Personal Info
Dora Matthews
Doro Merande
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Front Page
as Jennie
Making It
as Librarian
Change of Habit
as Rose
Skidoo
as The Mayor
Hurry Sundown
as Ada Hemmings
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Muriel Everett
Kiss Me, Stupid
as Mrs. Pettibone
The Cardinal
as Picket
The Gazebo
as Matilda
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Miss Haskins
TV Shows
Sam Benedict
1 ep.
The New Breed
as Miss Stewart · 1 ep.
Thriller
as Melba Pennaroyd · 1 ep.
Bringing Up Buddy
as Aunt Iris Flower · 36 ep.
The Twilight Zone
as Sadie · 1 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Herman · 1 ep.
Omnibus
1 ep.
Tales of Tomorrow
1 ep.