Una Merkel

Known for: Acting
Born: December 10, 1903, Covington, Kentucky, USA
Died: January 2, 1986
Movies: 103

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

The Parent Trap

1961

6.9

42nd Street

1933

7.2

Destry Rides Again

1939

6.5

The Bank Dick

1940

6.8

The Merry Widow

1934

5.8

The Kentuckian

1955

6.5

Bombshell

1933

6.6

Red-Headed Woman

1932

6.4

The Maltese Falcon

1931

6.6

Summer Magic

1963

Filmography

1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)
1985	That's Dancing!	From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)
1966	Spinout	Violet Ranley
1964	A Tiger Walks	Mrs. Watkins
1963	Summer Magic	Mariah Popham
1961	Summer and Smoke	Mrs. Winemiller
1961	The Parent Trap	Verbena
1959	The Mating Game	Ma Larkin
1958	Aladdin	Aladdin's Mother
1958	The Girl Most Likely	Mother
1957	The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown	Bertha
1957	The Greer Case	Louise Hoagland
1956	Bundle of Joy	Mrs. Dugan
1956	The Kettles in the Ozarks	Miss Bedelia Baines
1955	The Kentuckian	Sophie Wakefield
1953	I Love Melvin	Mom Schneider
1952	The Merry Widow	Kitty Riley
1952	With a Song in My Heart	Sister Marie
1951	Golden Girl	Mary Ann Crabtree
1951	A Millionaire for Christy	Patsy Clifford
1951	Rich, Young and Pretty	Glynnie
1950	Emergency Wedding	Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
1950	My Blue Heaven	Miss Irma Gilbert
1950	Kill the Umpire	Betty Johnson
1948	The Man from Texas	Widow Weeks
1948	The Bride Goes Wild	Miss Doberly
1947	It's a Joke, Son!	Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
1944	Sweethearts of the U.S.A.	Patsy Wilkins
1944	To Heir Is Human	Una
1943	Quack Service	Daffy
1943	This Is the Army	Rose Dibble
1942	Twin Beds	Lydia
1942	The Mad Doctor of Market Street	Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1941	Cracked Nuts	Sharon Knight
1941	Road to Zanzibar	Julia
1941	Double Date	Aunt Elsie Kirkland
1940	The Bank Dick	Myrtle Sousé
1940	Sandy Gets Her Man	Nan Clark
1940	Comin' Round the Mountain	Belinda Watters
1939	Destry Rides Again	Lily Belle
1939	On Borrowed Time	Marcia Giles
1939	Some Like It Hot	Flo Saunders
1939	Four Girls in White	Gertie Robbins
1938	Hollywood Goes to Town	Self
1937	True Confession	Daisy McClure
1937	Checkers	Mamie Appleby
1937	Saratoga	Fritzi Kiffmeyer
1937	The Good Old Soak	Nellie
1937	Don't Tell the Wife	Nancy Dorsey
1936	Born to Dance	Jenny Saks
1936	We Went to College	Susan Standish
1936	Speed	Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
1936	Riffraff	Lil
1935	It's in the Air	Alice Lane Churchill
1935	Broadway Melody of 1936	Kitty Corbett
1935	Murder in the Fleet	'Toots' Timmons
1935	Baby Face Harrington	Millicent
1935	One New York Night	Phoebe
1935	The Night Is Young	Fanni Kerner
1935	Biography of a Bachelor Girl	Slade Kinnicott
1934	Evelyn Prentice	Amy Drexel
1934	The Merry Widow	Queen Dolores
1934	Have a Heart	Joan O'Day
1934	Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back	Gwen
1934	The Cat's-Paw	Petunia Pratt / Cobb
1934	Paris Interlude	Cassie
1934	Murder in the Private Car	Georgia Latham
1934	This Side of Heaven	Birdie
1933	The Women in His Life	Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
1933	Day of Reckoning	Mamie
1933	Bombshell	Mac
1933	Menu	Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
1933	Broadway to Hollywood	Flirt in Audience
1933	Beauty for Sale	Carol Merrick
1933	Her First Mate	Hattie
1933	Midnight Mary	Bunny
1933	Reunion in Vienna	Ilsa Hinrich
1933	42nd Street	Lorraine Fleming
1933	Clear All Wires!	Dolly Winslow
1933	The Secret of Madame Blanche	Ella
1933	Whistling in the Dark	Toby Van Buren
1932	Men Are Such Fools	Molly
1932	They Call It Sin	Dixie Dare
1932	Red-Headed Woman	Sally
1932	Huddle	Coach Malcolm
1932	Man Wanted	Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
1932	The Impatient Maiden	Betty Merrick
1932	She Wanted a Millionaire	Mary Taylor
1931	Private Lives	Sibyl Chase
1931	The Secret Witness	Lois Martin
1931	Wicked	June
1931	The Bargain	Etta
1931	Daddy Long Legs	Sally McBride
1931	The Maltese Falcon	Effie Perrine
1931	Six Cylinder Love	Margaret Rogers
1931	Don't Bet on Women	Tallulah Hope
1931	Command Performance	Princess Katerina
1930	The Bat Whispers	Dale Van Gorder
1930	Abraham Lincoln	Ann Rutledge
1930	The Eyes of the World	Sybil LaGrange
1924	Love's Old Sweet Song

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