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Acting

Dina Merrill

Career: Active from 1957 to 2002, busiest in 1959 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Desk Set
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dina Merrill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 3
Psychological Thriller 2
Paranoia 2
Feel-Good Entertainment 2
Ensemble Cast 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Crime Investigation 2
Contemporary Realism 2
Complex Characters 2
Family Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

90

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 53

Shade

57

as Dina

The Magnificent Ambersons

59

as Mrs. Johnson

The Glow

42

as Phoebe Janusz

1990s

12 titles · average score 58

The Other Sister

46

as Pucky (uncredited)

A Chance of Snow

57

as Merilee Parker

Mighty Joe Young

56

as Society Woman

Milk & Money

50

as Ellen, David's Mother

The Point of Betrayal

as Laura Kittredge

Open Season

50

as Doris Hays-Britton

The Nanny

77

TV show · as Elizabeth Sheffield

Suture

68

as Alice Jameson

Not in My Family

51

as Clair Worth

The Player

84

as Celia

True Colors

43

as Joan Stiles

Fear

58

as Catherine Tarr

1980s

11 titles · average score 55

Turn Back the Clock

as Maureen Dowd

Caddyshack II

20

as Cynthia Young

Roseanne

71

TV show · as Doris

Twisted

48

as Nell Kempler

Hot Pursuit

TV show · as Estelle Modrian

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Monica Douglas / Annie Floret

Hot Pursuit

as Estelle Modrian

Anna to the Infinite Power

56

as Sarah

The Brass Ring

as Mother

Hotel

65

TV show · as Eleanor Blackwood

Just Tell Me What You Want

49

as Connie Herschel

1970s

21 titles · average score 63

The Tenth Month

as Cele

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Helen Ames

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Claire Garner

as Kelly

Throw Out the Anchor

as Lindy Baker

Running Wild

as Whit Colby

Family Flight

as Florence Carlyle

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

as Mrs. Greher

Cannon

67

TV show

The Walking Major

as Kelly Allen

The Odd Couple

52

TV show · as Anita

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Ruth Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death")

1960s

31 titles · average score 63

Seven in Darkness

66

as Emily Garth

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Dr. Barbara Dalton

The Sunshine Patriot

as Brancie Hagen

Batman

73

TV show · as Calamity Jan

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Meredyth

I'll Take Sweden

44

as Karin Granstedt

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

66

as Rita Behrens

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Laura

The Young Savages

53

as Karin Bell

Twenty Plus Two

65

as Nicki Kovacs

BUtterfield 8

54

as Emily Liggett

The Sundowners

65

as Jean Halstead

1950s

12 titles · average score 67

Don't Give Up the Ship

59

as Ens. Rita J. Benson

Operation Petticoat

77

as 2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran

Catch Me If You Can!

as Francine Colby

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Susannah Clauson

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Lisa Temple

What Makes Sammy Run?

as Laurette Harrington

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

as Margie Solitaire

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV show

Desk Set

87

as Sylvia Blair

Playwrights '56

TV show · as Sarah

Climax!

51

TV show · as Iris Farrar

Four Star Playhouse

71

TV show · as Marcia