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Doro Merande
Acting

Doro Merande
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1892-03-29,Columbus, Kansas, USA
Gender
Female
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 after finishing her education. She appeared long and hard on the stock stage before making it on Broadway at age 43. She settled there sparking over 25 Broadway plays in her lifetime, including a scene-stealing turn in the classic Thorton Wilder play "Our Town" which brought her to Hollywood to preserve the role on film. On and off she remained a delightful film and TV cameo player with roles in The Gazebo (1959), The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), and The Front Page (1974). She and star Enid Markey (Jane of the "Tarzan" film silents) starred together as pampering aunts in the sitcom Bringing Up Buddy (1960), but, despite promising ratings, the two veteran actresses did not get along and the series folded after only a season. Ms. Merande was also a recurring presence for Jackie Gleason on his variety show. She died, in fact, of a stroke while there in Miami to film an episode. Date of Birth 31 March 1892, Columbia, Kansas Date of Death 1 November 1975, New York City, New York (stroke)

Filmography

6.9

The Gazebo
1959-12-18

5.851

Our Town
1940-05-24

4.8

Skidoo
1968-12-19

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

7.167

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951-08-01

7

Bondage
1933-04-22

6.397

Hurry Sundown
1967-02-09

6.315

State Fair
1933-02-10

Kiss Me, Stupid

7

Kiss Me, Stupid
1964-12-22

6.563

The Cardinal
1963-12-12

6.611

Cover Up
1949-02-25

Moonlight and Pretzels

9

Moonlight and Pretzels
1933-08-01

Strictly Personal

7.5

Strictly Personal
1933-03-17

7.1

The Snake Pit
1948-11-04

The Seven Year Itch

7.049

The Seven Year Itch
1955-06-03

6.333

Wayward
1932-02-19

7.3

The Front Page
1974-11-01

7.5

Bad Boy
1935-10-25

4.2

Making It
1971-03-21

6

Navy Wife
1935-09-17

The Whistle at Eaton Falls

6.8

The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951-08-02

The Man with the Golden Arm

7.2

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955-12-26

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

6.429

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966-05-25

6.5

Personal Maid
1931-09-12

Change of Habit

5.397

Change of Habit
1969-11-10

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

7.143

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959-02-20

If You Knew Elizabeth

0

If You Knew Elizabeth
1957-04-11

Zoo in Budapest

4.8

Zoo in Budapest
1933-04-28

6.333

Omnibus
1952-11-09

The Twilight Zone

8.5

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Bringing Up Buddy

9

Bringing Up Buddy
1960-10-10

6.667

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

6.675

Thriller
1960-09-13

7.667

The New Breed
1961-10-03

Tales of Tomorrow

6.429

Tales of Tomorrow
1951-08-03