Alice Elizabeth Drummond (née Ruyter; May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016) was an American actress. A veteran Off-Broadway performer, she was nominated in 1970 for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Mrs. Lee in The Chinese by Murray Schisgal. She may be best known as Alice, the librarian, in the opening scenes of the 1984 horror-comedy Ghostbusters.

Filmography

• 2010Furry Vengeance — Mrs. Martin
• 2009After.Life — Mrs. Hutton
• 2009Motherhood — Edith
• 2008Chronic Town — Elizabeth
• 2008Doubt — Sister Veronica
• 2008Synecdoche, New York — Actress Playing Frances
• 2007Mitch Albom's For One More Day — Rose
• 2005The Honeymooners — Miss Benvenuti
• Boston Legal — Lydia Tuffalo
• 2004House of D — Mrs. Brevoort
• The Jury
• 2003Pieces of April — Grandma Dottie
• 2001The Rising Place — Aunt Millie
• Ed — Mrs. Shroeder
• 2000Joe Gould's Secret — Helen
• 1999Advice From a Caterpillar — Diner Grandmother
• 1999Earthly Possessions — Old Woman in Jalopy
• 1999I'll Take You There — Stella
• 1999The Love Letter — Postal Clerk
• 1998Just the Ticket — Lady with Cash
• 1997'Til There Was You — Harriet
• 1997Commandments — Mrs. Mann
• 1997In & Out — Aunt Susan
• 1997Office Killer — Carlotta Douglas
• Spin City — Sondra Spencer
• 1996Walking and Talking — Betsy
• 1995Jeffrey — Grandma Rose
• New York News
• 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar — Clara
• 1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective — Mrs. Finkle
• 1994I.Q. — Dinner Guest
• 1994Nobody's Fool — Hattie
• 1993Daybreak — Anna
• 1993Money for Nothing — Mrs. Breen
• Frannie's Turn — Rosa Escobar
• 1990Awakenings — Lucy Fishman
• Law & Order — Zelda
• Lenny
• 1990Tales from the Darkside: The Movie — Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
• 1989Animal Behavior — Site Committee
• 1989Money, Power, Murder. — Helen
• 1989Nikki and Alexander — Mrs Klein
• 1988Funny Farm — Mrs. Ethel Dinges
• 1988Running on Empty — Mrs. Powell
• 1988The House on Carroll Street — Woman at Hearing
• 1988The Suicide Club
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd — Juror
• The Equalizer — Kind Woman
• 1984Ghostbusters — Librarian
• Kate & Allie
• Night Court — Alice Beeker, Mavis Tuttle
• 1984You Can't Take it With You — Gay Wellington
• 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Governor's Secretary
• 1981Eyewitness — Mrs. Eunice Deever
• Park Place
• 1980Hide in Plain Sight — Mrs. Novack
• 1979Sanctuary of Fear — Grace Barringer
• 1978King of the Gypsies — Zharko's Nurse
• 1977Secret Service — Mrs. Varney
• 1977Thieves — Mrs. Ramsey
• 1974Man on a Swing — Mrs. Dawson
• 1972Particular Men — Mrs. Ewing
• Great Performances — Mrs. Varney
• 1970Where’s Poppa? — Woman in Elevator
• Where the Heart Is
• 1962The Dog Lover

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters — Self