Merle Tottenham


Merle Tottenham was a British stage and film actress. Her stage work included the original West End production of Noël Coward's Cavalcade in 1931; and she reprised her role as Annie the servant in the subsequent Hollywood film, in 1933. She also appeared as Dora, the maid in Night Must Fall with Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell, and the film version of Coward's This Happy Breed, as Edie, the maid.

Partial filmography

Immediate Possession - Polly BaxterDown Our Street - RoseHere's George - PerkinsCavalcade - AnnieBondage - RuthPaddy the Next Best Thing - MaidThe Invisible Man - MillieThe Night Club Queen - Alice LamontBorrowed Clothes - Minor Role Youthful Folly Sporting Love - MaidChick - MaidThe Man in the Mirror - Mary Night Must Fall - DoraBank Holiday - MillyOver the Moon - Maid Dead Men Are Dangerous - GladysA Girl Must Live - College inmateGoodbye, Mr. Chips - Nellie, maid to Mr & Mrs Chipping Poison Pen - Mrs. KempThe Young Mr. Pitt - Maid at Lord Auckland's We Dive at Dawn - Headline - Mrs. DeansThis Happy Breed - EdieLove Story - Bus Conductoress I Didn't Do It - TessieCaravan - Tweeny My Brother Jonathan - Alice RudgeCalling Paul Temple - MillieThe Weaker Sex - Woman in Fish Queue Sleeping Car to Trieste - Miss Smith It's Hard to Be Good - Mrs. Hobson The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery - Mrs. Tavy's Neighbour Room to Let - AliceThe Woman in Question - Neighbour