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.
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)
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
(1958)
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
(1957)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
(1957)
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
(1956)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
(1956)
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
(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)
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
(1950)
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
(1950)
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
(1948)
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
(1948)
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
(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)
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
(1940)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
(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)
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
(1937)
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
(1937)
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
(1937)
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
(1936)
Riffraff
as Lil
(1936)
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
(1936)
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
(1936)
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
(1935)
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
(1935)
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
(1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
(1935)
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
(1935)
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
(1935)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
(1935)
One New York Night
as Phoebe
(1934)
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
(1934)
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
(1934)
(1934)
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
(1934)
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
(1934)
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
(1934)
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
(1934)
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
(1933)
42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
(1933)
Bombshell
as Mac
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Bunny
(1933)
Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
(1933)
Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
(1933)
The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
(1933)
Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
(1933)
Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
(1933)
Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
(1933)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
(1933)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Ella
(1933)
Her First Mate
as Hattie
(1933)
Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
(1932)
Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
(1932)
Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
(1932)
Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
(1932)
Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
(1932)
The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
(1932)
They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
(1932)
She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
(1931)
The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
(1931)
Wicked
as June
(1931)
Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
(1931)
Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
(1931)
Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
(1931)
The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
(1931)
The Bargain
as Etta
(1931)
Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
(1931)
Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
(1930)
The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
(1930)
The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange