Una Merkel

Acting

December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986 (died at 82)

Covington, Kentucky, USA

Female

102 Movies

10 TV Shows

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.

The Parent Trap

1961 7.0

as Verbena

Age 57 (now 82)

The Bank Dick

1940 6.5

as Myrtle Sousé

Age 36 (now 82)

42nd Street

1933 6.9

as Lorraine Fleming

Age 29 (now 82)

The Merry Widow

1934 6.8

as Queen Dolores

Age 30 (now 82)

Abraham Lincoln

1930 5.5

as Ann Rutledge

Age 26 (now 82)

Destry Rides Again

1939 7.2

as Lily Belle

Age 35 (now 82)

The Maltese Falcon

1931 6.4

as Effie Perrine

Age 27 (now 82)

The Bat Whispers

1930 6.6

as Dale Van Gorder

Age 26 (now 82)

Evelyn Prentice

1934 6.5

as Amy Drexel

Age 30 (now 82)

Summer Magic

1963 6.7

as Mariah Popham

Age 59 (now 82)

Red-Headed Woman

1932 6.6

as Sally

Age 28 (now 82)

On Borrowed Time

1939 7.6

as Marcia Giles

Age 35 (now 82)

Road to Zanzibar

1941 6.4

as Julia

Age 37 (now 82)

Bombshell

1933 6.5

as Mac

Age 29 (now 82)

The Cat's-Paw

1934 6.3

as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

Age 30 (now 82)

I Love Melvin

1953 6.2

as Mom Schneider

Age 49 (now 82)

That's Entertainment! III

1994 7.0

as (archive footage)

Age 90 (now 82)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 6.5

as Self (archive footage)

Age 83 (now 82)

That's Dancing!

1985 7.1

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Age 81 (now 82)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 7.3

as Self (archive footage)

Age 68 (now 82)

Spinout

1966 5.6

as Violet Ranley

Age 62 (now 82)

A Tiger Walks

1964 5.8

as Mrs. Watkins

Age 60 (now 82)

Summer Magic

1963 6.7

as Mariah Popham

Age 59 (now 82)

Summer and Smoke

1961 6.6

as Mrs. Winemiller

Age 57 (now 82)

The Parent Trap

1961 7.0

as Verbena

Age 57 (now 82)

The Mating Game

1959 6.4

as Ma Larkin

Age 55 (now 82)

Aladdin

1958 10.0

as Aladdin's Mother

Age 54 (now 82)

The Girl Most Likely

1958 3.3

as Mother

Age 54 (now 82)

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

1957 6.0

as Bertha

Age 53 (now 82)

The Greer Case

1957

as Louise Hoagland

Age 53 (now 82)

Bundle of Joy

1956 6.4

as Mrs. Dugan

Age 53 (now 82)

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956 7.1

as Miss Bedelia Baines

Age 52 (now 82)

The Kentuckian

1955 5.8

as Sophie Wakefield

Age 51 (now 82)

I Love Melvin

1953 6.2

as Mom Schneider

Age 49 (now 82)

The Merry Widow

1952 6.3

as Kitty Riley

Age 48 (now 82)

With a Song in My Heart

1952 6.1

as Sister Marie

Age 48 (now 82)

Golden Girl

1951 6.4

as Mary Ann Crabtree

Age 47 (now 82)

A Millionaire for Christy

1951 7.0

as Patsy Clifford

Age 47 (now 82)

Rich, Young and Pretty

1951 5.6

as Glynnie

Age 47 (now 82)

Emergency Wedding

1950 6.0

as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Age 46 (now 82)

My Blue Heaven

1950 7.5

as Miss Irma Gilbert

Age 46 (now 82)

Kill the Umpire

1950 6.9

as Betty Johnson

Age 46 (now 82)

The Man from Texas

1948 8.0

as Widow Weeks

Age 44 (now 82)

The Bride Goes Wild

1948 6.7

as Miss Doberly

Age 44 (now 82)

It's a Joke, Son!

1947 6.6

as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Age 43 (now 82)

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

1944 5.7

as Patsy Wilkins

Age 40 (now 82)

To Heir Is Human

1944 7.0

as Una

Age 40 (now 82)

Quack Service

1943 8.0

as Daffy

Age 39 (now 82)

This Is the Army

1943 5.7

as Rose Dibble

Age 39 (now 82)

Twin Beds

1942 3.8

as Lydia

Age 38 (now 82)

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

1942 5.5

as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Age 38 (now 82)

Cracked Nuts

1941 7.0

as Sharon Knight

Age 37 (now 82)

Road to Zanzibar

1941 6.4

as Julia

Age 37 (now 82)

Double Date

1941 7.0

as Aunt Elsie Kirkland

Age 37 (now 82)

The Bank Dick

1940 6.5

as Myrtle Sousé

Age 36 (now 82)

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940 6.5

as Nan Clark

Age 36 (now 82)

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940 9.0

as Belinda Watters

Age 36 (now 82)

Destry Rides Again

1939 7.2

as Lily Belle

Age 35 (now 82)

On Borrowed Time

1939 7.6

as Marcia Giles

Age 35 (now 82)

Some Like It Hot

1939 7.6

as Flo Saunders

Age 35 (now 82)

Four Girls in White

1939 7.3

as Gertie Robbins

Age 35 (now 82)

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938 7.0

as Self

Age 34 (now 82)

True Confession

1937 6.1

as Daisy McClure

Age 34 (now 82)

Checkers

1937 10.0

as Mamie Appleby

Age 33 (now 82)

Saratoga

1937 6.5

as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

Age 33 (now 82)

The Good Old Soak

1937 9.0

as Nellie

Age 33 (now 82)

Don't Tell the Wife

1937 6.0

as Nancy Dorsey

Age 33 (now 82)

Born to Dance

1936 6.1

as Jenny Saks

Age 32 (now 82)

We Went to College

1936 6.0

as Susan Standish

Age 32 (now 82)

Speed

1936 5.8

as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

Age 32 (now 82)

Riffraff

1936 5.4

as Lil

Age 32 (now 82)

It's in the Air

1935 6.3

as Alice Lane Churchill

Age 31 (now 82)

Broadway Melody of 1936

1935 6.6

as Kitty Corbett

Age 31 (now 82)

Murder in the Fleet

1935 6.6

as 'Toots' Timmons

Age 31 (now 82)

Baby Face Harrington

1935 5.3

as Millicent

Age 31 (now 82)

One New York Night

1935 10.0

as Phoebe

Age 31 (now 82)

The Night Is Young

1935 6.0

as Fanni Kerner

Age 31 (now 82)

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935 6.8

as Slade Kinnicott

Age 31 (now 82)

Evelyn Prentice

1934 6.5

as Amy Drexel

Age 30 (now 82)

The Merry Widow

1934 6.8

as Queen Dolores

Age 30 (now 82)

Have a Heart

1934 7.3

as Joan O'Day

Age 30 (now 82)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934 5.6

as Gwen

Age 30 (now 82)

The Cat's-Paw

1934 6.3

as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

Age 30 (now 82)

Paris Interlude

1934 4.0

as Cassie

Age 30 (now 82)

Murder in the Private Car

1934 5.6

as Georgia Latham

Age 30 (now 82)

This Side of Heaven

1934 7.5

as Birdie

Age 30 (now 82)

The Women in His Life

1933 4.3

as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

Age 29 (now 82)

Day of Reckoning

1933 5.1

as Mamie

Age 29 (now 82)

Bombshell

1933 6.5

as Mac

Age 29 (now 82)

Broadway to Hollywood

1933 5.0

as Flirt in Audience

Age 29 (now 82)

Beauty for Sale

1933 7.2

as Carol Merrick

Age 29 (now 82)

Her First Mate

1933 10.0

as Hattie

Age 29 (now 82)

Midnight Mary

1933 6.9

as Bunny

Age 29 (now 82)

Reunion in Vienna

1933 7.2

as Ilsa Hinrich

Age 29 (now 82)

42nd Street

1933 6.9

as Lorraine Fleming

Age 29 (now 82)

Clear All Wires!

1933 6.7

as Dolly Winslow

Age 29 (now 82)

The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933 4.2

as Ella

Age 29 (now 82)

Whistling in the Dark

1933 6.0

as Toby Van Buren

Age 29 (now 82)

Men Are Such Fools

1932 7.0

as Molly

Age 28 (now 82)

They Call It Sin

1932 6.0

as Dixie Dare

Age 28 (now 82)

Red-Headed Woman

1932 6.6

as Sally

Age 28 (now 82)

Huddle

1932 7.0

as Coach Malcolm

Age 28 (now 82)

Man Wanted

1932 5.5

as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

Age 28 (now 82)

The Impatient Maiden

1932 9.0

as Betty Merrick

Age 28 (now 82)

She Wanted a Millionaire

1932 10.0

as Mary Taylor

Age 28 (now 82)

Private Lives

1931 6.5

as Sibyl Chase

Age 28 (now 82)

The Secret Witness

1931 4.3

as Lois Martin

Age 28 (now 82)

Wicked

1931 5.5

as June

Age 27 (now 82)

The Bargain

1931 9.0

as Etta

Age 27 (now 82)

Daddy Long Legs

1931 4.8

as Sally McBride

Age 27 (now 82)

The Maltese Falcon

1931 6.4

as Effie Perrine

Age 27 (now 82)

Six Cylinder Love

1931 9.0

as Margaret Rogers

Age 27 (now 82)

Don't Bet on Women

1931 4.9

as Tallulah Hope

Age 27 (now 82)

Command Performance

1931 5.1

as Princess Katerina

Age 27 (now 82)

The Bat Whispers

1930 6.6

as Dale Van Gorder

Age 26 (now 82)

Abraham Lincoln

1930 5.5

as Ann Rutledge

Age 26 (now 82)

The Eyes of the World

1930 9.0

as Sybil LaGrange

Age 26 (now 82)