Una Merkel
Acting • Born 1903-12-10 – Died 1986-01-02
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.
Filmography
111 credits
The Bank Dick
Movie • 1940
Myrtle Sousé
42nd Street
Movie • 1933
Lorraine Fleming
Road to Zanzibar
Movie • 1941
Julia Quimby
The Bat Whispers
Movie • 1930
Dale Van Gorder
The Maltese Falcon
Movie • 1931
Effie Perrine
On Borrowed Time
Movie • 1939
Marcia Giles
The Cat's-Paw
Movie • 1934
Petunia Pratt / Cobb
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Movie • 1942
Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Bundle of Joy
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Dugan
The Mating Game
Movie • 1959
Ma Larkin
This Is the Army
Movie • 1943
Rose Dibble
Bombshell
Movie • 1933
Mac
Destry Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Lily Belle
Born to Dance
Movie • 1936
Jenny Saks
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1934
Queen Dolores
Broadway Melody of 1936
Movie • 1935
Kitty Corbett
Saratoga
Movie • 1937
Fritzi Kiffmeyer
The Kentuckian
Movie • 1955
Sophie Wakefield
With a Song in My Heart
Movie • 1952
Sister Marie
I Love Melvin
Movie • 1953
Mom Schneider
The Parent Trap
Movie • 1961
Verbena
Midnight Mary
Movie • 1933
Bunny
Evelyn Prentice
Movie • 1934
Amy Drexel
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Movie • 1956
Miss Bedelia Baines
Man Wanted
Movie • 1932
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
The Women in His Life
Movie • 1933
Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
Summer and Smoke
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Winemiller
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Movie • 1933
Ella
Red-Headed Woman
Movie • 1932
Sally
They Call It Sin
Movie • 1932
Dixie Dare
Riffraff
Movie • 1936
Lil
Don't Tell the Wife
Movie • 1937
Nancy Dorsey
Private Lives
Movie • 1931
Sibyl Chase
The Bride Goes Wild
Movie • 1948
Miss Doberly
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Four Girls in White
Movie • 1939
Gertie Robbins
Rich, Young and Pretty
Movie • 1951
Glynnie
True Confession
Movie • 1937
Daisy McClure
The Man from Texas
Movie • 1948
Widow Weeks
Abraham Lincoln
Movie • 1930
Ann Rutledge
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
Movie • 1957
Bertha
Some Like It Hot
Movie • 1939
Flo Saunders
The Impatient Maiden
Movie • 1932
Betty Merrick
Clear All Wires!
Movie • 1933
Dolly Winslow
It's a Joke, Son!
Movie • 1947
Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Movie • 1935
Slade Kinnicott
Menu
Movie • 1933
Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Day of Reckoning
Movie • 1933
Mamie
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie • 1934
Gwen
Wicked
Movie • 1931
June
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1952
Kitty Riley
A Millionaire for Christy
Movie • 1951
Patsy Clifford
Whistling in the Dark
Movie • 1933
Toby Van Buren
Beauty for Sale
Movie • 1933
Carol Merrick
Golden Girl
Movie • 1951
Mary Ann Crabtree
Reunion in Vienna
Movie • 1933
Ilsa Hinrich
Huddle
Movie • 1932
Coach Malcolm
Speed
Movie • 1936
Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
The Night Is Young
Movie • 1935
Fanni Kerner
One New York Night
Movie • 1935
Phoebe
Have a Heart
Movie • 1934
Joan O'Day
Daddy Long Legs
Movie • 1931
Sally McBride
This Side of Heaven
Movie • 1934
Birdie
Murder in the Private Car
Movie • 1934
Georgia Latham
Her First Mate
Movie • 1933
Hattie
Six Cylinder Love
Movie • 1931
Margaret Rogers
She Wanted a Millionaire
Movie • 1932
Mary Taylor
Summer Magic
Movie • 1963
Mariah Popham
We Went to College
Movie • 1936
Susan Standish
My Blue Heaven
Movie • 1950
Miss Irma Gilbert
Murder in the Fleet
Movie • 1935
'Toots' Timmons
The Girl Most Likely
Movie • 1958
Mother
Baby Face Harrington
Movie • 1935
Millicent
Men Are Such Fools
Movie • 1932
Molly
Don't Bet on Women
Movie • 1931
Tallulah Hope
Emergency Wedding
Movie • 1950
Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
Paris Interlude
Movie • 1934
Cassie
Command Performance
Movie • 1931
Princess Katerina
Cracked Nuts
Movie • 1941
Sharon Knight
Broadway to Hollywood
Movie • 1933
Flirt in Audience
The Secret Witness
Movie • 1931
Lois Martin
The Greer Case
Movie • 1957
Louise Hoagland
It's in the Air
Movie • 1935
Alice Lane Churchill
Kill the Umpire
Movie • 1950
Betty Johnson
The Good Old Soak
Movie • 1937
Nellie
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Movie • 1944
Patsy Wilkins
A Tiger Walks
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Watkins
Spinout
Movie • 1966
Violet Ranley
To Heir Is Human
Movie • 1944
Una
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Twin Beds
Movie • 1942
Lydia
Quack Service
Movie • 1943
Daffy
Checkers
Movie • 1937
Mamie Appleby
Sandy Gets Her Man
Movie • 1940
Nan Clark
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie • 1940
Belinda Watters
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
The Eyes of the World
Movie • 1930
Sybil LaGrange
The Bargain
Movie • 1931
Etta
Aladdin
Movie • 1958
Aladdin's Mother
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Miss Samantha Cartier
Studio One
TV • 1948
Parsis McHugh
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Secretary
Climax!
TV • 1954
Maud
The Bill Dana Show
TV • 1963
The Cara Williams Show
TV • 1964
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Clara Lovelace
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Rose Barton
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Mrs. Thomas Barrett
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Aladdin's Mother