Alice Drummond
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Character actress Alice Drummond built a solid background in theater before regularly playing interesting older ladies in film and television. During the '60s, she played Nurse Jackson on the gothic TV series Dark Shadows. Her early work was mostly confined to the stage, though, and by 1970 she had earned a Tony nomination for her performance in The Chinese & Dr. Fish. During the '80s she appeared in many feature films and television shows, usually in roles like eccentric old ladies on Night Court. One of her most recognizable parts was the librarian who is chased by a ghost through the New York Public Library in the opening scene of Ghostbusters. During the '90s, she got a few more substantial roles, like a patient in Awakenings and Ray Finkle's mother in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. She found meager success with independent comedy dramas in the late '90s, starting with Adrienne Shelly's I'll Take You There. In 2001 she played Aunt Millie in Tom Rice's The Rising Place and in 2003 she was Grandma Dottie in Peter Hedges' Pieces of April. Drummond died in 2016, at age 88.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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100% | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters |
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— | 2019 |
7% | Furry Vengeance |
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$17.6M | 2010 |
25% | After.Life |
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— | 2010 |
20% | Motherhood |
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$50.6k | 2009 |
79% | Doubt |
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$33.5M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Chronic Town |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's 'For One More Day' |
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— | 2007 |
10% | House of D |
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$0.4M | 2004 |
84% | Pieces of April |
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$2.5M | 2003 |
13% | The Rising Place |
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— | 2002 |
65% | Joe Gould's Secret |
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— | 2000 |
33% | The Love Letter |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Earthly Possessions |
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— | 1999 |
43% | I'll Take You There |
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— | 1999 |
12% | Office Killer |
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— | 1997 |
71% | In & Out |
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— | 1997 |
5% | 'Til There Was You |
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— | 1997 |
24% | Commandments |
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— | 1997 |
88% | Walking and Talking |
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— | 1996 |
39% | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |
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— | 1995 |
68% | Jeffrey |
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— | 1995 |
42% | I.Q. |
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— | 1994 |
91% | Nobody's Fool |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Daybreak |
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— | 1993 |
20% | Money for Nothing |
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— | 1993 |
49% | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
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— | 1993 |
88% | Awakenings |
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— | 1990 |
43% | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie |
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— | 1990 |
13% | Animal Behavior |
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— | 1989 |
85% | Running on Empty |
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— | 1988 |
65% | Funny Farm |
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— | 1988 |
67% | The House on Carroll Street |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | The Suicide Club |
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— | 1987 |
97% | Ghostbusters (1984 Original) |
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— | 1984 |
50% | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
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— | 1982 |
75% | Eyewitness |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Hide In Plain Sight |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Sanctuary of Fear |
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— | 1979 |
75% | King of the Gypsies |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Thieves |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Man on a Swing |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Particular Men |
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— | 1972 |
90% | Where's Poppa? |
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— | 1970 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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No Score Yet |
The Jury
2004
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66% |
Spin City
1996-2002
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No Score Yet |
Grace Under Fire
1993-1998
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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No Score Yet |
Night Court
1984-1992
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40% |
Frannie's Turn
1992
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Quotes from Alice Drummond's Characters
Peter Venkman: | Alice, I'm going to ask you a couple of standard questions, ok? Have you or any of your family ever been diagnosed Schizophrenic? Mentally incompetent? |
Librarian: | My uncle thought he was St. Jerome. |
Peter Venkman: | I'd call that a big yes. |
Peter Venkman: | Is there any history of mental illness in your family? |
Librarian: | I had an uncle who thought he was Saint Jerome. |
Peter Venkman: | I'd take that as a yes. |