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Lee Bryant
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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. 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 series 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.
Career
- 1945Born
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Manhattan
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: actor, television actor, film actor
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Cora Lee Bryant Obituary (2026) - Greensboro, NC - Allen & Associates Mortuary/Cremation, LLC
Gemma Lee Bryant Obituary (2026) - Broomall, PA - Logan-Videon Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.
Mrs. Eva Lee Bryant Obituary | Baucoms Life Celebration and Cremation Services | Jennings, MO
Lewis Raymond Bryant, Sr. Obituary Feb 18, 2026 - Hayworth - Miller Funeral Homes & Crematory
Lee Nathan Bryant Obituary Dec 2, 2025 - Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes & Cremation Services
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