- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 29, 1892
- Place of Birth
- Columbus, Kansas, USA
- Died
- November 1, 1975
Doro Merande
Plain, angular Doro Merande was one of those delightful character actresses you couldn't take your eyes off of, no matter how minuscule the part. She excelled at playing older than she was -- doting aunts, inveterate gossips, curt secretaries and small-minded townspeople -- all topped with an amusing warble in her voice and bristly eccentric edge. Too bad then that she wasn't used more in films, but she preferred live theater and based herself for the most part on the East Coast. She was born Dora Matthews in Kansas in 1892 and orphaned as a child. Growing up in boarding schools, she headed to New York and pursued an acting career immediately after finishing her education. She appeared long and hard on the stock stage before making it on Broadway at age 43. She settled there sparking over 25 Broadway plays in her lifetime, including a scene-stealing turn in the classic Thorton Wilder pla…
Filmography
movieThe Front Page
1974 · Jennie
movieMaking It
1971 · Librarian
movieChange of Habit
1969 · Rose
movieSkidoo
1968 · The Mayor
movieHurry Sundown
1967 · Ada Hemmings
movieThe Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966 · Muriel Everett
movieKiss Me, Stupid
1964 · Mrs. Pettibone
movieThe Cardinal
1963 · Picket
tvSam Benedict
1962
tvThe New Breed
1961 · Miss Stewart
Bringing Up Buddy
tvBringing Up Buddy
1960 · Aunt Iris Flower
tvThriller
1960 · Melba Pennaroyd
movieThe Gazebo
1959 · Matilda
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Sadie
movieThe Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959 · Miss Haskins
movieIf You Knew Elizabeth
1957 · Mrs. Adolph
movieThe Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Vi
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mrs. Herman
movieThe Seven Year Itch
1955 · Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
tvOmnibus
1952
tvTales of Tomorrow
1951
movieThe Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951 · Miss Pringle
movieMr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951 · Mrs. Hammer
movieCover Up
1949 · Hilda
movieThe Snake Pit
1948 · Asylum Patient (uncredited)
movieOur Town
1940 · Mrs. Soames
movieBad Boy
1935 · Mrs. Jackson
movieNavy Wife
1935 · Nurse Sharpe
movieMoonlight and Pretzels
1933
movieZoo in Budapest
1933 · Miss Fennock (uncredited)
movieBondage
1933 · Boarding House Matron (uncredited)
movieStrictly Personal
1933 · Club Member
movieState Fair
1933 · Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
movieWayward
1932 · Maid (uncredited)
moviePersonal Maid
1931 · Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)