Dina Merrill had two older half-sisters, Adelaide Brevoort Close and Eleanor Post Hutton, by her mother's first marriage to Edward Bennett Close, grandfather of actress Glenn Close.
10 Facts About Dina Merrill
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Dina Merrill graduated from Miss Porter's School, then attended George Washington University in Washington, DC for one term, but then enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
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Dina Merrill studied acting at HB Studio under Uta Hagen.
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Dina Merrill made her debut on the stage in the play The Mermaid Singing in 1945.
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Dina Merrill appeared in made-for-TV movies, such as Seven in Darkness, The Lonely Profession, Family Flight, and The Tenth Month.
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Dina Merrill appeared in numerous television series in the 1960s, such as playing the villain Calamity Jan in two 1968 episodes of Batman with then-husband Cliff Robertson.
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In 1971, Dina Merrill appeared as Laura Duff in The Men from Shiloh in the episode titled "The Angus Killer".
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On May 22,2017, Dina Merrill died at her home in East Hampton, New York at age 93.
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Dina Merrill had been suffering from dementia with Lewy bodies.
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Dina Merrill received the Women's International Center Living Legacy Award, in 1994, and a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in April 2005.