Dina Merrill on Roseanne

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Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 11:40am

Saw this episode on Nick last night. Anyone remember this? That Dina - beautiful AND hilarious!

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 11:46am

Who's Dina Merrill?

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:03pm

She is still alive ? I know, many moons ago, she was married to Cliff Robertson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:06pm

Okay, who's Cliff Robertson?

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:10pm

He starred in Charley & was big for a bit

He was last seen as Spiderman's stepfather I believe . The one who gets shot & starts the whole ball rolling

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:20pm

Dina Merrill Bio

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 4/23/05 at 12:20 PM

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:26pm

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:29pm

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:35pm

Roxy, she is very much alive - still athletic, even. I worked for her a couple of years ago - you will never meet a sweeter, funnier, kinder, more entertaining, generous person.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 12:50pm

Do we know if the story is true that Lauren Bacall personally recommended that Dina Merrill be her replacement in WOMAN OF THE YEAR? And when the job was given to Raquel Welch, Bacall removed every last vestige from the dressing room when she vacated it, including toilet paper and light bulbs?

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 1:11pm

Well, having also worked for Bacall, I'd believe the latter. Hever heard the Dina story though...interesting.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 1:13pm

Boy, you worked for all the angelic ones, didn't you? Bacall left a trail of nervous breakdowns after she did SWEET BIRD out here.

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 1:17pm

I lasted exactly a week and a half with her. What a bitter, miesrable old woman.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 1:22pm

But Dina, on the other hand, is FAAAAAABULOUS!!!!!

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 1:25pm

Thank you for bringing the thread back where it belongs!! To the gorgeous and wonderful Dina Merrill!

I was looking at a very old demo reel, of some of her early films, and she was so beautiful it LITERALLY took my breath away. I have never seen anything equal.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Dina Merrill on Roseanne

Posted: 4/23/05 at 1:54pm

Okay, now I'm up to speed on Dina Merrill. I raise my bowl of Post Raisin Bran in honor of Dina Merrill!

Who says you don't learn anything new on this contraption.