
Alice Drummond
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Ghostbusters
1984

Pieces of April
2003

In & Out
1997

Awakenings
1990

Motherhood
2009

Nobody's Fool
1994

The Love Letter
1999

Just the Ticket
1998

Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007

Funny Farm
1988

Walking and Talking
1996

Chronic Town
2008

The Rising Place
2001

Money, Power, Murder.
1989

Man on a Swing
1974

Furry Vengeance
2010

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020

After.Life
2009

You Can't Take it With You
1984

Office Killer
1997

Jeffrey
1995

Running on Empty
1988

Doubt
2008

King of the Gypsies
1978

Synecdoche, New York
2008

Eyewitness
1981

'Til There Was You
1997

Money for Nothing
1993

Hide in Plain Sight
1980

Commandments
1997

The Honeymooners
2005

I'll Take You There
1999

Daybreak
1993

Advice From a Caterpillar
1999

Earthly Possessions
1999

Joe Gould's Secret
2000

House of D
2004

Where’s Poppa?
1970

Nikki and Alexander
1989

Secret Service
1977

The Suicide Club
1988

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994

Particular Men
1972

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990

Sanctuary of Fear
1979

Animal Behavior
1989

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982

The Dog Lover
1962

Thieves
1977

I.Q.
1994

The House on Carroll Street
1988

Night Court
1984

Law & Order
1990

Kate & Allie
1984

Ed
2000

Spin City
1996

The Equalizer
1985

Boston Legal
2004

The Jury
2004

Where the Heart Is
1969

New York News
1995

Lenny
1990

Park Place
1981

Frannie's Turn
1992

Night Court
1984

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987

Great Performances
1971