Lee Bryant is an American actress. She is most known for a small role in the 1980 comedy film ''

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''. She also appeared as

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's wife in the 1977 conspiracy thriller ''

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'', and as

Jennifer Westfeldt Jennifer Westfeldt (born February 2, 1970) is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and starring in the 2002 indie film '' Kissing Jessica Stein'', for which she received an I ...

's mother in the romantic comedy ''

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'' (2011). Bryant was born in

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. She has guest starred in a number of television series including '' T. J. Hooker'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Lou Grant'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', ''

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'', '' Moonlighting'', ''

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'', 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 chain 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.

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