Trivia

National Lampoon alumni.

Wrote the book for the 1985 jukebox musical Leader Of The Pack.

Taught sketch comedy writing at the University of Southern California.

Taught at USC and Cal State University at Northridge. At her death she was teaching writing at Chapman University in Orange County, California.

In 1976 published a compilation she edited with Deanne Stillman called "Titters: The First Collection of Humor by Women.".

Her parents, Sheila Elizabeth Jean (Sherriff Scott) and Patrick Murray Threipland Beatts, were educators. Her father was born in Simga, Chhattisgarh, India, with Scottish ancestry. Her mother was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Scottish parents. Anne's grandfather was Adam Sherriff Scott, a painter, printmaker, illustrator, muralist, and educator.

Is portrayed by Jacqueline Pillon in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002), and Natasha Lyonne in A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018).

She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, where she worked on the campus newspaper, The McGill Daily.

Graduated from Somers Central High School in Somers, New York.

Has a sister, Barbara, and a brother, Murray.

Has a daughter, Jaylene Beatts.

Has two production companies, B-Girls Productions (of which she runs with Eve Brandstein) in the late 1980s, and Lipstick Productions, a joint venture with Buena Vista Productions to produce "The Stephanie Miller Show".