Merry Anders

Career timeline

1. 1934 · Born

   Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   The Stu Erwin Show (TV)

3. 1954 · Breakthrough

   Lassie (TV)

4. 1971 · Latest release

   Blood Legacy (Movie)

5. 2012 · Died

   October 28, 2012

Career in numbers

36 1950s

31 1960s

1 1970s

• Drama38
• Crime20
• Comedy16
• Western12
• Romance11
• Mystery6

Highest-rated title The Addams Family 1964 8.0 Most popular title Bonanza 1959 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Merry Anders in our catalogue.

Robert Altman

7 titles together

Dean Riesner

5 titles together

André de Toth

4 titles together

Robert Douglas

4 titles together

Roger Smith

3 titles together

Marc Lawrence

3 titles together

R.G. Springsteen

3 titles together

Abner Biberman

3 titles together

Henry Levin

2 titles together

Ted Post

2 titles together

1. 1971 Blood Legacy as Laura Dean 3.5 Movie
2. 1967 Dragnet as Policewoman Dorothy Miller 7.0 TV
3. 1966 Women of the Prehistoric Planet as Lt. Karen Lamont 3.9 Movie
4. 1965 Never Too Young TV
5. 1965 Get Smart as Miss Sloan 8.0 TV
6. 1965 Tickle Me as Estelle Penfield 6.0 Movie
7. 1964 Raiders from Beneath the Sea as Dottie Harper Movie
8. 1964 Young Fury as Alice Movie
9. 1964 The Time Travelers as Carol White 5.1 Movie
10. 1964 The Addams Family as Miss Carver 8.0 TV
11. 1964 A Tiger Walks as Betty Collins Movie
12. 1964 The Quick Gun as Helen Reed 6.4 Movie
13. 1963 Arrest and Trial TV
14. 1963 Police Nurse as Joan Olson Movie
15. 1963 House of the Damned as Nancy Campbell 4.8 Movie
16. 1963 FBI Code 98 as Grace McLean Movie
17. 1962 Air Patrol as Mona Whitney Movie
18. 1962 The Case of Patty Smith as Mary Movie
19. 1962 Beauty and the Beast as Sybil Movie
20. 1961 Straightaway TV
21. 1961 Ichabod and Me TV
22. 1961 Secret of Deep Harbor as Janey Fowler Movie
23. 1961 20,000 Eyes as Karen Walker Movie
24. 1961 When the Clock Strikes as Ellie Movie
25. 1961 The Gambler Wore a Gun as Sharon Donovan Movie
26. 1961 Police Dog Story as Terry Dayton Movie
27. 1960 The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Annette Du Blanc TV
28. 1960 Surfside 6 TV
29. 1960 The Walking Target as Susan Mallory Movie
30. 1960 Young Jesse James as Belle Starr Movie
31. 1960 Five Bold Women as Missouri Lady Ellen Downs Movie
32. 1960 The Hypnotic Eye as Dodie Wilson 5.8 Movie
33. 1959 Hawaiian Eye TV
34. 1959 Bonanza as Virginia Keith 7.5 TV
35. 1958 77 Sunset Strip 7.2 TV
36. 1958 Bronco TV
37. 1958 Violent Road as The Girl in the Convertible Movie
38. 1957 The Dalton Girls as Holly Dalton Movie
39. 1957 How to Marry a Millionaire TV
40. 1957 Hear Me Good as Ruth Collins Movie
41. 1957 Maverick as Penelope Greeley 7.1 TV
42. 1957 Calypso Heat Wave Movie
43. 1957 Perry Mason as Adele Bentley 7.7 TV
44. 1957 Death in Small Doses as Amy 'Miss Diesel of 1958' Phillips Movie
45. 1957 Escape from San Quentin as Robbie Movie
46. 1957 Desk Set as Cathy 7.0 Movie
47. 1957 No Time to Be Young as Gloria Stuben Movie
48. 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Claudia Reed TV
49. 1957 The Night Runner as Amy Hansen Movie
50. 1956 State Trooper TV
51. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lena 7.8 TV
52. 1955 Cheyenne 6.2 TV
53. 1955 It's Always Jan TV
54. 1955 All That Heaven Allows as Mary Ann 7.3 Movie
55. 1955 The Millionaire as Helen Forrester TV
56. 1954 Phffft as Marsha (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
57. 1954 Lassie 6.3 TV
58. 1954 Princess of the Nile as Handmaiden Movie
59. 1954 Public Defender TV
60. 1953 How to Marry a Millionaire as Model (uncredited) 6.8 Movie
61. 1953 Letter to Loretta as Lenore Cooper TV
62. 1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife as Hannah Movie
63. 1953 Titanic as College Girl (uncredited) 6.6 Movie
64. 1952 Les Miserables as Cicely (uncredited) Movie
65. 1952 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Adeline Halper Movie
66. 1952 Belles on Their Toes as Student /Graduate (Uncredited) Movie
67. 1950 The Jack Benny Program as Kidnapper TV
68. 1950 The Stu Erwin Show as Joyce Erwin TV

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