Alice Drummond
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
2010Furry Vengeance as Mrs. Martin
2009After.Life as Mrs. Hutton
2009Motherhood as Edith
2008Doubt as Sister Veronica
2008Synecdoche, New York as Actress Playing Frances
2008Chronic Town as Elizabeth
2007Mitch Albom's For One More Day as Rose
2005The Honeymooners as Miss Benvenuti
2004Boston Legal as Lydia Tuffalo
2004The Jury
2004House of D as Mrs. Brevoort
2003Pieces of April as Grandma Dottie
2001The Rising Place as Aunt Millie
2000Ed as Mrs. Shroeder
2000Joe Gould's Secret as Helen
1999Earthly Possessions as Old Woman in Jalopy
1999I'll Take You There as Stella
1999The Love Letter as Postal Clerk
1999Advice From a Caterpillar as Diner Grandmother
1998Just the Ticket as Lady with Cash
1997Office Killer as Carlotta Douglas
1997In & Out as Aunt Susan
1997'Til There Was You as Harriet
1997Commandments as Mrs. Mann
1996Spin City as Sondra Spencer
1996Walking and Talking as Betsy
1995New York News
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Clara
1995Jeffrey as Grandma Rose
1994I.Q. as Dinner Guest
1994Nobody's Fool as Hattie
1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Mrs. Finkle
1993Money for Nothing as Mrs. Breen
1993Daybreak as Anna
1992Frannie's Turn as Rosa Escobar
1990Awakenings as Lucy Fishman
1990Law & Order as Zelda
1990Lenny
1990Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
1989Money, Power, Murder. as Helen
1989Animal Behavior as Site Committee
1989Nikki and Alexander as Mrs Klein
1988Running on Empty as Mrs. Powell
1988Funny Farm as Mrs. Ethel Dinges
1988The Suicide Club
1988The House on Carroll Street as Woman at Hearing
1987The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Juror
1985The Equalizer as Kind Woman
1984You Can't Take it With You as Gay Wellington
1984Ghostbusters as Librarian
1984Kate & Allie
1984Night Court as Alice Beeker
1984Night Court as Mavis Tuttle
1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Governor's Secretary
1981Park Place
1981Eyewitness as Mrs. Eunice Deever
1980Hide in Plain Sight as Mrs. Novack
1979Sanctuary of Fear as Grace Barringer
1978King of the Gypsies as Zharko's Nurse
1977Thieves as Mrs. Ramsey
1977Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
1974Man on a Swing as Mrs. Dawson
1972Particular Men
1971Great Performances as Mrs. Varney
1970Where’s Poppa? as Woman in Elevator
1969Where the Heart Is
1962The Dog Lover