Doro Merande
Birthday
1892/03/29
Day of death
1975/11/01 (83 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Columbus, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Dora Matthews
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...Read more
Acting
(1960) The Gazebo
as Matilda
(1940) Our Town
as Mrs. Soames
(1968) Skidoo
as The Mayor
(1951) Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Mrs. Hammer
(1933) Bondage
as Boarding House Matron (uncredited)
(1967) Hurry Sundown
as Ada Hemmings
(1964) Kiss Me, Stupid
as Mrs. Pettibone
(1933) State Fair
as Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
(1963) The Cardinal
as Picket
(1949) Cover Up
as Hilda
(1933) Moonlight and Pretzels
as ---
(1933) Strictly Personal
as Club Member
(1948) The Snake Pit
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
(1955) The Seven Year Itch
as Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
(1932) Wayward
as Maid (uncredited)
(1974) The Front Page
as Jennie
(1935) Bad Boy
as Mrs. Jackson
(1971) Making It
as Librarian
(1935) Navy Wife
as Nurse Sharpe
(1951) The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Miss Pringle
(1955) The Man with the Golden Arm
as Vi
(1966) The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Muriel Everett
(1931) Personal Maid
as Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)
(1969) Change of Habit
as Rose
(1959) The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Miss Haskins
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Sadie
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Herman
(1960) Bringing Up Buddy
as Aunt Iris Flower
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1960) Thriller
as Melba Pennaroyd
(1961) The New Breed
as Miss Stewart
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---