Anne Haney

Acting

Born March 4, 1934, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Anne Haney (born Anne Ryan Thomas; March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her roles as social worker Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire and Greta the secretary in Liar Liar. Haney appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Survivors" as Rishon Uxbridge, and later appeared as aBajoran arbitrator in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax". She was a regular guest-star during the syndicated run ofMama's Family, playing Alberta Meechum, the nemesis of Thelma Harper. On Our House she played fussy neighbor Virginia Taft. She was also a regular guest-star of L.A. Law, playing Judge Marilyn Travelini. She guest starred on Cheers, Designing Women, The Golden Palace, Charmed, Boy Meets World,Columbo, ER, and Curb Your Enthusiasm as the mother of Mary Steenburgen's character. One of her last appearances was in the Ally McBeal season 4 episode "Reasons to Believe" (which aired on January 8, 2001). On May 26, 2001, Haney died of heart failure at age 67.

Filmography

• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Mary's Mother
• The Geena Davis Show — Ruth Ryan
• Family Law — Etta Black
• 1999Forces of Nature — Emma
• Movie Stars — Francine Hardin
• Popular — Nurse Gretchen
• Providence — Mary Aliperti
• 1999The Out-of-Towners — Woman in Bathroom
• Any Day Now
• Charmed — Aunt Gail
• 1998Little Girl Fly Away — Ethel Brock
• 1998Psycho — Mrs. Chambers
• 1998The Lesser Evil — Derek's Mother
• The Magnificent Seven — Nettie Wells
• Ally McBeal — Anne Haney
• 1997Changing Habits — Sister Humiliata
• Dharma & Greg — Mrs. Kirby
• Leaving L.A. — Martha Hayes
• 1997Liar Liar — Greta
• 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — Margaret Williams
• 1996Mother — Helen
• Murder One — Kendall, Melanie Kendall
• 1995The American President — Mrs. Chapil
• Chicago Hope — Dorothy Bass
• ER — Mrs. Packer
• 1994Star Struck
• Boy Meets World — Mrs. Nelson
• George
• 1993Mrs. Doubtfire — Mrs. Sellner
• NYPD Blue — Mrs. Reese
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Renora
• 1993Telling Secrets — Grace Jefferson
• 1992Condition: Critical — Mrs. Yarkovich
• 1992In My Daughter's Name — Mrs. Klafter
• The Golden Palace — Vivian
• Civil Wars — Rosemary Halpin
• 1991Jailbirds — Haydee
• 1991Plymouth — Emily
• Capital News
• 1990K-9000 — Mrs. Wiffington
• Northern Exposure — Judge Elizabeth Percy
• Coach — Emma
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Mrs. Moran
• Father Dowling Mysteries — Mrs. Blanchard, Mr. Underwood's Housekeeper
• Quantum Leap — Cassy Thailer, Grace Beaumont
• 1988Elvis and Me — Grandma Minnie Mae Presley
• Elvis and Me — Grandma Minnie Mae Presley
• Beauty and the Beast — Tamara
• 1987Celebration Family — Judge Gelson
• 1987Cold Steel — Anna Modine
• Roses Are for the Rich — Aunt Molly
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Rishon Uxbridge
• Tour of Duty — Mrs. Griner
• 1986Blind Justice — Jim's Mother
• Designing Women — Aunt Phoebe Stillfield
• L.A. Law — Judge Marilyn Travelini
• Matlock — Aunt Elsie, Nurse Jackson, Elizabeth Farrell
• 1986The Best of Times — Marcy
• 1986The Christmas Gift — Clara Huckle
• 1986The Thanksgiving Promise — Mrs. Sudsup
• 1985Half Nelson — Maid
• Lime Street — Evelyn Camp
• 1985Malice in Wonderland — Dema's Secretary
• 1985The Bad Seed — Alice Fern
• The Golden Girls — Bonnie
• The Twilight Zone
• 1984Impulse — Mrs. Piersall
• 1984P.O.P. — Lily
• 1984The Night They Saved Christmas — Hedda
• AfterMASH — Operator, The Receptionist, Gladys
• 1983Independence Day — Rose Parker
• Mama's Family
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King — Mrs. Dunlap
• 1983The Invisible Woman — Mrs. Van Dam
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Honeymoon Bride
• Cheers — Miss Gilder
• Family Ties — Mrs. Matthews
• 1982Frances — Coiffeur
• 1982Making Love — Lila
• 1982Marian Rose White — Sister Agatha
• 1982Missing Children: A Mother's Story — Mrs. Sims
• Newhart — Pearl Reskoff
• 1982Some Kind of Hero — Monica Lewis
• St. Elsewhere — Mrs. Clifford
• 1982The Adventures of Pollyanna — Miss Louella Beat
• Hill Street Blues — Dorie Fitzgerald, Mrs. Schechter
• 1981The Children Nobody Wanted — Mrs. Lightheart
• 1981When the Circus Came to Town — Blossom
• Bosom Buddies — Mrs. Le Daux
• 1980Hopscotch — Mrs. Myerson
• 1980The Gold Bug — Jessica Bessop
• 1980The Mating Season — Elizabeth
• 1978Summer of My German Soldier — Mrs. Benn
• Quincy, M.E. — Alice
• Columbo — Louise
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Mrs. Sudsup, Miss Louella Beat