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Lee Bryant

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Lee Bryant
Born
OccupationActress
Years active1976–2015

Lee Bryant is an American actress. She is most known for a small role in the 1980 comedy film Airplane!. She also appeared as Sam Waterston's wife in the 1977 conspiracy thriller Capricorn One, and as Jennifer Westfeldt's mother in the romantic comedy Friends with Kids (2011).

Bryant was born in Manhattan, New York. She has guest starred in a number of television series including T. J. Hooker, Marcus Welby, M.D., Charlie's Angels, Kojak, Three's Company, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, The Incredible Hulk, St. Elsewhere, Moonlighting, Alien Nation, and other series.[1] She played a hysterical passenger in the 1980 film Airplane!, reprising the role in the 1982 sequel. She herself came up with the idea to improve upon the scene by having various people use violence to calm down her character. Her role in Airplane! also parodied a chain of coffee commercials she had starred in throughout the 1970s for Yuban coffee. Directors Abrahams, Zucker and Zucker cast her without realizing Bryant was the original actress from the commercials. [2][3]

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Capricorn One Sharon Willis
1980 Airplane! Mrs. Hammen
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Mrs. Hammen
1983 Death Mask Jane Andrews
1998 Holy Man Money 'Meg'
2000 Fear of Fiction Mrs. Hopkins
2006 Off the Black Greeter #2
2006 The Good Shepherd Mrs. John Russell Sr.
2011 Friends with Kids Elaine Keller
2015 No Letting Go Emily

References

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  1. ^ "Lee Bryant Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "Surely you can't be serious: An oral history of Airplane!". The A.V. Club.
  3. ^ "'Airplane!' Actress Talks About Becoming a Meme Following United Fiasco".
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