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Alice Drummond

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Alice Drummond

Born May 21, 1928 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USADied November 30, 201651 films

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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Awakenings posterFirst watchAwakenings19907.8as Lucy FishmanDr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ghostbusters poster7.5Ghostbusters1984Ace Ventura: Pet Detective poster6.6Ace Ventura: Pet Detective1994Synecdoche, New York poster7.5Synecdoche, New York2008Doubt poster7.2Doubt2008To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar poster7.5To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar1995After.Life poster6.3After.Life2009Running on Empty poster7.4Running on Empty1988In & Out poster6.5In & Out1997

Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. 2010Furry VengeanceMrs. Martin
  2. 2009After.LifeMrs. Hutton
  3. 2009MotherhoodEdith
  4. 2008DoubtSister Veronica
  5. 2008Synecdoche, New YorkActress Playing Frances
  6. 2008Chronic TownElizabeth
  7. 2007Mitch Albom's For One More DayRose
  8. 2005The HoneymoonersMiss Benvenuti
  9. 2004House of DMrs. Brevoort
  10. 2003Pieces of AprilGrandma Dottie
  11. 2001The Rising PlaceAunt Millie
  12. 2000Joe Gould's SecretHelen
  13. 1999Earthly PossessionsOld Woman in Jalopy
  14. 1999I'll Take You ThereStella
  15. 1999The Love LetterPostal Clerk
  16. 1999Advice From a CaterpillarDiner Grandmother
  17. 1998Just the TicketLady with Cash
  18. 1997Office KillerCarlotta Douglas
  19. 1997In & OutAunt Susan
  20. 1997'Til There Was YouHarriet
  21. 1997CommandmentsMrs. Mann
  22. 1996Walking and TalkingBetsy
  23. 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarClara
  24. 1995JeffreyGrandma Rose
  25. 1994I.Q.Dinner Guest
  26. 1994Nobody's FoolHattie
  27. 1994Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveMrs. Finkle
  28. 1993Money for NothingMrs. Breen
  29. 1993DaybreakAnna
  30. 1990AwakeningsLucy Fishman
  31. 1990Tales from the Darkside: The MovieCarolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)
  32. 1989Money, Power, Murder.Helen
  33. 1989Animal BehaviorSite Committee
  34. 1989Nikki and AlexanderMrs Klein
  35. 1988Running on EmptyMrs. Powell
  36. 1988Funny FarmMrs. Ethel Dinges
  37. 1988The Suicide Club
  38. 1988The House on Carroll StreetWoman at Hearing
  39. 1984You Can't Take it With YouGay Wellington
  40. 1984GhostbustersLibrarian
  41. 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasGovernor's Secretary
  42. 1981EyewitnessMrs. Eunice Deever
  43. 1980Hide in Plain SightMrs. Novack
  44. 1979Sanctuary of FearGrace Barringer
  45. 1978King of the GypsiesZharko's Nurse
  46. 1977ThievesMrs. Ramsey
  47. 1977Secret ServiceMrs. Varney
  48. 1974Man on a SwingMrs. Dawson
  49. 1972Particular MenMrs. Ewing
  50. 1970Where’s Poppa?Woman in Elevator
  51. 1962The Dog Lover