---
name: "Monica Merlin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/monica-merlin"
fi1m_id: "monica-merlin"
imdb_id: "nm0581011"
tmdb_id: 994221
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 March 1905"
died: "9 November 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:57:09.844010+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."
---

# Monica Merlin

## Identity

Monica Merlin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/monica-merlin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** monica-merlin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0581011
- **TMDB ID:** 994221
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/994221

Actor. Born 6 March 1905 in Hornsey, Middlesex, England, UK. Died 9 November 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 March 1905, Hornsey, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Died:** 9 November 1985
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/994221

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Repulsion*](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md) (88)

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## Biography

Monica Merlin was an English actress. She was born Monica Joan Merlin on 6 March 1905 in Hornsey, Middlesex, and died on 9 November 1985 in Dacorum, Hertfordshire.

Her screen credits include the role of Mrs Rendlesham in Roman Polanski's *Repulsion* (1965). She appeared in several British television productions of the 1960s, among them episodes of *Armchair Theatre*, *ITV Play of the Week*, *No Hiding Place* and *Public Eye*. Earlier stage work included the part of Viola in *When I Played Viola* at the Mercury Theatre.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Repulsion* (1965), Fi1m 88, as Mme Rendesham — [page](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Repulsion* (1965), as Mme Rendesham — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md)
- *Public Eye* (1965), series, as Mr. Quinton's Secretary
- *Festival* (1963), series, as Elderly Lady

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