Merry Anders

Merry Anders
in Bonanza (1960)
Born	May 22, 1932 (1932-05-22) Chicago, Illinois, Cook County, U.S.

Merry Anders (born Mary Helen Anderson; 22 May 1932) is an American actress who has appeared in a number of television programs and films since the 1950s. In 1954, she succeeded Ann Todd as Stuart Erwin's daughter in the final season of his TV series, The Stu Erwin Show.

In the 1955-1956 season, she joined Janis Paige in the 26-week CBS sitcom It's Always Jan. From 1957-1959, Anders co-starred with Barbara Eden and Lori Nelson in How to Marry a Millionaire, a syndicated 20th Century Fox television series based on the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire. The three played young women living in New York City and trying to land wealthy husbands.

Anders left show business in 1972 to work for a division of Litton Industries, where she stayed until her retirement in 1994.

Partial filmography

Film

• Les Misérables (1952)
• Phffft! (1954)
• Desk Set (1957)
• The Dalton Girls (1957)
• Violent Road (1958)
• The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
• 20,000 Eyes (1961)
• When the Clock Strikes (1961)
• House of the Damned (1963)
• The Time Travelers (1964)
• Raiders From Beneath The Sea (1964)
• Tickle Me (1965)
• Legacy of Blood (1971)
• The Quick Gun (1965)

Television

• The Stu Erwin Show (1954)
• The Public Defender (1954)
• It's Always Jan (1955)
• Sugarfoot (1957 pilot episode) with Will Hutchins
• How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
• State Trooper as Mrs. Wallace in "The Case of the Barefoot Girl" (1959)
• Maverick (1960)
• Ichabod and Me with Robert Sterling (1961)
• The Addams Family (1964)
• Dragnet 1967 (1967–70)

Further reading

• Hitchcock, Alfred, Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion

External links

• Merry Anders at the Internet Movie Database