Doro Merande
Acting
35
Acting Credits
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 Do...
Known For
Filmography
The Front Page
1974
as Jennie
Making It
1971
as Librarian
Change of Habit
1969
as Rose
Skidoo
1968
as The Mayor
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Ada Hemmings
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
as Muriel Everett
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
as Mrs. Pettibone
The Cardinal
1963
as Picket
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961
as Miss Stewart
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
as Aunt Iris Flower
Thriller
1960
as Melba Pennaroyd
The Gazebo
1959
as Matilda
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
as Miss Haskins
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Sadie
If You Knew Elizabeth
1957
as Mrs. Adolph
The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Vi
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mrs. Herman
Omnibus
1952
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
as Mrs. Hammer
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Miss Pringle
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Cover Up
1949
as Hilda
The Snake Pit
1948
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Our Town
1940
as Mrs. Soames
Bad Boy
1935
as Mrs. Jackson
Navy Wife
1935
as Nurse Sharpe
Bondage
1933
as Boarding House Matron (uncredited)
State Fair
1933
as Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
Moonlight and Pretzels
1933
Strictly Personal
1933
as Club Member
Zoo in Budapest
1933
as Miss Fennock (uncredited)
Wayward
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
Personal Maid
1931
as Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)