Merry Anders
Biography
Merry Anders was an American actress of film and television who worked from the 1950s until she retired from the screen in 1972. Born in Chicago in 1934, she settled in Los Angeles as a teenager and trained at the Ben Bard Playhouse, where a scout from 20th Century Fox signed her to a contract in 1951. She made her debut that year in the musical Golden Girl and spent two years in small Fox roles. Later came a leading part in the Paramount film Hear Me Good and the sitcom How to Marry a Millionaire. Her other credits include The Hypnotic Eye (1960), The Time Travelers (1964), Tickle Me (1965) with Elvis Presley, and Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966), plus guest spots on Dragnet and Gunsmoke. She died in 2012.
78years old at death
- Born Chicago
- Died Encino
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Mary Helen Anderson (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 13 years1953 to 1966
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Early training
While she was a junior model, Anders started taking acting classes at the Ben Bard Playhouse. A 20th Century Fox talent scout noticed her there and gave her a film contract in 1951.
A first
In 1962, Anders was given a role in the first live action English-language film version of Beauty and the Beast, an 18th-century French fairy tale.
Merry Anders movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Merry Anders shares two films with Donald Curtis, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Donald Curtis's page
Allison Hayes's page
Bess Flowers's page
Rock Hudson's page
Jack Lemmon's page
Cameron Mitchell's page
Jean NegulescoDirector, 1 film, 1953
All films by Jean Negulesco
All films by Douglas Sirk
Walter LangDirector, 1 film, 1957
All films by Walter Lang
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Official profiles and reference pages.