Una Merkel
Acting
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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
Filmography
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Spinout
1966
as Violet Ranley
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Mrs. Watkins
The Cara Williams Show
1964
Summer Magic
1963
as Mariah Popham
Burke's Law
1963
as Miss Samantha Cartier
The Bill Dana Show
1963
Burke's Law
1963
as Clara Lovelace
Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
The Parent Trap
1961
as Verbena
Summer and Smoke
1961
as Mrs. Winemiller
The Mating Game
1959
as Ma Larkin
The Girl Most Likely
1958
as Mother
Aladdin
1958
as Aladdin's Mother
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Bertha
The Greer Case
1957
as Louise Hoagland
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Aladdin's Mother
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Mrs. Dugan
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Miss Bedelia Baines
The Kentuckian
1955
as Sophie Wakefield
Climax!
1954
as Maud
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mom Schneider
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Sister Marie
The Merry Widow
1952
as Kitty Riley
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Rose Barton
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
as Glynnie
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Patsy Clifford
Golden Girl
1951
as Mary Ann Crabtree
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Secretary
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Miss Irma Gilbert
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Betty Johnson
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Miss Doberly
The Man from Texas
1948
as Widow Weeks
Studio One
1948
as Parsis McHugh
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
1944
as Patsy Wilkins
To Heir Is Human
1944
as Una
This Is the Army
1943
as Rose Dibble
Quack Service
1943
as Daffy
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Twin Beds
1942
as Lydia
Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Julia
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Sharon Knight
Double Date
1941
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland
The Bank Dick
1940
as Myrtle Sousé
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
as Nan Clark
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Belinda Watters
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Marcia Giles
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Lily Belle
Four Girls in White
1939
as Gertie Robbins
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Flo Saunders
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
Saratoga
1937
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
as Nancy Dorsey
True Confession
1937
as Daisy McClure
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Nellie
Checkers
1937
as Mamie Appleby
Born to Dance
1936
as Jenny Saks
Riffraff
1936
as Lil
Speed
1936
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
We Went to College
1936
as Susan Standish
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Kitty Corbett
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Slade Kinnicott
The Night Is Young
1935
as Fanni Kerner
One New York Night
1935
as Phoebe
Murder in the Fleet
1935
as 'Toots' Timmons
Baby Face Harrington
1935
as Millicent
It's in the Air
1935
as Alice Lane Churchill
The Cat's-Paw
1934
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
The Merry Widow
1934
as Queen Dolores
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Amy Drexel
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Gwen
Have a Heart
1934
as Joan O'Day
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Birdie
Murder in the Private Car
1934
as Georgia Latham
Paris Interlude
1934
as Cassie
42nd Street
1933
as Lorraine Fleming
Bombshell
1933
as Mac
Midnight Mary
1933
as Bunny
The Women in His Life
1933
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
as Ella
Clear All Wires!
1933
as Dolly Winslow
Menu
1933
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Day of Reckoning
1933
as Mamie
Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Toby Van Buren
Beauty for Sale
1933
as Carol Merrick
Reunion in Vienna
1933
as Ilsa Hinrich
Her First Mate
1933
as Hattie
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Flirt in Audience
Man Wanted
1932
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
Red-Headed Woman
1932
as Sally
They Call It Sin
1932
as Dixie Dare
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Betty Merrick
Huddle
1932
as Coach Malcolm
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932
as Mary Taylor
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Molly
The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Effie Perrine
Private Lives
1931
as Sibyl Chase
Wicked
1931
as June
Daddy Long Legs
1931
as Sally McBride
Six Cylinder Love
1931
as Margaret Rogers
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Tallulah Hope
Command Performance
1931
as Princess Katerina
The Secret Witness
1931
as Lois Martin
The Bargain
1931
as Etta
The Bat Whispers
1930
as Dale Van Gorder
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Ann Rutledge
The Eyes of the World
1930
as Sybil LaGrange