Alice Drummond

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-05-21 (88 years old)

Deathday

2016-11-30

Place of Birth

Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Alice Drummond

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.

Acting

1984

Ghostbusters

as Librarian

2003

Pieces of April

as Grandma Dottie

1997

In & Out

as Aunt Susan

1990

Awakenings

as Lucy Fishman

2009

Motherhood

as Edith

1994

Nobody's Fool

as Hattie

1999

The Love Letter

as Postal Clerk

1998

Just the Ticket

as Lady with Cash

1988

Funny Farm

as Mrs. Ethel Dinges

2008

Chronic Town

as Elizabeth

2001

The Rising Place

as Aunt Millie

1974

Man on a Swing

as Mrs. Dawson

2010

Furry Vengeance

as Mrs. Martin

2009

After.Life

as Mrs. Hutton

1984

2008

Doubt

as Sister Veronica

2008

Synecdoche, New York

as Actress Playing Frances

2005

The Honeymooners

as Miss Benvenuti

1999

Advice From a Caterpillar

as Diner Grandmother

1999

1999

Earthly Possessions

as Old Woman in Jalopy

1997

Office Killer

as Carlotta Douglas

1997

1997

Commandments

as Mrs. Mann

1995

Jeffrey

as Grandma Rose

1993

Money for Nothing

as Mrs. Breen

1993

Daybreak

as Anna

1988

Running on Empty

as Mrs. Powell

1981

Eyewitness

as Mrs. Eunice Deever

1980

Hide in Plain Sight

as Mrs. Novack

1978

King of the Gypsies

as Zharko's Nurse

2000

2004

House of D

as Mrs. Brevoort

1970

Where’s Poppa?

as Woman in Elevator

1989

1977

Secret Service

as Mrs. Varney

1994

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

as Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’)

1979

Sanctuary of Fear

as Grace Barringer

1989

Animal Behavior

as Site Committee

1982

1977

Thieves

as Mrs. Ramsey

1994

I.Q.

as Dinner Guest

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