Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-03-29 (83 years old)
Deathday
1975-11-01
Place of Birth
Columbus, Kansas, USA
Also known As
Dora Matthews
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...
1960
as Matilda
1940
as Mrs. Soames
1968
as The Mayor
1951
as Mrs. Hammer
1933
as Boarding House Matron (uncredited)
1967
as Ada Hemmings
1964
as Mrs. Pettibone
1933
as Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
1963
as Picket
1949
as Hilda
1933
as Club Member
1948
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
1955
as Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
1974
as Jennie
1935
as Mrs. Jackson
1971
as Librarian
1935
as Nurse Sharpe
1951
as Miss Pringle
1955
1966
as Muriel Everett
1931
as Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)
1969
as Rose
1959
as Miss Haskins
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