I mourn the loss of Anne Meara. She was as delightful and gracious as she was hysterically funny. If there were Saints of Comedy she is one.”

Andy Richter: “I was lucky enough to know Anne Meara personally, and I’m very saddened by her passing. She was wonderful. Love to her family.”

Marlo Thomas: “Such sad news about Anne Meara. She was a hilarious comedienne, terrific actress, great wife & mom. We will miss her.”

Larry King: “Anne Meara was a wonderfully talented and gracious lady.”

Josh Groban: “Aww man....RIP to a national treasure Anne Meara. She was timelessly funny.”

No services have been publically announced for Meara.

--Image via WikiMedia Commons: Anne Meara in 1975

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