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name: "Muriel Landers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/muriel-landers"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 October 1921"
died: "19 February 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:52:07.695421+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."
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# Muriel Landers

Actor. Born 27 October 1921 in Illinois, USA. Died 19 February 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 October 1921, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 19 February 1977
- **Also known as:** Muriel R. Landers
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Landers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6938646, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120340

## Biography

Muriel Landers was an American actress, singer and dancer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 27 October 1921, she began her career as a concert singer before moving to New York City, where she found work in comedy roles on stage, film and television.

Her film credits include *Pillow Talk* (1959) as Moose Taggett, *Who's Minding the Store?* (1963) and *The Disorderly Orderly* (1964). On television she appeared in series such as *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), *Hogan's Heroes* (1965) and *The Red Skelton Hour*. Landers played Mrs. Blossom in the 1967 film *Doctor Dolittle*. She died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, on 19 February 1977.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Dolittle* (1967), Fi1m 50, as Mrs. Blossom — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Remember When* (1974), as Shirley
- *Lidsville* (1971), series, as Mommy Hoodoo
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1967), as Mrs. Blossom — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle.md)
- *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), series, as Second Nurse
- *The Disorderly Orderly* (1964), as Millicent
- *Who's Minding the Store?* (1963), as Girdle Lady (uncredited)
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Essiebelle Crick
- *Moon Pilot* (1962), as Fat Lady (uncredited)
- *Pillow Talk* (1959), as Moose Taggett
- *Sweet and Hot* (1958), as 'Tiny' Landers
- *Muscle Up a Little Closer* (1957), as Tiny
- *The Danny Thomas Show* (1953), series, as Sharifa
- *Life with Luigi* (1952), series, as Rosa
- *Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla* (1952), as Saloma

## Gallery

- ![Muriel Landers](https://film.one/media/person/1242861/gallery-6502b074cc57.jpg) Muriel Landers — film screenshot (Jack Broder Productions), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Muriel_Landers_in_Bela_Lugosi_Meets_a_Brooklyn_Gorilla_%281952%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sammy Petrillo and Muriel Landers in w:Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla - cropped screenshot.](https://film.one/media/person/1242861/gallery-5b550610c909.jpg) Sammy Petrillo and Muriel Landers in w:Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla - cropped screenshot. — film screenshot (Jack Broder Productions), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Sammy_Petrillo_and_Muriel_Landers_in_William_MarshallBela_Lugosi_Meets_a_Brooklyn_Gorilla.jpg/1280px-Sammy_Petrillo_and_Muriel_Landers_in_William_MarshallBela_Lugosi_Meets_a_Brooklyn_Gorilla.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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