Alice Drummond

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.

Cast

Ghostbusters

(Librarian)

Pieces of April

(Grandma Dottie)

In & Out

(Aunt Susan)

Awakenings

(Lucy Fishman)

Motherhood

(Edith)

Nobody's Fool

(Hattie)

The Love Letter

(Postal Clerk)

Just the Ticket

(Lady with Cash)

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

(Rose)

Funny Farm

(Mrs. Ethel Dinges)

Walking and Talking

(Betsy)

Chronic Town

(Elizabeth)

The Rising Place

(Aunt Millie)

Money, Power, Murder.

(Helen)

Man on a Swing

(Mrs. Dawson)

Furry Vengeance

(Mrs. Martin)

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

(Self)

After.Life

(Mrs. Hutton)

You Can't Take it With You

(Gay Wellington)

Hide in Plain Sight

(Mrs. Novack)

Synecdoche, New York

(Actress Playing Frances)

Commandments

(Mrs. Mann)

Running on Empty

(Mrs. Powell)

Eyewitness

(Mrs. Eunice Deever)

I'll Take You There

(Stella)

Office Killer

(Carlotta Douglas)

Jeffrey

(Grandma Rose)

Daybreak

(Anna)

Doubt

(Sister Veronica)

Money for Nothing

(Mrs. Breen)

The Honeymooners

(Miss Benvenuti)

Advice From a Caterpillar

(Diner Grandmother)

Earthly Possessions

(Old Woman in Jalopy)

'Til There Was You

(Harriet)

King of the Gypsies

(Zharko's Nurse)

Joe Gould's Secret

(Helen)

House of D

(Mrs. Brevoort)

Where’s Poppa?

(Woman in Elevator)

Nikki and Alexander

(Mrs Klein)

Secret Service

(Mrs. Varney)

The Suicide Club

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

(Mrs. Finkle)

Particular Men

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

(Carolyn (segment ‘Cat From Hell’))

Sanctuary of Fear

(Grace Barringer)

Animal Behavior

(Site Committee)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

(Clara)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

(Governor's Secretary)

The Dog Lover

Thieves

(Mrs. Ramsey)

I.Q.

(Dinner Guest)

The House on Carroll Street

(Woman at Hearing)

Night Court

(Alice Beeker)

Law & Order

(Zelda)

Kate & Allie

Ed

(Mrs. Shroeder)

Spin City

(Sondra Spencer)

The Equalizer

(Kind Woman)

Boston Legal

(Lydia Tuffalo)

The Jury

Where the Heart Is

New York News

Lenny

Park Place

Frannie's Turn

(Rosa Escobar)

Night Court

(Mavis Tuttle)

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

(Juror)

Great Performances

(Mrs. Varney)