Doro Merande

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-03-29 (83 years old)

Deathday

1975-11-01

Place of Birth

Columbus, Kansas, USA

Doro Merande

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. Growing up in boarding schools, she headed to New York and pursued an acting career immediately...

Acting

1960

The Gazebo

as Matilda

1940

Our Town

as Mrs. Soames

1968

Skidoo

as The Mayor

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

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

1935

Bad Boy

as Mrs. Jackson

1971

Making It

as Librarian

1935

Navy Wife

as Nurse Sharpe

1951

1931

Personal Maid

as Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)

1969

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