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Alice Elizabeth Drummond was an American actress. A veteran Off-Broadway performer, in 1970, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Mrs. Lee in The Chinese by Murray Schisgal. Despite her extensive acting career, she is most well known as Alice, the librarian, in the opening scenes in the 1984 horror-comedy Ghostbusters.
Birth Name
Alice Elizabeth Ruyter
Born
Monday, 21 May 1928
Died
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020 |
Furry Vengeance | Mrs. Martin | 2010 |
After.Life | Mrs. Hutton | 2009 |
Motherhood | Edith | 2009 |
Synecdoche, New York | Actress Playing Frances | 2008 |
Chronic Town | Elizabeth | 2008 |
Doubt | Sister Veronica | 2008 |
Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Rose | 2007 |
The Honeymooners | Miss Benvenuti | 2005 |
House of D | Mrs. Brevoort | 2005 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020 |
Furry Vengeance | Mrs. Martin | 2010 |
After.Life | Mrs. Hutton | 2009 |
Motherhood | Edith | 2009 |
Synecdoche, New York | Actress Playing Frances | 2008 |
Chronic Town | Elizabeth | 2008 |
Doubt | Sister Veronica | 2008 |
Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Rose | 2007 |
The Honeymooners | Miss Benvenuti | 2005 |
House of D | Mrs. Brevoort | 2005 |
Boston Legal | Lydia Tuffalo | 2004 |
The Jury | Hannah Francis | 2004 |
Pieces of April | Grandma Dottie | 2003 |
The Rising Place | Aunt Millie | 2001 |
Ed | Mrs. Shroeder | 2000 |
Joe Gould's Secret | Helen | 2000 |
I'll Take You There | Stella | 1999 |
The Love Letter | Postal Clerk | 1999 |
Earthly Possessions | Old Woman In Jalopy | 1999 |
Just the Ticket | Lady with Cash | 1999 |
Advice from a Caterpillar | Diner Grandmother | 1999 |
Trinity | Mrs. Bingham | 1998 |
Office Killer | Carlotta Douglas | 1997 |
In & Out | Aunt Susan | 1997 |
'Til There Was You | Harriet | 1997 |
Commandments | Mrs. Mann | 1997 |
Spin City | Sondra Spencer | 1996 |
Cosby | Mrs. Bagley | 1996 |
Walking and Talking | Betsy | 1996 |
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Clara | 1995 |
Jeffrey | Grandma Rose | 1995 |
I.Q. | Dinner Guest | 1994 |
Nobody's Fool | Hattie | 1994 |
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Mrs. Finkle | 1994 |
Grace Under Fire | Nana Lil | 1993 |
Money for Nothing | Mrs. Breen | 1993 |
Daybreak | Anna | 1993 |
Frannie's Turn | Rosa Escobar | 1992 |
Awakenings | Lucy / Lucy Fishman | 1990 |
Law & Order | Zelda | 1990 |
Lenny | Mary Callahan | 1990 |
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Carolyn (segment "Cat From Hell") / Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’) | 1990 |
Animal Behavior | Site Committee | 1989 |
Nikki and Alexander | Mrs Klein | 1989 |
Running on Empty | Mrs. Powell | 1988 |
Funny Farm | Mrs. Ethel Dinges | 1988 |
The Suicide Club | 1988 | |
The House on Carroll Street | Woman at Hearing | 1988 |
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Juror | 1987 |
The Equalizer | Kind Woman | 1985 |
Ghostbusters | Librarian | 1984 |
Kate & Allie | Mrs. Rinde | 1984 |
Night Court | Mavis Tuttle / Alice Beeker | 1984 |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Governor's Secretary | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Hiss's Secretary | 1982 |
Love, Sidney | Tina | 1981 |
Eyewitness | Mrs. Deever / Mrs. Eunice Deever | 1981 |
Park Place | Frances Heine | 1980 |
Hide in Plain Sight | Mrs. Novack | 1980 |
Sanctuary of Fear | Grace Barringer | 1979 |
King of the Gypsies | Zharko's Nurse | 1978 |
Thieves | Mrs. Ramsey | 1977 |
Ryan's Hope | Susie Simpson | 1975 |
The American Parade | Sarah Milligan | 1974 |
Man on a Swing | Mrs. Dawson | 1974 |
Particular Men | Mrs. Ewing | 1972 |
Great Performances | Mrs. Varney / Gay Wellington | 1971 |
Where's Poppa? | Woman in Elevator | 1970 |
Where the Heart Is | Loretta Jardin | 1969 |
N.Y.P.D. | Head Nurse | 1967 |