Ari Meyers is an American former actress. She played the role of Emma Jane McArdle in the television series Kate & Allie (1984).
Early years
Meyers was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Jewish American parents who were touring on the island. Her mother is actress Taro Meyer, who appeared in the television soap opera Another World. Shortly afterward, Meyer and her family returned to New York City where she was raised and where she received her primary and secondary education.
Career
In 1982, Meyers starred with Al Pacino in the film Author! Author!. In 1983, she starred in the television series Kate & Allie. She continued to take advanced courses in school.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1982
| Author! Author!
| Debbie
|
|-
| 1984
| Vengeance Is Mine [aka Haunted]
| Jackie
|
|-
| 1990
| Shakma
| Kim
|
|-
| 1990
| Think Big
| Holly Sherwood
|
|-
| 1991
| Dutch
| Brock
|
|-
| 1992
| Dark Horse
| Allison Mills
|
|-
| 1995
| How to Make an American Quilt
| Duff Darling
|
|-
| 2004
| Looking for Kitty
| Kitty Green Fiannico
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1983
| Running Out
| Jenny Corsini
| TV movie
|-
| 1984
| License to Kill
| Amy Peterson
| TV movie
|-
| 1984
| American Playhouse
| Jackie
| Episode: "Haunted" (re-issued as Vengeance is Mine)
|-
| 1984–1988
| Kate & Allie
| Emma McArdle
| Series regular, 90 episodes
|-
| 1985
| Kids Don't Tell
| Nicky Ryan
| TV movie
|-
| 1985
| Picking Up the Pieces
| Stacy Harding
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| Windmills of the Gods
| Beth Ashley
| TV mini series
|-
| 1989
| A Matter of Conscience
| Lisa
| ABC Afterschool Special
|-
| 1990
| Call Me Anna
| Patty Duke, as a youth
| TV movie
|-
| 1991
| Memories of Midnight
| Atana
| TV mini series
|-
| 1992
| In My Daughter's Name
| Carly Elias
| TV movie
|-
| 1992–1993
| Evening Shade
| Aimee Thompson
| 2 episodes:<br> "What a Night" (episode # 3.4, Oct. '92)<br> "She What?!" (episode # 3.19, Mar. '93)
|-
| 1993
| River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
| Nancy Hardgrave
| TV movie (aka Murder on the Rio Grande)
|-
| 1994
| Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
| Lisa Darby
| TV movie
|-
| 1995
| Not Our Son
| Ruth Keller
| TV movie
|-
| 1996
| Home Song
| Chelsea Gardner
| TV movie
|-
| 1996
| Family Blessings
| Janice Reston
| TV movie (broadcast in 1999)
|-
| 1996
| Innocent Victims
| Stacey Carolwood (uncredited)
| TV movie (originally shown in two parts)
|-
| 1997
| The Killing Secret
| Nicole Voss
| TV movie (originally titled The Secret)
|-
| 1997
| Unwed Father
| Gina
| TV movie
|-
| 2000
| Diagnosis: Murder
| Amy Saroyan
| Episode: "Out of the Past: Part 1" (episode # 7.23)
|-
| 2001–2003, 2007
| Stanley
| Mrs. Griff (Mom), various others
| Series regular (cartoon), 17 episodes
|-
| 2023
| Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss
| Herself
| Episode 5
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Video games
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2001
| Pro Skater 3
| Various voices
| Video game
|}
See also
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico