Una Merkel

Known for: Acting

Born: 1903-12-10 – 1986-01-02 (aged 82)

From: Covington, Kentucky, USA

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 (110)

MOVIE★ 7.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.9
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Spinout
1966
as Violet Ranley
TV★ 6.5
The Cara Williams Show
1964
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Mrs. Watkins
TV★ 6.3
The Bill Dana Show
1963
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Miss Samantha Cartier
MOVIE★ 6.7
Summer Magic
1963
as Mariah Popham
MOVIE★ 6.6
Summer and Smoke
1961
as Mrs. Winemiller
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Parent Trap
1961
as Verbena
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Mating Game
1959
as Ma Larkin
MOVIE★ 10.0
Aladdin
1958
as Aladdin's Mother
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Girl Most Likely
1958
as Mother
TV★ 7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Aladdin's Mother
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Bertha
MOVIE
The Greer Case
1957
as Louise Hoagland
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Mrs. Dugan
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Miss Bedelia Baines
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Kentuckian
1955
as Sophie Wakefield
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Maud
MOVIE★ 6.2
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mom Schneider
TV★ 6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Rose Barton
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Merry Widow
1952
as Kitty Riley
MOVIE★ 6.1
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Sister Marie
MOVIE★ 6.4
Golden Girl
1951
as Mary Ann Crabtree
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Secretary
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Patsy Clifford
MOVIE★ 5.6
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
as Glynnie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
MOVIE★ 7.5
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Miss Irma Gilbert
MOVIE★ 6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Betty Johnson
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Parsis McHugh
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Man from Texas
1948
as Widow Weeks
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Miss Doberly
MOVIE★ 6.6
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
MOVIE★ 5.7
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
1944
as Patsy Wilkins
MOVIE★ 7.0
To Heir Is Human
1944
as Una
MOVIE★ 8.0
Quack Service
1943
as Daffy
MOVIE★ 5.7
This Is the Army
1943
as Rose Dibble
MOVIE★ 3.8
Twin Beds
1942
as Lydia
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Sharon Knight
MOVIE★ 6.4
Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Julia
MOVIE★ 7.0
Double Date
1941
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bank Dick
1940
as Myrtle Sousé
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
as Nan Clark
MOVIE★ 9.0
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Belinda Watters
MOVIE★ 7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Lily Belle
MOVIE★ 7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Marcia Giles
MOVIE★ 7.6
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Flo Saunders
MOVIE★ 7.2
Four Girls in White
1939
as Gertie Robbins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
True Confession
1937
as Daisy McClure
MOVIE★ 10.0
Checkers
1937
as Mamie Appleby
MOVIE★ 6.5
Saratoga
1937
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Nellie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
as Nancy Dorsey
MOVIE★ 6.1
Born to Dance
1936
as Jenny Saks
MOVIE★ 6.0
We Went to College
1936
as Susan Standish
MOVIE★ 5.8
Speed
1936
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
MOVIE★ 5.4
Riffraff
1936
as Lil
MOVIE★ 6.3
It's in the Air
1935
as Alice Lane Churchill
MOVIE★ 6.5
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Kitty Corbett
MOVIE★ 6.6
Murder in the Fleet
1935
as 'Toots' Timmons
MOVIE★ 5.4
Baby Face Harrington
1935
as Millicent
MOVIE★ 7.5
One New York Night
1935
as Phoebe
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Night Is Young
1935
as Fanni Kerner
MOVIE★ 6.8
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Slade Kinnicott
MOVIE★ 6.5
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Amy Drexel
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Merry Widow
1934
as Queen Dolores
MOVIE★ 7.3
Have a Heart
1934
as Joan O'Day
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Gwen
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Cat's-Paw
1934
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
MOVIE★ 4.0
Paris Interlude
1934
as Cassie
MOVIE★ 5.6
Murder in the Private Car
1934
as Georgia Latham
MOVIE★ 7.5
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Birdie
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Women in His Life
1933
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
MOVIE★ 5.1
Day of Reckoning
1933
as Mamie
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bombshell
1933
as Mac
MOVIE★ 5.4
Menu
1933
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Flirt in Audience
MOVIE★ 7.2
Beauty for Sale
1933
as Carol Merrick
MOVIE★ 10.0
Her First Mate
1933
as Hattie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Midnight Mary
1933
as Bunny
MOVIE★ 7.2
Reunion in Vienna
1933
as Ilsa Hinrich
MOVIE★ 6.9
42nd Street
1933
as Lorraine Fleming
MOVIE★ 6.7
Clear All Wires!
1933
as Dolly Winslow
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
as Ella
MOVIE★ 6.0
Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Toby Van Buren
MOVIE★ 7.0
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Molly
MOVIE★ 6.0
They Call It Sin
1932
as Dixie Dare
MOVIE★ 6.6
Red-Headed Woman
1932
as Sally
MOVIE★ 7.0
Huddle
1932
as Coach Malcolm
MOVIE★ 5.5
Man Wanted
1932
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Betty Merrick
MOVIE★ 10.0
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932
as Mary Taylor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Private Lives
1931
as Sibyl Chase
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Secret Witness
1931
as Lois Martin
MOVIE★ 5.5
Wicked
1931
as June
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Bargain
1931
as Etta
MOVIE★ 4.8
Daddy Long Legs
1931
as Sally McBride
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Effie Perrine
MOVIE★ 9.0
Six Cylinder Love
1931
as Margaret Rogers
MOVIE★ 4.9
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Tallulah Hope
MOVIE★ 5.1
Command Performance
1931
as Princess Katerina
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Bat Whispers
1930
as Dale Van Gorder
MOVIE★ 5.5
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Ann Rutledge
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Eyes of the World
1930
as Sybil LaGrange