--- name: "Dina Merrill" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dina-merrill" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 December 1923" died: "22 May 2017" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T03:54:05.951331+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dina Merrill Actor. Born 29 December 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 22 May 2017. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 December 1923, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 22 May 2017 - **Active:** 1960–1992 - **Also known as:** Dina Merrill-Hartley, Nedenia Marjorie Hutton - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 78 (2), 1990s 85 (1) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $22m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Merrill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581277/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58414 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sundowners*](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Dina Merrill (born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton) was an American actress. She was born in New York City on 29 December 1923 and died in East Hampton, New York, on 22 May 2017. She trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her Broadway debut in *The Mermaids Singing* in 1945. Her film career began with *Desk Set* (1957). She appeared in *Operation Petticoat* (1959), *The Sundowners* (1960) as Jean Halstead, *BUtterfield 8* (1960) and later films including *The Player* (1992) and *Shade* (2003). Merrill also had numerous television roles, among them Calamity Jan in *Batman* (1966). She was married to actor Cliff Robertson and later to producer Ted Hartley. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Player* (1992), Fi1m 85, as Celia — [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md) - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Meredyth — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *The Sundowners* (1960), Fi1m 74, as Jean Halstead — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md) ## Complete filmography (88) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Shade* (2003), as Dina - *The Glow* (2002), as Phoebe Janusz - *The Magnificent Ambersons* (2002), as Mrs. Johnson - *The Other Sister* (1999), as Pucky (uncredited) - *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), as Society Woman - *A Chance of Snow* (1998), as Merilee Parker - *Milk & Money* (1996), as Ellen, David's Mother · Executive Producer - *Open Season* (1995), as Doris Hays-Britton - *The Point of Betrayal* (1995), as Laura Kittredge - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Elizabeth Sheffield - *Suture* (1993), as Alice Jameson - *Not in My Family* (1993), as Clair Worth - *The Player* (1992), as Celia — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md) - *True Colors* (1991), as Joan Stiles - *Fear* (1990), as Catherine Tarr - *Turn Back the Clock* (1989), as Maureen Dowd - *Roseanne* (1988), series, as Doris — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md) - *Caddyshack II* (1988), as Cynthia Young - *Twisted* (1985), as Nell Kempler - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Monica Douglas, Annie Floret - *Hot Pursuit* (1984), series, as Estelle Modrian - *Hot Pursuit* (1984), as Estelle Modrian - *Anna to the Infinite Power* (1983), as Sarah - *The Brass Ring* (1983), as Mother - *Hotel* (1982), series, as Eleanor Blackwood - *Just Tell Me What You Want* (1980), as Connie Herschel - *The Tenth Month* (1979), as Cele - *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Marjorie - *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), series, as Mrs. Hickinger - *A Wedding* (1978), as Antoinette Goddard - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Helen Ames - *The Greatest* (1977), as Velvet Green - *The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries* (1977), series, Actor - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Claire Garner - *Kingston* (1976), as Helen Martinson - *The Meal* (1975), as Kelly - *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, Actor - *Switch* (1975), series, as Luciana - *Throw Out the Anchor* (1974), as Lindy Baker - *Running Wild* (1973), as Whit Colby - *The Letters* (1973), as Penelope Parkington - *Family Flight* (1972), as Florence Carlyle - *Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones* (1971), as Mrs. Greher - *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor - *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Ruth Wilson (segment "Hatred Unto Death") - *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Anita - *The Walking Major* (1970), as Kelly Allen - *The Lonely Profession* (1969), as Beatrice Savarona - *Seven in Darkness* (1969), as Emily Garth - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Dr. Barbara Dalton - *The Sunshine Patriot* (1968), as Brancie Hagen - *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Nancy Devlin, Maggie Payden - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Meredyth — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Ginny Weldon - *Batman* (1966), series, as Calamity Jan - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Jean Davis, Christine Minton - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Caroline Willins - *I'll Take Sweden* (1965), as Karin Granstedt - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Madeline Lorne - *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, as Capt. Patricia Bates - *Mickey* (1964), series, Actor - *The Rogues* (1964), series, as Clothilde Bonheur - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Jo Andrews - *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Barrie Coleman - *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* (1963), as Rita Behrens - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Laura - *Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed* (1961), as Annette DeGrande - *The Investigators* (1961), series, as Valerie Corbin - *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Ruth Kingman - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Evelyn LeFevre - *Twenty Plus Two* (1961), as Nicki Kovacs - *The Young Savages* (1961), as Karin Bell - *The Sundowners* (1960), as Jean Halstead — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sundowners.md) - *BUtterfield 8* (1960), as Emily Liggett - *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Laura Hammond - *Hong Kong* (1960), series, as Helen Rowan Randolph - *Operation Petticoat* (1959), as 2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran - *What Makes Sammy Run?* (1959), as Laurette Harrington - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Susannah Clauson - *Don't Give Up the Ship* (1959), as Ens. Rita J. Benson - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Lisa Temple - *Catch Me If You Can!* (1959), as Francine Colby - *A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed* (1958), as Margie Solitaire - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor - *Desk Set* (1957), as Sylvia Blair - *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, as Sarah - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Iris Farrar - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Marcia ## Gallery - ![Dina Merrill](https://film.one/media/person/329566/gallery-09728aef4745.jpg) Dina Merrill — Photo by John Engstead/Helen Ferguson, public relations-Los Angeles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Dina_Merrill_1968_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![1999 (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/329566/gallery-ff29b5bc123f.jpg) 1999 (2018) — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dina_Merrill_1999.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dina Merrill](https://film.one/media/person/329566/gallery-2ac69ba2c5ba.jpg) Dina Merrill — Image via TMDB - ![Dina Merrill](https://film.one/media/person/329566/gallery-9494f8d932a6.jpg) Dina Merrill — Image via TMDB - ![Dina Merrill](https://film.one/media/person/329566/gallery-5cd4bacd00e1.jpg) Dina Merrill — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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