Una Merkel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-12-10 (83 years old)

Deathday

1986-01-02

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

1940

The Bank Dick

as Myrtle Sousé

1933

42nd Street

as Lorraine Fleming

1941

Road to Zanzibar

as Julia Quimby

1930

The Bat Whispers

as Dale Van Gorder

1931

The Maltese Falcon

as Effie Perrine

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Marcia Giles

1934

The Cat's-Paw

as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

1942

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

1956

Bundle of Joy

as Mrs. Dugan

1959

The Mating Game

as Ma Larkin

1943

This Is the Army

as Rose Dibble

1933

Bombshell

as Mac

1939

Destry Rides Again

as Lily Belle

1936

Born to Dance

as Jenny Saks

1934

The Merry Widow

as Queen Dolores

1935

Broadway Melody of 1936

as Kitty Corbett

1937

Saratoga

as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

1955

The Kentuckian

as Sophie Wakefield

1952

1953

I Love Melvin

as Mom Schneider

1961

The Parent Trap

as Verbena

1933

1934

Evelyn Prentice

as Amy Drexel

1956

The Kettles in the Ozarks

as Miss Bedelia Baines

1932

Man Wanted

as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

1933

The Women in His Life

as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

1961

Summer and Smoke

as Mrs. Winemiller

1932

1932

They Call It Sin

as Dixie Dare

1936

Riffraff

as Lil

1937

Don't Tell the Wife

as Nancy Dorsey

1931

Private Lives

as Sibyl Chase

1948

The Bride Goes Wild

as Miss Doberly

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1939

Four Girls in White

as Gertie Robbins

1937

True Confession

as Daisy McClure

1948

The Man from Texas

as Widow Weeks

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Ann Rutledge

1939

Some Like It Hot

as Flo Saunders

1932

The Impatient Maiden

as Betty Merrick

1933

Clear All Wires!

as Dolly Winslow

1947

It's a Joke, Son!

as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

1935

1933

Menu

as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

1933

1931

Wicked

as June

1952

The Merry Widow

as Kitty Riley

1951

A Millionaire for Christy

as Patsy Clifford

1933

Whistling in the Dark

as Toby Van Buren

1933

Beauty for Sale

as Carol Merrick

1951

Golden Girl

as Mary Ann Crabtree

1933

Reunion in Vienna

as Ilsa Hinrich

1932

Huddle

as Coach Malcolm

1936

Speed

as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

1935

The Night Is Young

as Fanni Kerner

1935

1934

Have a Heart

as Joan O'Day

1931

Daddy Long Legs

as Sally McBride

1934

1934

Murder in the Private Car

as Georgia Latham

1933

1931

Six Cylinder Love

as Margaret Rogers

1932

1963

Summer Magic

as Mariah Popham

1936

We Went to College

as Susan Standish

1950

My Blue Heaven

as Miss Irma Gilbert

1935

Murder in the Fleet

as 'Toots' Timmons

1935

1932

1931

Don't Bet on Women

as Tallulah Hope

1950

Emergency Wedding

as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

1934

1931

Command Performance

as Princess Katerina

1941

Cracked Nuts

as Sharon Knight

1933

Broadway to Hollywood

as Flirt in Audience

1931

The Secret Witness

as Lois Martin

1957

The Greer Case

as Louise Hoagland

1935

It's in the Air

as Alice Lane Churchill

1950

Kill the Umpire

as Betty Johnson

1937

1944

1964

A Tiger Walks

as Mrs. Watkins

1966

Spinout

as Violet Ranley

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1942

Twin Beds

as Lydia

1943

1937

Checkers

as Mamie Appleby

1940

Sandy Gets Her Man

as Nan Clark

1940

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Belinda Watters

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

1930

The Eyes of the World

as Sybil LaGrange

1931

1958

Aladdin

as Aladdin's Mother

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