Dina Merrill Biography (1925-)

Born Nedenia Hutton, December 29, 1925, in New York, NY; daughter of Edward F. Hutton (a stockbroker) and Marjorie Merriweather Post; married Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr., March 23, 1946 (divorced, December, 1966); married Cliff Robertson (an actor), December 21, 1966 (divorced, 1989); married Ted Hartley (a business executive), November 18, 1989; children: (first marriage) Stanley M. III, Nina, David; (second marriage) Heather. Addresses: Agent: The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Agent: Siegel, 405 East 54th St., Suite 12A, New York, NY 10022.

Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: 1925; New York, New York

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Sylvia Blair, Desk Set (also known as His Other Woman), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
Margie Solitaire, A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (also known as How to Rob a Bank), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
Ensign Rita Benson, Don't Give Up the Ship, Paramount, 1959
Lieutenant Barbara Duran, Operation Petticoat, Universal, 1959
Catch Me If You Can, 1959
Emily Liggett, Butterfield 8, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
Jean Halstead, The Sundowners, Warner Bros., 1960
Nikki Kovacs and Doris Delaney, Twenty Plus Two, Allied Artists, 1961
Karin Bell, The Young Savages, United Artists, 1961
Rita Behrens, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
Karin Grandstedt, I'll Take Sweden, United Artists, 1965
The Walking Major (also known as Aru heishi no kake), 1970
Lindy, Throw Out the Anchor, 1972
Whit Colby, Running Wild, Golden Circle, 1973
The Meal (also known as Deadly Encounters), Ambassador, 1975
Deliver Us from Evil, 1975
Velvet Green, The Greatest, Columbia, 1977
Antoinette "Toni" Sloan Goddard, A Wedding, Twentieth Century-Fox,1978
Deadly Encounter, 1979
Connie Herschel, Just Tell Me What You Want, Warner Bros., 1980
Sarah, Anna to the Infinite Power, 1983
Nell Kempler, Twisted, 1986
Cynthia Young, Caddyshack II, Warner Bros., 1988
Joan Stiles, True Colors, Paramount, 1991
Celia, The Player, Fine Line, 1992
Alice Jameson, Suture, Suture Pictures/Kino-Korsakoff, 1994
Doris Hays-Briton, Open Season, Republic Pictures Corp., 1995
Laura, Point of Betrayal, Trident Releasing, 1996
David's mother, Milk and Money, 1996
Society woman, Mighty Joe Young (also known as Mighty Joe),Buena Vista, 1998
Film Work
Executive producer, Milk and Money, 1996
Television Appearances
Series
Estelle Modrian, Hot Pursuit, NBC, 1984
Miniseries
Mrs. Hickinger, Roots: The Next Generations, ABC, 1979
(As Dina Merrill-Hartley) Lady P., The Magnificent Ambersons, 2001
Movies
Brancie Hagen, The Sunshine Patriot, NBC, 1968
Emily Garth Pleasant, Seven in Darkness, ABC, 1969
Mrs. Greher, Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, ABC, 1971
Florence Carlyle, Family Flight, ABC, 1972
Cele, The Tenth Month, CBS, 1979
The Brass Ring, 1983
Maureen Dowd, Turn Back the Clock (also known as Repeat Performance), NBC, 1989
Catherine Tarr, Fear, Showtime, 1990
Clair Worth, Not in My Family (also known as Breaking the Silence), ABC, 1993
Lydia D'Arcy, Monique's mother, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, CBS, 1997
Merilee Parker, A Chance of Snow, Lifetime, 1998
Phoebe, The Glow, 2001
Also appeared in Do Me a Favor--Don't Vote for My Mom.
Specials
Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood, NBC, 1983
The Los Angeles Music Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, PBS,1990
Night of 100 Stars III, NBC, 1990
American Castles, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
Pilots
Daktari, CBS, 1966
Beatrice Savarona, The Lonely Profession, NBC, 1969
Penelope Parkington, "The Parkingtons: Dear Penelope," The Letters, ABC, 1973

Helen Martinson, Kingston: The Power Play (also known as Kingston and The Newspaper Game), NBC, 1976
Estelle Modrian, Hot Pursuit, NBC, 1984
Nan Cooper, The Alan King Show, CBS, 1986
Episodic
"A Place Full of Strangers," Four Star Playhouse, CBS, 1955
"Return to Cassino," Playwrights '56, NBC, 1956
"The Center of the Maze," Playwrights '56, NBC, 1956
"One for All," Matinee Theatre, NBC, 1958
"Spider Web," Climax!, CBS, 1958
"The Time of Your Life," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1958
"What Makes Sammy Run," Sunday Showcase, NBC, 1959
"The Fallen Idol," Dupont Show of the Month, CBS, 1959
"Murder Is a Private Affair," Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, CBS,1960
"Men in White," Dupont Show of the Month, CBS, 1960
Hong Kong, ABC, 1961
"Brandenburg Gate," U.S. Steel Hour, CBS, 1961
"The Dispossessed," Westinghouse Presents, CBS, 1961
"Style of Living," The Investigators, CBS, 1961
"Obituary for Mr. `X,'" The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1962
"The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff," The Dick Powell Show, NBC,1962
"Footnote to Fame," Westinghouse Presents, CBS, 1962
Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1962
The Expendables, ABC, 1962
Laura, "Bonfire," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1962
The New Breed, ABC, 1962
"Very Rough Sketch," Checkmate, CBS, 1962
The Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963
Burke's Law, ABC, 1963
"The Candidate," Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1963
The Rogues, NBC, 1964, 1965
The Mickey Rooney Show, ABC, 1964
"The Gun," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1964
"Incident of the Gilded Goddess," Rawhide, 1964
Kendall Frazier, "The Personal Touch," The Rogues, 1964
"The Game," Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre, NBC, 1965
Jean Davis, "The Monster," The F.B.I., ABC, 1965
"The Tamarack Massacre Affair," Daniel Boone, NBC, 1965
"A Daring Step Backward," The Rogues, 1965
Captain Patricia Bates, "Which Way the Wind Blows," Twelve O'Clock High, ABC, 1966
Shenandoah, ABC, 1966
Susannah, "The Pursued: Parts 1 & 2," Bonanza, NBC, 1966
"The Trap of Solid Gold," Stage '67, ABC, 1967
Calamity Jan, "The Great Escape," Batman, ABC, 1968
Calamity Jan, "The Great Train Robbery," Batman, ABC, 1968
Meredyth, "The Controllers: Part 1," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1969
Nancy Devlin, "The Incomparable Connie Walker," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1969
The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
The Bold Ones, NBC, 1971
The Men from Shiloh, NBC, 1971
Medical Center, CBS, 1971
Laura Duff, "The Angus Killer," The Virginian, 1971
"The Franklin Papers," The F.B.I., ABC, 1972
"Waiting Room," Night Gallery, NBC, 1972
Doris Hawthorne, "Murder by the Numbers," Cannon, CBS, 1973
"A Cry in the Night," Marcus Welby, M.D., CBS, 1973
Ruth Wilson, "Hatred unto Death," Night Gallery, NBC, 1973
Anita, "Oscar's in Love," The Odd Couple, ABC, 1974
Harriet Manners, "The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express," Ellery Queen, NBC, 1975
Switch, CBS, 1976
Barbara Dalton, "Nine Dragons," Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 1976
Quincy, M.E., NBC, 1976
Thelma March, "A Haunting We Will Go," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, 1977
"Critical Success/The Love Lamp Is Lit/Take My Boy Friend, Please/Rent aFamily/The Man in Her Life: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat, 1979
Jessica Cabot, Hotel, ABC, 1986
Monica Douglas, "Always a Thief," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
Annie Floret, "The Monte Carlo Murders," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1992
Elizabeth Sheffield, "The Two Mrs. Sheffields," The Nanny, CBS, 1995
Doris, "Hoi Polloi Meets Hoiti Toiti," Roseanne, ABC, 1996
Ellen Hayworth, "Ambition," Vengeance Unlimited, ABC, 1998
Also appeared in The Alcoa Theatre, NBC, and To Tell the Truth, CBS.
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) June, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA, 1944
George Washington Slept Here, New York City, 1945
(Broadway debut) The Mermaids Singing, Empire Theatre, New York City, 1945-46
Desdemona, Othello, 1960
Title role, Major Barbara, Shaw Festival, Westport Playhouse, 1965
Aviatrix, Misalliance, Shaw Festival, Westport Playhouse, 1965
Mrs. Manningham, Angel Street, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1975
The Torch-Bearers, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1977
Loved, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, then PAF Playhouse, Huntington Station, NY, both 1978
Lillian Hellman, Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1979
The Unexpected Guest, Hartman Theatre Company, Stamford, CT, 1979
Mrs. Venable, Suddenly Last Summer, Horace Mann Theatre, New YorkCity, 1981
The V.I.P.s, John Drew Theatre, East Hampton, NY, 1981
Peggy Porterfield, On Your Toes, Virginia Theatre, Kennedy Center,New York City, 1983, then Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1985
Lady Bracknell, The Importance of Being Earnest, Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York City, 1985
Induction of the first women members, The Players Club Centennial Salute, Sam S. Shubert Theatre, 1989
Night of 100 Stars III, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1990
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (stage reading), Ahmanson Theatre,New York City, 2000
Also appeared with the Mirror Repertory Company, New York City, 1985; inThe Smile of the Cardboard Man, HB Playwrights Foundation, New York City; Surprise, John Drew Theatre; My Sister Eileen; and as Olivia, Twelfth Night.
Major Tours
Voice of the Turtle, U.S. cities, 1961
Write Me a Murder, U.S. cities, 1963

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

People Weekly, April 19, 1999, p. 79

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