Her first major stage role was playing the gossip in Our Town by Thornton Wilder (in which role she made her film debut in 1940 in the film by the same name).
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Her final Broadway appearance was in the 1969 revival of The Front Page, playing the cleaning woman, as she had also done in the film and television versions.
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Merande appeared onscreen in bit parts starting in the early 1930s and had her first substantial role in 1940, reprising her role as the gossip in the film adaptation of Our Town.
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In the 1960-1961 season, Markey was cast as Aunt Violet Flower in CBS's Bringing Up Buddy, co-starring Frank Aletter and Doro Merande.