Lee Bryant

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.

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.

Year Title Role Notes1977 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