Mercedes Shirley

{{Short description|American actress (1926–1999)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mercedes Shirley

| image = Mercedes_Shirley_in_Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_1957.jpg

| caption = Mercedes Shirley in Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1957

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|01|06}}

| birth_place = Billings, Montana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|01|29|1926|01|06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/stage-and-tv-actress-mercedes-shirley-is-dead-at-71-com-80067|title=Stage and TV Actress Mercedes Shirley is Dead at 71|first=Kenneth|last=Jones|work=Playbill|date=February 12, 1999|access-date=July 8, 2021}}

| death_place = Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.

| othername =

| alma_mater =

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1955–2018

| spouse = {{marriage|Robert Pender|1959|1969|reason=died}}

| children = unknown

}}

Mary Mercedes Shirley (January 6, 1926 – January 29, 1999) was an American actress. She appeared in television programs including The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip, The Invaders, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Gunsmoke.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EGgzAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999|page=201-202|publisher=McFarland|date=July 1999|first=Harris|last=Lentz|isbn=9780786409198|via=Google Books}} Shirley died in January 1999 of natural causes at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 73.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/scene/people-news/mercedes-shirley-1117882824/|title=Mercedes Shirley|first=Doug|last=Galloway|work=Variety|date=February 9, 1999|access-date=July 8, 2021}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1K_2uvK--IC&pg=PA265|title=Theatre World 1998-1999|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|date=June 1, 2002|page=265|isbn=1557834326|via=Google Books}}