Doro Merande

Doro Merande

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,...

Known For

Cast Credits

Making It

as Librarian

Skidoo

as The Mayor

Hurry Sundown

as Ada Hemmings

Kiss Me, Stupid

as Mrs. Pettibone

The Cardinal

as Picket

The Gazebo

as Matilda

If You Knew Elizabeth

as Mrs. Adolph

The Seven Year Itch

as Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

Cover Up

as Hilda

The Snake Pit

as Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Our Town

as Mrs. Soames

Bad Boy

as Mrs. Jackson

Navy Wife

as Nurse Sharpe

Zoo in Budapest

as Miss Fennock (uncredited)

Bondage

as Boarding House Matron (uncredited)

Strictly Personal

as Club Member

State Fair

as Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)

Wayward

as Maid (uncredited)

Personal Maid

as Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)