Doro Merande

Doro Merande

Acting 1892-03-29 Columbus, Kansas, USA

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)

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1974 Jennie
1971 Librarian
1969 Rose
1968 The Mayor
1967 Ada Hemmings
1966 Muriel Everett
1964 Mrs. Pettibone
1963 Picket
1961 Miss Stewart
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1960 Matilda
1960 Aunt Iris Flower
1960 Melba Pennaroyd
1959 Miss Haskins
1959 Sadie
1957 Mrs. Adolph
1955 Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
1955 Vi
1955 Mrs. Herman
1952
1951 Mrs. Hammer
1951 Miss Pringle
1949 Hilda
1948 Asylum Patient (uncredited)
1940 Mrs. Soames
1935 Mrs. Jackson
1935 Nurse Sharpe
1933 Boarding House Matron (uncredited)
1933 Mrs. Metcalfe's Acquaintance at Food Contest (Uncredited)
1933 Club Member
1933 Miss Fennock (uncredited)
1932 Maid (uncredited)
1931 Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)