Portrait of Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Acting

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.

Born: December 10, 1903

Place of Birth: Covington, Kentucky, USA

Filmography

1994
That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1987
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
Burke's Law

as Miss Samantha Cartier

1963
Burke's Law

as Clara Lovelace

1963
Burke's Law

as Mrs. Thomas Barrett

1963
Summer Magic

as Mariah Popham

1961
Summer and Smoke

as Mrs. Winemiller

1961
The Parent Trap

as Verbena

1959
The Mating Game

as Ma Larkin

1958
Aladdin

as Aladdin's Mother

1957
DuPont Show of the Month

as Aladdin's Mother

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

1954
Climax!

as Maud

1953
I Love Melvin

as Mom Schneider

1952
The Merry Widow

as Kitty Riley

1952
1951
Golden Girl

as Mary Ann Crabtree

1951
A Millionaire for Christy

as Patsy Clifford

1950
Emergency Wedding

as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

1950
My Blue Heaven

as Miss Irma Gilbert

1950
Kill the Umpire

as Betty Johnson

1948
Studio One

as Parsis McHugh

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
1943
This Is the Army

as Rose Dibble

1942
Twin Beds

as Lydia

1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street

as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

1941
Cracked Nuts

as Sharon Knight

1941
Road to Zanzibar

as Julia Quimby

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
Some Like It Hot

as Flo Saunders

1939
Four Girls in White

as Gertie Robbins

1937
True Confession

as Daisy McClure

1937
Checkers

as Mamie Appleby

1937
Saratoga

as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

1937
1937
Don't Tell the Wife

as Nancy Dorsey

1936
Born to Dance

as Jenny Saks

1936
Speed

as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

1936
Riffraff

as Lil

1935
It's in the Air

as Alice Lane Churchill

1935
Broadway Melody of 1936

as Kitty Corbett

1935
Murder in the Fleet

as 'Toots' Timmons

1935
1935
1935
The Night Is Young

as Fanni Kerner

1935
1934
Evelyn Prentice

as Amy Drexel

1934
The Merry Widow

as Queen Dolores

1934
Have a Heart

as Joan O'Day

1934
The Cat's-Paw

as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

1934
1934
Murder in the Private Car

as Georgia Latham

1934
1933
The Women in His Life

as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

1933
1933
Bombshell

as Mac

1933
Menu

as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

1933
Broadway to Hollywood

as Flirt in Audience

1933
Beauty for Sale

as Carol Merrick

1933
1933
1933
Reunion in Vienna

as Ilsa Hinrich

1933
42nd Street

as Lorraine Fleming

1933
Clear All Wires!

as Dolly Winslow

1933
Whistling in the Dark

as Toby Van Buren

1932
1932
They Call It Sin

as Dixie Dare

1932
1932
Huddle

as Coach Malcolm

1932
Man Wanted

as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

1932
The Impatient Maiden

as Betty Merrick

1932
1931
Private Lives

as Sibyl Chase

1931
The Secret Witness

as Lois Martin

1931
Wicked

as June

1931
1931
Daddy Long Legs

as Sally McBride

1931
The Maltese Falcon

as Effie Perrine

1931
Six Cylinder Love

as Margaret Rogers

1931
Don't Bet on Women

as Tallulah Hope

1931
Command Performance

as Princess Katerina

1930
The Bat Whispers

as Dale Van Gorder

1930
Abraham Lincoln

as Ann Rutledge

1930
The Eyes of the World

as Sybil LaGrange