Una Merkel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1903-12-10
Day of Death
1986-01-02 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Una Merkel
Biography
Southerner Una Merkel was a popular American stage, screen, and television actress. In movies, while often cast as the female lead, she more typically appeared in prominent supporting roles.
Known For
Acting
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1966)
Spinout
as Violet Ranley
(1964)
A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
(1963)
Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
(1961)
The Parent Trap
as Verbena
(1961)
Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
(1959)
The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
(1958)
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
(1958)
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
(1957)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
(1957)
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
(1956)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
(1955)
The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
(1953)
I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
(1952)
The Merry Widow
as Kitty Riley
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
(1951)
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
(1951)
A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
(1951)
Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
(1950)
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
(1950)
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
(1948)
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
(1948)
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
(1947)
It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
(1944)
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
(1944)
To Heir Is Human
as Una
(1943)
This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
(1943)
Quack Service
as Daffy
(1942)
Twin Beds
as Lydia
(1942)
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
(1941)
Road to Zanzibar
as Julia Quimby
(1941)
Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
(1940)
The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
(1940)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
(1940)
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
(1939)
Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1937)
Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
(1937)
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
(1937)
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
(1937)
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
(1937)
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
(1936)
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
(1936)
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
(1936)
Riffraff
as Lil
(1936)
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
(1935)
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
(1935)
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
(1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
(1935)
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
(1935)
One New York Night
as Phoebe
(1935)
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
(1935)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
(1934)
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
(1934)
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
(1934)
(1934)
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
(1934)
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
(1934)
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
(1934)
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
(1934)
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
(1933)
42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
(1933)
Bombshell
as Mac
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Bunny
(1933)
Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
(1933)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
(1933)
Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
(1933)
The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
(1933)
Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
(1933)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Ella
(1933)
Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
(1933)
Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
(1933)
Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
(1933)
Her First Mate
as Hattie
(1932)
Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
(1932)
Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
(1932)
She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
(1932)
They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
(1932)
Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
(1932)
The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
(1932)
Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
(1931)
The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
(1931)
Wicked
as June
(1931)
The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
(1931)
Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
(1931)
Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
(1931)
Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
(1931)
Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
(1931)
Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
(1931)
The Bargain
as Etta
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
(1930)
The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
(1930)
The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange