Jerry Stiller Biography

Fast Facts

• Formed the comedy team Stiller & Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, in the 1950s
• They were regulars on the variety-show circuit during the 1960s and '70s, most notably appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show three dozen times
• Made his Broadway debut in Terence McNally's The Ritz in 1975
• Produced and performed humorous radio commercials with Meara, including ads for the wine Blue Nun, one of which won a Clio Award in 1975
• Hosted, along with Meara, a 1993 video on the business of acting, titled So You Want to Be an Actor? Roasted by the New York Friars Club in 1999
• Received an Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2000
• In 2000, released the autobiography Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara and received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of the book
• Received a star with Meara on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007
• In 2010, launched the Yahoo Web series Stiller & Meara, in which the pair discuss current events from their living room
• Their son, Ben, produced the segments