Mary Helen Anderson net worth is
$2 Million

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Merry Anders (born Mary Helen Anderson; May 22, 1932 – October 28, 2012) was an American actress who appeared in a number of television programs and films from the 1950s until her retirement from the screen in 1972. In 1954, she succeeded Ann Todd as Stuart Erwin's daughter in the final season of his television series, The Stu Erwin Show.In the 1955-1956 season, she joined Janis Paige in the 26-week CBS sitcom It's Always Jan. From 1957-1959, Anders co-starred with Barbara Eden and Lori Nelson in How to Marry a Millionaire, a syndicated 20th Century Fox television series based on the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire. The three played young women living in New York City and trying to land wealthy husbands.In the latter 1950s and 1960s, Anders made numerous television appearances, including the premiere episode "Brannigan's Boots" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Sugarfoot, with Will Hutchins in the title role. She is cast as the character Katie Brannigan, who inadvertently coins the character's name, "Sugarfoot", and it was not meant as a compliment. She appeared on the Sugarfoot rotation series Cheyenne with Clint Walker in the episode "The Longest Rope", guest-starring with Peter Whitney and Donald May.Other Anders appearances included the Walter Brennan ABC sitcom, The Real McCoys. She made four guest appearances in Lassie, four on 77 Sunset Strip, and three times on Perry Mason, including the role of Sadie Hepner in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Glamorous Ghost." Anders also appeared in seven episodes of the 1967 version of Jack Webb's Dragnet series on NBC, in which she played policewoman Dorothy Miller.Anders left show business in 1972 to work for a division of Litton Industries, where she remained until her retirement in 1994. Her last screen role was as Shirley in the two-part episode "Waste" of CBS's Gunsmoke. 
Full NameMary Helen Anderson
Net Worth$2 Million
Date Of BirthMay 22, 1934
Died2012-10-28
Place Of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Height5' 4" (1.63 m)
OccupationHow to Marry a Millionaire
ProfessionActress
SpouseRichard Benedict
ChildrenTina Beth Paige Anders
NicknamesMerry Anders, Anders, Merry
Star SignGemini
#Quote
1[on working with Ted de Corsia in The Quick Gun (1964)] He was just great, though. Just perfect as his character. It helped me in a way because I was supposedly so terrified of him I was speechless.
2[on quitting her acting career] I had a couple of years where I only grossed about three thousand dollars and I couldn't make a living. Dad wrote me a letter and said, "Get out of that movie business, get yourself a decent job, girl!" I was divorced and it's hard to raise a child, have a nice home, put up the appearance of success, drive a car in perfect running shape and everything when you're on unemployment.
3I come on the set with my lines learned and then I read them like Merry Anders. Usually that's enough, but if the director wants something more, then we go to work. After that the lines come out like Merry Anders working.
#Fact
1Retired after 25 years at Litton Data Systems as a Customer Relations coordinator [1994]
2Interviewed in Tom Weaver's books "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers" (McFarland & Co., 1994) and "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010).
3In 2005, resided in Encino, California, with her husband.
4She had a daughter who attended Los Angeles Valley College in the 1970s. Apparently trying to follow in her mother's footsteps, the daughter appeared in college plays, for example, "A Midsummer's Night Dream," but without much acclaim or, as far as is known, without any professional appearances later.
5She continued acting in the 1970s by registering for at least one class at Los Angeles Valley College each year in order to appear in a college play. Among her credits was "The Glass Menagerie", and playing her daughter was the soon-to-be-famous TV actress Christopher Norris.
6Although she was actually a blonde, Jack Webb insisted that she wear a brunette wig during her appearances on the second Dragnet 1967 (1967) series (1967-1970) on the grounds that it made her look more serious.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Gunsmoke1971TV SeriesShirley
Will to Die1971Laura Dean
Airport1970Mrs. Burt Ball - Passenger (uncredited)
Lassie1967-1968TV SeriesCarol Dawson / Ann
Dragnet 19671967-1968TV SeriesPolicewoman Dorothy Miller
Women of the Prehistoric Planet1966Lt. Karen Lamont
Never Too Young1966TV SeriesAlice
Get Smart1966TV SeriesMiss Sloan
Tickle Me1965Estelle Penfield
Raiders from Beneath the Sea1964Dottie Harper
Young Fury1964Alice
The Time Travelers1964Carol White
The Addams Family1964TV SeriesMiss Carver
The Virginian1964TV SeriesDonna Durrell
The Quick Gun1964Helen Reed
A Tiger Walks1964Betty Collins
Perry Mason1961-1964TV SeriesJoyce Carlton / Sadie Hepner / Adele Bentley
Arrest and Trial1964TV SeriesJoyce
The Joey Bishop Show1963-1964TV SeriesBarbara / Leslie Medford Wallingford
Police Nurse1963Joan Olson
The Jack Benny Program1963TV SeriesKidnapper AKA Florence Nightengale
House of the Damned1963Nancy Campbell
FBI Code 981963TV MovieGrace McLean
77 Sunset Strip1958-1962TV SeriesMary O'Neil / Lally Embry / Lorrie Lambers / ...
Death Valley Days1962TV SeriesLorna Erickson / Abby Jefferson
Air Patrol1962Mona Whitney
Beauty and the Beast1962Sybil
Hawaiian Eye1960-1962TV SeriesGloria Burns / Maxine / Kitty Todd / ...
Patty1962Mary
Straightaway1962TV SeriesBarbara
Ichabod and Me1961TV SeriesLeona
Maverick1960-1961TV SeriesCissie Anderson / Marybelle McCall / Maggie Bradford / ...
The Bob Cummings Show1961TV Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1961TV SeriesLena
Secret of Deep Harbor1961Janey Fowler
20,000 Eyes1961Karen Walker
When the Clock Strikes1961Ellie
Michael Shayne1961TV SeriesGinger Dennis
The Gambler Wore a Gun1961Sharon Donovan
Bringing Up Buddy1961TV SeriesDiane Mitchell
The Case of the Dangerous Robin1960-1961TV Series
The Police Dog Story1961Terry Dayton
Surfside 61961TV SeriesChris Karns
The Loretta Young Show1955-1961TV SeriesLenore Cooper / Angela
Bronco1960-1961TV SeriesLucy Follett / Francy Owens
Westinghouse Preview Theatre1961TV SeriesPrudence Brown
Spring Affair1960Dorothy
The Walking Target1960Susan Mallory
Cheyenne1957-1960TV SeriesRuth Graham / Fay Pierce / Sherry Raven
Young Jesse James1960Belle Starr
Five Bold Women1960Ellen Downs aka The Missouri Lady
Bonanza1960TV SeriesVirginia Keith
The Hypnotic Eye1960Dodie Wilson
The Real McCoys1959TV SeriesMiss McLean
Sugarfoot1957-1959TV SeriesSally Ormand / Katie Brannigan
Richard Diamond, Private Detective1959TV SeriesClaudia Reed
The Ann Sothern Show1959TV SeriesMyrna
How to Marry a Millionaire1957-1959TV SeriesMike McCall / Mike
Tales of Wells Fargo1959TV SeriesLaurie Hammer
Mike Hammer1959TV SeriesHarriet Britton
State Trooper1959TV SeriesMrs. Wallace
Decision1958TV SeriesLucy Hamilton
Violent Road1958Carrie - The Girl in the Convertible
Broken Arrow1957TV SeriesAmy Breece
The Dalton Girls1957Holly Dalton
Hear Me Good1957Ruth Collins
Death in Small Doses1957Amy 'Miss Diesel of 1958' Phillips
Escape from San Quentin1957Robbie
No Time to Be Young1957Gloria Stuben
Calypso Heat Wave1957Marti Collins
Desk Set1957Cathy
The Night Runner1957Amy Hansen
The Millionaire1956TV SeriesHelen Forrester
It's Always Jan1955-1956TV SeriesVal Marlowe
All That Heaven Allows1955Mary Ann
TV Reader's Digest1955TV SeriesSally
The Stu Erwin Show1954-1955TV SeriesJoyce Erwin
The Ford Television Theatre1954TV SeriesMarlene / Phoebe Dinsmore
Phffft1954Marsha (uncredited)
Public Defender1954TV SeriesAgnes Fay
Princess of the Nile1954Handmaiden
Three Coins in the Fountain1954Girl (uncredited)
How to Marry a Millionaire1953Model (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife1953Hannah
Titanic1953College Girl (uncredited)
Les Miserables1952Cicely (uncredited)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie1952Adeline Halper / Adeline Burdge (uncredited)
Belles on Their Toes1952Student / Graduate (uncredited)
Golden Girl1951Chorine (uncredited)

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
77 Sunset Strip1961TV SeriesHerself

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