Merry Anders practically grew up in local bijous watching films and their accompanying stage shows with her movie-crazy mother and grandmother. The family relocated to Los Angeles in 1949 and, while attending John Burroughs Junior High School, Anders made the acquaintance of Rita La Roy, an old-time film actress who convinced her to take a modeling course. Later, to help her with her modeling, she took dramatic lessons at the Ben Bard Playhouse and was "spotted" by a 20th Century-Fox talent scout in a Playhouse stage presentation. After several years at Fox, Anders turned freelancer, working in TV as well as starring in a string of modestly budgeted Western, science fiction and horror films.
李·范·克里夫，美国演技派著名演员、影星，生日与前美国总统尼克松同一天，IMDb盛赞李是“One of the great movie villains”（最伟大之反派影星），影艺演出38年共演出91部电影及109部电视剧是多产影星，于数部经典西部片代表作里担纲演出。
