Doro Merande: Biografía, Filmografía y actores con los que más ha trabajado

Nombre: Doro Merande

Trabajo principal: Interpretación

Edad: 132 años

Lugar de nacimiento: Columbus, Kansas, USA

Fecha de nacimiento: 29 de marzo de 1892

Películas destacadas de Doro Merande

Doro Merande interpreta a Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited) en La tentación vive arriba — La tentación vive arriba
*Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)*

Doro Merande interpreta a Picket en El cardenal — El cardenal
*Picket*

Doro Merande interpreta a Vi en El hombre del brazo de oro — El hombre del brazo de oro
Vi

Doro Merande interpreta a Ada Hemmings en La noche deseada — La noche deseada
*Ada Hemmings*

Doro Merande interpreta a en Moonlight and Pretzels — Moonlight and Pretzels

Doro Merande interpreta a Asylum Patient (uncredited) en Nido de víboras — Nido de víboras
*Asylum Patient (uncredited)*

Doro Merande interpreta a Maid (uncredited) en Wayward — Wayward
*Maid (uncredited)*

Doro Merande interpreta a Jennie en Primera plana — Primera plana
*Jennie*

Doro Merande interpreta a Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited) en Personal Maid — Personal Maid
*Mrs. Wurtz's Maid (uncredited)*

Biografía de 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, 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)