Una Merkel
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1903-12-10
- Died
- 1986-01-02
- Place of birth
- Covington, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Una Kohnfelder
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
TV Shows (8)
Climax!
1954
as Maud
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Rose Barton
Studio One
1948
as Parsis McHugh
Burke's Law
1963
as Miss Samantha Cartier / Clara Lovelace / Mrs. Thomas Barrett
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Aladdin's Mother
The Bill Dana Show
1963
The Cara Williams Show
1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Secretary
Movies (102)
The Parent Trap
1961
as Verbena
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Red-Headed Woman
1932
as Sally
The Kentuckian
1955
as Sophie Wakefield
42nd Street
1933
as Lorraine Fleming
Midnight Mary
1933
as Bunny
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Amy Drexel
Spinout
1966
as Violet Ranley
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as Ann Rutledge
Summer Magic
1963
as Mariah Popham
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Lily Belle
The Mating Game
1959
as Ma Larkin
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Widow
1934
as Queen Dolores
Private Lives
1931
as Sibyl Chase
They Call It Sin
1932
as Dixie Dare
Cracked Nuts
1941
as Sharon Knight
Saratoga
1937
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
The Merry Widow
1952
as Kitty Riley
The Maltese Falcon
1931
as Effie Perrine
Golden Girl
1951
as Mary Ann Crabtree
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
as Ella
The Bank Dick
1940
as Myrtle Sousé
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Birdie
Bombshell
1933
as Mac
Born to Dance
1936
as Jenny Saks
This Is the Army
1943
as Rose Dibble
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Kitty Corbett
We Went to College
1936
as Susan Standish
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Gwen
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Marcia Giles
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Miss Irma Gilbert
Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Julia
The Night Is Young
1935
as Fanni Kerner
The Greer Case
1957
as Louise Hoagland
The Bat Whispers
1930
as Dale Van Gorder
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
1957
as Bertha
Four Girls in White
1939
as Gertie Robbins
Bundle of Joy
1956
as Mrs. Dugan
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Flo Saunders
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Slade Kinnicott
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
as Nancy Dorsey
Emergency Wedding
1950
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
A Tiger Walks
1964
as Mrs. Watkins
Speed
1936
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
True Confession
1937
as Daisy McClure
Reunion in Vienna
1933
as Ilsa Hinrich
Aladdin
1958
as Aladdin's Mother
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Belinda Watters
The Women in His Life
1933
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mom Schneider
Man Wanted
1932
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Sister Marie
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940
as Nan Clark
The Secret Witness
1931
as Lois Martin
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Miss Bedelia Baines
Huddle
1932
as Coach Malcolm
Murder in the Fleet
1935
as 'Toots' Timmons
Murder in the Private Car
1934
as Georgia Latham
Twin Beds
1942
as Lydia
Day of Reckoning
1933
as Mamie
A Millionaire for Christy
1951
as Patsy Clifford
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
as Glynnie
Baby Face Harrington
1935
as Millicent
Command Performance
1931
as Princess Katerina
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Flirt in Audience
Summer and Smoke
1961
as Mrs. Winemiller
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Wicked
1931
as June
The Man from Texas
1948
as Widow Weeks
Paris Interlude
1934
as Cassie
Riffraff
1936
as Lil
The Cat's-Paw
1934
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
Beauty for Sale
1933
as Carol Merrick
One New York Night
1935
as Phoebe
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Miss Doberly
It's in the Air
1935
as Alice Lane Churchill
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Betty Merrick
Her First Mate
1933
as Hattie
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Molly
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
Menu
1933
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
The Bargain
1931
as Etta
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Tallulah Hope
The Girl Most Likely
1958
as Mother
Six Cylinder Love
1931
as Margaret Rogers
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Betty Johnson
Have a Heart
1934
as Joan O'Day
Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Toby Van Buren
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Nellie
The Eyes of the World
1930
as Sybil LaGrange
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
1944
as Patsy Wilkins
Daddy Long Legs
1931
as Sally McBride
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932
as Mary Taylor
Checkers
1937
as Mamie Appleby
To Heir Is Human
1944
as Una
Clear All Wires!
1933
as Dolly Winslow
Quack Service
1943
as Daffy
Double Date
1941
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland
About Una Merkel
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. With 110 credits spanning from 1930 to 1994, Una Merkel has appeared in 102 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Una Merkel Movies
- The Parent Trap (1961) — as Verbena
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) — as Self (archive footage)
- Red-Headed Woman (1932) — as Sally
- The Kentuckian (1955) — as Sophie Wakefield
- 42nd Street (1933) — as Lorraine Fleming
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