Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara

autobiography by Stiller

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Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara is an autobiography by Jerry Stiller. Published in 2000, it chronicles his life and career, with a significant focus on his enduring love story and professional partnership with his wife, Anne Meara. The book details their journey from struggling actors to a successful comedy duo in the 1960s, their individual careers, and their family life, including their children, Amy and actor Ben Stiller. It offers insights into their shared experiences in the entertainment industry and their personal bond.1

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His autobiography, Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara, was published in 2000. He and Meara received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007, the fourth married couple to receive a joint star in the ceremony’s history. Meara died in 2015 at…
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His autobiography, Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara, was published in 2000. He and Meara received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007, the fourth married couple to receive a joint star in the ceremony’s history. Meara died in 2015 at…
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