Merry Anders
Birthday: 22 May 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: Merry Helen Anderson
Height: 163 cm
Merry Anders practically grew up in local bijous watching films and their accompanying stage shows with her movie-crazy mother and grandmother. The family relocated to Los Angeles in 1949 and, while a ...Show More
I come on the set with my lines learned and then I read them like Merry Anders. Usually that's enoug Show more
I come on the set with my lines learned and then I read them like Merry Anders. Usually that's enough, but if the director wants something more, then we go to work. After that the lines come out like Merry Anders working. Hide
[on quitting her acting career] I had a couple of years where I only grossed about three thousand do Show more
[on quitting her acting career] I had a couple of years where I only grossed about three thousand dollars and I couldn't make a living. Dad wrote me a letter and said, "Get out of that movie business, get yourself a decent job, girl!" I was divorced and it's hard to raise a child, have a nice home, put up the appearance of success, drive a car in perfect running shape and everything when you're on unemployment. Hide
[on working with Ted de Corsia in The Quick Gun (1964)] He was just great, though. Just perfect as h Show more
[on working with Ted de Corsia in The Quick Gun (1964)] He was just great, though. Just perfect as his character. It helped me in a way because I was supposedly so terrified of him I was speechless. Hide
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