Una Merkel
Known for
Acting
Life
1903 – 1986 (aged 82)
Born in
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Credits
View on IMDb107 acting credits
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
The Parent Trap
13 May 1961
42nd Street
11 Mar 1933
Destry Rides Again
30 Nov 1939
The Bank Dick
29 Nov 1940
The Merry Widow
02 Nov 1934
The Kentuckian
22 Jul 1955
Bombshell
13 Oct 1933
The Maltese Falcon
23 May 1931
Photos
Filmography
1994
- That's Entertainment! IIIas (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
- That's Dancing!as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1966
- Spinoutas Violet Ranley
1964
- The Cara Williams Show1 episode
- A Tiger Walksas Mrs. Watkins
1963
- The Bill Dana Show1 episode
- Burke's Lawas Mrs. Thomas Barrett1 episode
- Summer Magicas Mariah Popham
1961
- Summer and Smokeas Mrs. Winemiller
- The Parent Trapas Verbena
1959
- The Mating Gameas Ma Larkin
1958
- Aladdinas Aladdin's Mother
- The Girl Most Likelyas Mother
1957
- DuPont Show of the Monthas Aladdin's Mother1 episode
- The Fuzzy Pink Nightgownas Bertha
- The Greer Caseas Louise Hoagland
1956
- Bundle of Joyas Mrs. Dugan
- The Kettles in the Ozarksas Miss Bedelia Baines
1955
- The Kentuckianas Sophie Wakefield
1954
- Climax!as Maud1 episode
1953
- I Love Melvinas Mom Schneider
1952
- Four Star Playhouseas Rose Barton1 episode
- The Merry Widowas Kitty Riley
- With a Song in My Heartas Sister Marie
1951
- Golden Girlas Mary Ann Crabtree
- Schlitz Playhouse of Starsas Secretary1 episode
- A Millionaire for Christyas Patsy Clifford
- Rich, Young and Prettyas Glynnie
1950
- Emergency Weddingas Emma - Nurse
- My Blue Heavenas Miss Irma Gilbert
- Kill the Umpireas Betty Johnson
1948
- Studio Oneas Parsis McHugh1 episode
- The Man from Texasas Widow Weeks
- The Bride Goes Wildas Miss Doberly
1947
- It's a Joke, Son!as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
1944
- Sweethearts of the U.S.A.as Patsy Wilkins
- To Heir Is Humanas Una
1943
- Quack Serviceas Daffy
- This Is the Armyas Rose Dibble
1942
- Twin Bedsas Lydia
- The Mad Doctor of Market Streetas Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1941
- Cracked Nutsas Sharon Knight
- Road to Zanzibaras Julia
- Double Dateas Aunt Elsie Kirkland
1940
- The Bank Dickas Myrtle Sousé
- Sandy Gets Her Manas Nan Clark
- Comin' Round the Mountainas Belinda Watters
1939
- Destry Rides Againas Lily Belle
- On Borrowed Timeas Marcia Giles
- Some Like It Hotas Flo Saunders
- Four Girls in Whiteas Gertie Robbins
1937
- True Confessionas Daisy McClure
- Checkersas Mamie Appleby
- Saratogaas Fritzi Kiffmeyer
- The Good Old Soakas Nellie
- Don't Tell the Wifeas Nancy Dorsey
1936
- Born to Danceas Jenny Saks
- We Went to Collegeas Susan Standish
- Speedas Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
- Riffraffas Lil
1935
- It's in the Airas Alice Lane Churchill
- Broadway Melody of 1936as Kitty Corbett
- Murder in the Fleetas 'Toots' Timmons
- Baby Face Harringtonas Millicent
- One New York Nightas Phoebe
- The Night Is Youngas Fanni Kerner
- Biography of a Bachelor Girlas Slade Kinnicott
1934
- Evelyn Prenticeas Amy Drexel
- The Merry Widowas Queen Dolores
- Have a Heartas Joan O'Day
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Backas Gwen
- The Cat's-Pawas Petunia Pratt
- Paris Interludeas Cassie
- Murder in the Private Caras Georgia Latham
- This Side of Heavenas Birdie
1933
- The Women in His Lifeas Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
- Day of Reckoningas Mamie
- Bombshellas Mac
- Menuas Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
- Broadway to Hollywoodas Flirt in Audience
- Beauty for Saleas Carol Merrick
- Her First Mateas Hattie
- Midnight Maryas Bunny
- Reunion in Viennaas Ilsa Hinrich
- 42nd Streetas Lorraine Fleming
- Clear All Wires!as Dolly Winslow
- The Secret of Madame Blancheas Ella
- Whistling in the Darkas Toby Van Buren
1932
- Men Are Such Foolsas Molly
- They Call It Sinas Dixie Dare
- Red-Headed Womanas Sally
- Huddleas Coach Malcolm
- Man Wantedas Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
- The Impatient Maidenas Betty Merrick
- She Wanted a Millionaireas Mary Taylor
1931
- Private Livesas Sibyl Chase
- The Secret Witnessas Lois Martin
- Wickedas June
- The Bargainas Etta
- Daddy Long Legsas Sally McBride
- The Maltese Falconas Effie Perrine
- Six Cylinder Loveas Margaret Rogers
- Don't Bet on Womenas Tallulah Hope
- Command Performanceas Princess Katerina
1930
- The Bat Whispersas Dale Van Gorder
- Abraham Lincolnas Ann Rutledge
- The Eyes of the Worldas Sybil LaGrange