| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1954–55 | The Greatest Gift | Harriet | 219 episodes | |
| 1954 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Betty Blake | Episode: "Man on the Mountaintop" | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show of the Month | Performer | Episode: "Oliver Twist" | |
| 1960 | Ninotchka | Anna | ABC TV movie | |
| 1964–65 | Linus! The Lion Hearted | Voice | Animated TV series, 3 episodes | |
| 1971 | Dames at Sea | Joan | Television Special | |
| 1971–72 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Bunny Sterling Annie Dempsey | 2 episodes | |
| 1971–73 | Love, American Style | Various roles | |
| 1973 | The Paul Lynde Show | Grace Dickerson | 3 episodes | |
| The Corner Bar | Mae/Jennifer Bradley | Cast member, 7 episodes | |
| 1974 | Medical Center | Rose Miller | Episode: "The Enemies" | |
| 1975 | Kate McShane | Kate McShane | Canceled after 10 episodes | |
| 1976–77 | Rhoda | Sally Gallagher | 7 episodes | |
| 1977–78 | Take Five with Stiller & Meara | | | |
| 1979–83 | Love Boat | Various roles | 3 episodes | |
| Archie Bunker's Place | Veronica Rooney | 52 episodes | |
| HBO Sneak Previews | | Costarred with Jerry Stiller | |
| 1983 | The Other Woman | Peg Gilford | TV movie (CBS); Meara co-wrote the teleplay with Lila Garrett | |
| 1986 | The Stiller and Meara Show | Anne Bender | Co-writer; Canceled after a few weeks | |
| 1987 | Saturday Night Live | Bartender | Episode: "Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis" | |
| 1987–89 | ALF | Dorothy Halligan | 7 episodes | |
| 1987–89 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Mrs. Salters | Episode: "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book" | |
| 1988–93 | Murder, She Wrote | Winnie Tupper Banner Mae Shaughnessy | 2 episodes | |
| 1990 | Monsters | Greta | Episode: "One Wolf's Family" | |
| 1991 | The General Motors Playwrights Theater | Rose Finker | Episode: "Avenue Z Afternoon" | |
| Shalom Sesame | Miriam | Episode: "Show 10: Passover" | |
| American Playhouse | Bernice Shapiro | "The Sunset Gang": segment: "The Detective" | |
| 1992–99 | All My Children | Peggy Moody | 5 episodes | |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Patricia Lennon | Episode: "Love off Limits" | |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night | Roda | Episode: "Poor Relations" | |
| Great Performances: The Mother | Mrs. Geegan | PBS TV movie, October 24, 1994 | |
| Murphy Brown | Reena Bernecky | 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Donna DiGrazi | |
| 1997 | Jitters | mother | TV movie | |
| 1999 | After Play | | Writer and cast member | |
| 1999–02 | Oz | Aunt Brenda O'Reily | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 2003–07 | The King of Queens | Mary Finnegan (1999) Veronica Olchin (2003–07) | 10 episodes | |
| 2001 | What Makes a Family | Evelyn Cataldi | TV movie (Lifetime) | |
| Ed | Barbara Gennacarro | Episode: "The Test" | |
| Will & Grace | Mrs. Friedman | Episode: "Star-Spangled Banter" | |
| 2002–04 | Sex and the City | Mary Brady | 4 episodes | |
| 2003 | Good Morning, Miami | Claire's Friend | Episode: "The Slow and the Furious" | |
| Charlie Lawrence | Pauline Lawrence | Episode: "If It's Not One Thing It's Your Mother" | |
| 2004–12 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ida Becker Irene Kerns | Episode: "Scavenger" Episode: "Dreams Deferred" | |
| 2006 | Four Kings | Ruth | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2009 | Mercy | Estelle Thalberg | Episode: "The Last Thing I Said Was" | |
| 2009–10 | Wonder Pets! | Granny Ginny/Granny Winny | 2 episodes: Voice | |
| 2010 | Gravity | Mrs. Talbot | Episode: "Old People Creep Me Out" | |
| 2011 | Rip City | Myrt | TVLand sitcom pilot that did not sell | |
