Portrait of Merry Anders

Acting

Merry Anders

Career

Active from 1950 to 1971, busiest in 1957 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for No Time to Be Young
No Time to Be Young
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Merry Anders Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    3.3, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sitcom 3
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Suspenseful Investigation 2
  • 1950s Television 2
  • Nostalgic Viewing 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title ยท average score 23
Blood Legacy
Blood Legacy (1971)
GoodWatch score 23

as Laura Dean

1960s

32 titles ยท average score 55
Tickle Me
Tickle Me (1965)
GoodWatch score 58

as Estelle Penfield

The Time Travelers
The Time Travelers (1964)
GoodWatch score 45

as Carol White

The Quick Gun
The Quick Gun (1964)
GoodWatch score 55

as Helen Reed

Raiders from Beneath the Sea
Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dottie Harper

House of the Damned
House of the Damned (1963)
GoodWatch score 42

as Nancy Campbell

Air Patrol
Air Patrol (1962)
GoodWatch score 48

as Mona Whitney

When the Clock Strikes
When the Clock Strikes (1961)
GoodWatch score 41

as Ellie

The Gambler Wore a Gun
The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sharon Donovan

Secret of Deep Harbor
Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)

as Janey Fowler

The Hypnotic Eye
The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
GoodWatch score 48

as Dodie Wilson

Young Jesse James
Young Jesse James (1960)

as Belle Starr

The Walking Target
The Walking Target (1960)
GoodWatch score 59

as Susan Mallory

1950s

37 titles ยท average score 67
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Virginia Keith

The Night Runner
The Night Runner (1957)
GoodWatch score 58

as Amy Hansen

How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957)

TV show

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Sadie Hepner / Joyce Carlton

The Dalton Girls
The Dalton Girls (1957)
GoodWatch score 50

as Holly Dalton

Maverick
Maverick (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Penelope Greeley

It's Always Jan
It's Always Jan (1955)

TV show

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Lena

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Shirley

Cheyenne
Cheyenne (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Lassie
Lassie (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

The Stu Erwin Show
The Stu Erwin Show (1950)

TV show ยท as Joyce Erwin