Birthday

1903-12-10

Died

1986-01-02

Birthplace

Covington, Kentucky, USA

Gender

Female

Known For

Acting

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.

Acting Credits

The Bank Dick

Myrtle Sousé

42nd Street

Lorraine Fleming

Road to Zanzibar

Julia Quimby

The Bat Whispers

Dale Van Gorder

The Maltese Falcon

Effie Perrine

On Borrowed Time

Marcia Giles

The Cat's-Paw

Petunia Pratt / Cobb

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Bundle of Joy

Mrs. Dugan

The Mating Game

Ma Larkin

This Is the Army

Rose Dibble

Destry Rides Again

Lily Belle

Bombshell

Mac

Born to Dance

Jenny Saks

The Merry Widow

Queen Dolores

Broadway Melody of 1936

Kitty Corbett

Saratoga

Fritzi Kiffmeyer

The Kentuckian

Sophie Wakefield

With a Song in My Heart

Sister Marie

I Love Melvin

Mom Schneider

The Parent Trap

Verbena

Midnight Mary

Bunny

Evelyn Prentice

Amy Drexel

The Kettles in the Ozarks

Miss Bedelia Baines

Man Wanted

Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

Summer and Smoke

Mrs. Winemiller

The Women in His Life

Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Ella

Red-Headed Woman

Sally

They Call It Sin

Dixie Dare

Riffraff

Lil

Don't Tell the Wife

Nancy Dorsey

Private Lives

Sibyl Chase

The Bride Goes Wild

Miss Doberly

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Four Girls in White

Gertie Robbins

Rich, Young and Pretty

Glynnie

True Confession

Daisy McClure

The Man from Texas

Widow Weeks

Abraham Lincoln

Ann Rutledge

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

Bertha

Some Like It Hot

Flo Saunders

The Impatient Maiden

Betty Merrick

Clear All Wires!

Dolly Winslow

It's a Joke, Son!

Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Slade Kinnicott

Menu

Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Day of Reckoning

Mamie

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Gwen

Wicked

June

The Merry Widow

Kitty Riley

A Millionaire for Christy

Patsy Clifford

Whistling in the Dark

Toby Van Buren

Beauty for Sale

Carol Merrick

Golden Girl

Mary Ann Crabtree

Reunion in Vienna

Ilsa Hinrich

Huddle

Coach Malcolm

Speed

Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

The Night Is Young

Fanni Kerner

One New York Night

Phoebe

Have a Heart

Joan O'Day

Daddy Long Legs

Sally McBride

This Side of Heaven

Birdie

Murder in the Private Car

Georgia Latham

Her First Mate

Hattie

She Wanted a Millionaire

Mary Taylor

Six Cylinder Love

Margaret Rogers

Summer Magic

Mariah Popham

We Went to College

Susan Standish

My Blue Heaven

Miss Irma Gilbert

Murder in the Fleet

'Toots' Timmons

The Girl Most Likely

Mother

Baby Face Harrington

Millicent

Men Are Such Fools

Molly

Don't Bet on Women

Tallulah Hope

Emergency Wedding

Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Paris Interlude

Cassie

Command Performance

Princess Katerina

Cracked Nuts

Sharon Knight

Broadway to Hollywood

Flirt in Audience

The Secret Witness

Lois Martin

The Greer Case

Louise Hoagland

It's in the Air

Alice Lane Churchill

Kill the Umpire

Betty Johnson

The Good Old Soak

Nellie

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

Patsy Wilkins

A Tiger Walks

Mrs. Watkins

Spinout

Violet Ranley

To Heir Is Human

Una

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Twin Beds

Lydia

Quack Service

Daffy

Hollywood Goes to Town

Self

Sandy Gets Her Man

Nan Clark

Checkers

Mamie Appleby

Comin' Round the Mountain

Belinda Watters

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

The Eyes of the World

Sybil LaGrange

The Bargain

Etta

Aladdin

Aladdin's Mother

Burke's Law

Miss Samantha Cartier

Studio One

Parsis McHugh

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Secretary

Climax!

Maud

The Bill Dana Show

The Cara Williams Show

Burke's Law

Clara Lovelace

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

Rose Barton

Burke's Law

Mrs. Thomas Barrett

DuPont Show of the Month

Aladdin's Mother