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Dina Merrill

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 9, 1923-May 22, 2017)
    Born Nedenia Hutton in New York City
    Acted in 'Desk Set,' 'Operation Petticoat,' 'Butterfield 8,' 'The Courtship of Eddie's Father,' 'The Young Savages,' and 'The Sundowners'
    Produced 'Milk & Money'
    Cousin of heiress Barbara Hutton
    Pro-choice

Why she might be annoying:

    She did not make her first movie until she was 32.
    She dropped out of George Washington University after a year.
    She has been married three times and divorced twice.
    She married Cliff Robertson within a year after divorcing her first husband.
    She is typecast as a socialite or upper-class wife.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She appeared on the cover of 'Life' in 1960.
    She became an actress despite the disapproval of her parents.
    She has done a lot of theater work.
    Her parents were financier E.F. Hutton and cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post.
    She bought RKO Studios with her third husband, Ted Hartley.
    She is described as 'a Republican with a Democratic heart.'
    She is active in women's health issues.
    She is vice-chair of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition.
    She co-founded the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Credit: The Truffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 53.26% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 101 Votes: 53.47% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 126 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 109 Votes: 37.61% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 91 Votes: 31.87% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 141 Votes: 46.10% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 160 Votes: 43.12% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 68 Votes: 41.18% Annoying