--- description: It was the actor's first public comment on the death of his mother title: Ben Stiller Remembers Mom Anne Meara on Twitter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ben Stiller Remembers Mom Anne Meara on Twitter by [Will Robinson / EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 25, 2015 9:00 PM CUT by [Will Robinson / EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 25, 2015 9:00 PM CUT Veteran comedian Anne Meara, [who died Saturday at 85](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/24/actress-comedian-anne-meara-has-died-85/article%5F2201028 "undefined"), was the matriarch of a show-business family. Her husband, Jerry Stiller, was the other half of their comedy team Stiller and Meara. Their son, Ben Stiller, became a star in his own right. On Monday morning, the actor tweeted his first comments on the death of his mother. > [](https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/602779360102199296) Meara is survived by Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller, her daughter Amy, and several grandchildren. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/25/ben-still-remembers-mom-anne-meara?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3895722/ben-stiller-anne-meara-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3895722/ben-stiller-anne-meara-twitter/"},"headline":"Ben Stiller Remembers Mom Anne Meara on Twitter","datePublished":"2015-05-25T21:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:36:24.494Z","description":"It was the actor's first public comment on the death of his mother","url":"https://time.com/3895722/ben-stiller-anne-meara-twitter/","keywords":["remembrance"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3895722/ben-stiller-anne-meara-twitter/","name":"Ben Stiller Remembers Mom Anne Meara on Twitter"}}]}] ```