Alice Drummond
- Acting
- May 21, 1928 · Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
- November 30, 2016
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters · Self
- Furry Vengeance · Mrs. Martin
- After.Life · Mrs. Hutton
- Motherhood · Edith
- Doubt · Sister Veronica
- Synecdoche, New York · Actress Playing Frances
- Chronic Town · Elizabeth
- Mitch Albom's For One More Day · Rose
- The Honeymooners · Miss Benvenuti
- Boston Legal · Lydia Tuffalo
- The Jury
- House of D · Mrs. Brevoort
- Pieces of April · Grandma Dottie
- The Rising Place · Aunt Millie
- Ed · Mrs. Shroeder
- Joe Gould's Secret · Helen
- Earthly Possessions · Old Woman in Jalopy
- I'll Take You There · Stella
- The Love Letter · Postal Clerk
- Advice From a Caterpillar · Diner Grandmother
- Just the Ticket · Lady with Cash
- Office Killer · Carlotta Douglas
- In & Out · Aunt Susan
- 'Til There Was You · Harriet
- Commandments · Mrs. Mann
- Spin City · Sondra Spencer
- Walking and Talking · Betsy
- New York News
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar · Clara
- Jeffrey · Grandma Rose
- I.Q. · Dinner Guest
- Nobody's Fool · Hattie
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective · Mrs. Finkle
- Money for Nothing · Mrs. Breen
- Daybreak · Anna
- Frannie's Turn · Rosa Escobar
- Awakenings · Lucy Fishman
- Law & Order · Zelda
- Lenny
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie · Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
- Money, Power, Murder. · Helen
- Animal Behavior · Site Committee
- Nikki and Alexander · Mrs Klein
- Running on Empty · Mrs. Powell
- Funny Farm · Mrs. Ethel Dinges
- The Suicide Club
- The House on Carroll Street · Woman at Hearing
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd · Juror
- The Equalizer · Kind Woman
- You Can't Take it With You · Gay Wellington
- Ghostbusters · Librarian
- Kate & Allie
- Night Court · Alice Beeker, Mavis Tuttle
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · Governor's Secretary
- Park Place
- Eyewitness · Mrs. Eunice Deever
- Hide in Plain Sight · Mrs. Novack
- Sanctuary of Fear · Grace Barringer
- King of the Gypsies · Zharko's Nurse
- Thieves · Mrs. Ramsey
- Secret Service · Mrs. Varney
- Man on a Swing · Mrs. Dawson
- Particular Men · Mrs. Ewing
- Great Performances · Mrs. Varney
- Where’s Poppa? · Woman in Elevator
- Where the Heart Is
- The Dog Lover