Biography
Anne Haney (born Anne Ryan Thomas; March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her roles as social worker Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire and Greta the secretary in Liar Liar. Haney appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Survivors" as Rishon Uxbridge, and later appeared as aBajoran arbitrator in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax". She was a regular guest-star during the syndicated run ofMama's Family, playing Al...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Out-of-Towners
1999
as Woman in Bathroom
The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.
Forces of Nature
1999
as Emma
Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagul...
Psycho
1998
as Mrs. Chambers
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
as Ethel Brock
Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.
The Lesser Evil
1998
as Derek's Mother
Four best friends reunite in a remote cabin for the first time in two decades. They are not there to reminisce about the good old days, but rather, to...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Margaret Williams
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Changing Habits
1997
as Sister Humiliata
An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move int...
Liar Liar
1997
as Greta
Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
Mother
1996
as Helen
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
The American President
1995
as Mrs. Chapil
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wa...
Star Struck
1994
A farm boy (Kirk Cameron) travels to Hollywood to rekindle a romance with a childhood sweetheart (Chelsea Noble), who's now an actress on the road to ...
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
as Mrs. Sellner
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his k...
Telling Secrets
1993
as Grace Jefferson
Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't ...
Condition: Critical
1992
as Mrs. Yarkovich
Medical drama about a killer virus on the loose in Los Angeles.
In My Daughter's Name
1992
as Mrs. Klafter
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
Plymouth
1991
as Emily
The residents of a town displaced by an industrial accident agree to take over a failing mining base on the Moon as their new place to live and work. ...
Jailbirds
1991
as Haydee
Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed t...
K-9000
1990
as Mrs. Wiffington
A policeman and a scientist team up to recover her latest creation, a cybernetic, crime-fighting dog.
Elvis and Me
1988
as Grandma Minnie Mae Presley
Priscilla remembers her life and her relationship with Elvis Presley since she was 14 years old. When she moves to Graceland, she feels like a princes...
Cold Steel
1987
as Anna Modine
On Christmas Eve, Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cut-throat. The cop swears bloody revenge, though he's taken off the case. He doesn't...
The Christmas Gift
1986
as Clara Huckle
A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone beli...
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986
as Mrs. Sudsup
A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Than...
Blind Justice
1986
as Jim's Mother
Fact-based story about an innocent man who endured a 14 month nightmare. Arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping and rape, he is forced to endure the r...
The Best of Times
1986
as Marcy
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Half Nelson
1985
as Maid
Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...
The Bad Seed
1985
as Alice Fern
Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mothe...
Malice in Wonderland
1985
as Dema's Secretary
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Pa...
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984
as Hedda
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that an...
Impulse
1984
as Mrs. Piersall
After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Honeymoon Bride
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy...
The Invisible Woman
1983
as Mrs. Van Dam
In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible...
Independence Day
1983
as Rose Parker
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but...
Frances
1982
as Hairdresser
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Mrs. Sims
A young mother hands her children into what she thinks is a childcare center while she finds a new home, but returns to find that they have been adopt...
The Adventures of Pollyanna
1982
as Miss Louella Beat
Pollyanna’s Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but Pollyanna has other ideas. She joins a secret club with a group of orphans, and ...
Some Kind of Hero
1982
as Monica Lewis
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in ...
Making Love
1982
as Lila
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
Marian Rose White
1982
as Sister Agatha
Marian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is no...
The Children Nobody Wanted
1981
as Mrs. Lightheart
True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the yo...
When the Circus Came to Town
1981
as Blossom
When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes ...
The Mating Season
1980
as Elizabeth
They say opposites attract, but could a romance possibly develop between an attorney, successful at work but unlucky in love, and a divorced man whose...
Hopscotch
1980
as Mrs. Myerson
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destro...
The Gold Bug
1980
as Jessica Bessop
Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obses...
Summer of My German Soldier
1978
as Mrs. Benn
Patty Bergen is a teenager in a Jewish family living in the American South during World War II. Patty feels like an outcast even in her own family and...