Doro Merande
Born in Columbus, Kansas, USA — Mar 29 1892• Died Nov 01 1975
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Biography
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. Growi…
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Doro Merande's Credits
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The Twilight Zone
Sadie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Herman
Thriller
Melba Pennaroyd
Sam Benedict
Tales of Tomorrow
The New Breed
Miss Stewart
The Man with the Golden Arm
Vi
The Seven Year Itch
Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Bringing Up Buddy
Aunt Iris Flower
The Front Page
Jennie
Kiss Me, Stupid
Mrs. Pettibone
Making It
Librarian
Change of Habit
Rose
The Cardinal
Picket
The Gazebo
Matilda
Hurry Sundown
Ada Hemmings
Our Town
Mrs. Soames
The Snake Pit
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Skidoo
The Mayor
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Muriel Everett
Bad Boy
Mrs. Jackson
Navy Wife
Nurse Sharpe
Wayward
Maid (uncredited)
Cover Up
Hilda
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Miss Haskins
State Fair
Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Mrs. Hammer
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Miss Pringle
Strictly Personal
Club Member
Zoo in Budapest
Miss Fennock (uncredited)
Bondage
Boarding House Matron (uncredited)
Moonlight and Pretzels
Personal Maid
Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)
If You Knew Elizabeth
Mrs. Adolph