
Una Merkel
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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
Credits

The Parent Trap (1961)
as Verbena

On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Marcia Giles

The Merry Widow (1934)
as Queen Dolores

42nd Street (1933)
as Lorraine Fleming

Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Lily Belle

That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

This Is the Army (1943)
as Rose Dibble

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Kitty Corbett

Evelyn Prentice (1934)
as Amy Drexel

The Kentuckian (1955)
as Sophie Wakefield

The Merry Widow (1952)
as Kitty Riley

The Mating Game (1959)
as Ma Larkin

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing! (1985)
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as Miss Doberly

One New York Night (1935)
as Phoebe

Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
as Glynnie

Summer Magic (1963)
as Mariah Popham

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Ann Rutledge

The Bank Dick (1940)
as Myrtle Sousé

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Murder in the Fleet (1935)
as 'Toots' Timmons

With a Song in My Heart (1952)
as Sister Marie

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)

The Cat's-Paw (1934)
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

Twin Beds (1942)
as Lydia

The Night Is Young (1935)
as Fanni Kerner

Summer and Smoke (1961)
as Mrs. Winemiller

Bundle of Joy (1956)
as Mrs. Dugan

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Gwen

Checkers (1937)
as Mamie Appleby

Speed (1936)
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

It's in the Air (1935)
as Alice Lane Churchill

Men Are Such Fools (1932)
as Molly

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
as Bertha

The Girl Most Likely (1958)
as Mother

Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Quack Service (1943)
as Daffy

Spinout (1966)
as Violet Ranley

The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
as Ella

Man Wanted (1932)
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

My Blue Heaven (1950)
as Miss Irma Gilbert

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
as Mary Taylor

Whistling in the Dark (1933)
as Toby Van Buren

The Women in His Life (1933)
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

Some Like It Hot (1939)
as Flo Saunders

Golden Girl (1951)
as Mary Ann Crabtree

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
as Slade Kinnicott

The Eyes of the World (1930)
as Sybil LaGrange

A Tiger Walks (1964)
as Mrs. Watkins

A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
as Patsy Clifford

Don't Bet on Women (1931)
as Tallulah Hope

The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
as Miss Bedelia Baines

Huddle (1932)
as Coach Malcolm

Born to Dance (1936)
as Jenny Saks

They Call It Sin (1932)
as Dixie Dare

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
as Nancy Dorsey

Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Sally

Murder in the Private Car (1934)
as Georgia Latham

The Man from Texas (1948)
as Widow Weeks

Four Girls in White (1939)
as Gertie Robbins

Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
as Nan Clark

Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Julia

Double Date (1941)
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland

This Side of Heaven (1934)
as Birdie

Menu (1933)
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

The Maltese Falcon (1931)
as Effie Perrine

Bombshell (1933)
as Mac

Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
as Patsy Wilkins

The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Betty Merrick

The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

True Confession (1937)
as Daisy McClure

Midnight Mary (1933)
as Bunny

The Good Old Soak (1937)
as Nellie

Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Millicent

Clear All Wires! (1933)
as Dolly Winslow

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
as Belinda Watters

Saratoga (1937)
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

I Love Melvin (1953)
as Mom Schneider

Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Betty Johnson

Beauty for Sale (1933)
as Carol Merrick
We Went to College (1936)
as Susan Standish

Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Ilsa Hinrich

Riffraff (1936)
as Lil

To Heir Is Human (1944)
as Una

The Greer Case (1957)
as Louise Hoagland

Six Cylinder Love (1931)
as Margaret Rogers

Private Lives (1931)
as Sibyl Chase

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as Flirt in Audience

The Bargain (1931)
as Etta

The Bat Whispers (1930)
as Dale Van Gorder

Wicked (1931)
as June

Her First Mate (1933)
as Hattie

The Secret Witness (1931)
as Lois Martin

Day of Reckoning (1933)
as Mamie

Daddy Long Legs (1931)
as Sally McBride

Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Sharon Knight

Aladdin (1958)
as Aladdin's Mother

Have a Heart (1934)
as Joan O'Day

Paris Interlude (1934)
as Cassie

Command Performance (1931)
as Princess Katerina





