
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

Double Date (1941)
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland

Summer and Smoke (1961)
as Mrs. Winemiller

Checkers (1937)
as Mamie Appleby
Quack Service (1943)
as Daffy

Evelyn Prentice (1934)
as Amy Drexel

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

Twin Beds (1942)
as Lydia

Speed (1936)
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

Menu (1933)
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Man Wanted (1932)
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

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

The Kentuckian (1955)
as Sophie Wakefield

My Blue Heaven (1950)
as Miss Irma Gilbert

The Merry Widow (1934)
as Queen Dolores

Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
as Glynnie

This Is the Army (1943)
as Rose Dibble

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

The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as Miss Doberly

Spinout (1966)
as Violet Ranley

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Ann Rutledge

Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Lily Belle

A Tiger Walks (1964)
as Mrs. Watkins

The Merry Widow (1952)
as Kitty Riley

Bundle of Joy (1956)
as Mrs. Dugan

42nd Street (1933)
as Lorraine Fleming

Clear All Wires! (1933)
as Dolly Winslow

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as Flirt in Audience

Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Ilsa Hinrich

On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Marcia Giles

Huddle (1932)
as Coach Malcolm

Six Cylinder Love (1931)
as Margaret Rogers

Saratoga (1937)
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

Midnight Mary (1933)
as Bunny

Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Sally

The Bank Dick (1940)
as Myrtle Sousé

The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Betty Merrick

The Man from Texas (1948)
as Widow Weeks

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

The Eyes of the World (1930)
as Sybil LaGrange

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

Golden Girl (1951)
as Mary Ann Crabtree

The Maltese Falcon (1931)
as Effie Perrine

Beauty for Sale (1933)
as Carol Merrick

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
as Mary Taylor

I Love Melvin (1953)
as Mom Schneider

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

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

Men Are Such Fools (1932)
as Molly

True Confession (1937)
as Daisy McClure

Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Julia

Born to Dance (1936)
as Jenny Saks

The Girl Most Likely (1958)
as Mother

Four Girls in White (1939)
as Gertie Robbins

Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Betty Johnson

Murder in the Private Car (1934)
as Georgia Latham

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

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

Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self

The Night Is Young (1935)
as Fanni Kerner

Riffraff (1936)
as Lil

The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
as Ella

Some Like It Hot (1939)
as Flo Saunders

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Kitty Corbett

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

Private Lives (1931)
as Sibyl Chase

This Side of Heaven (1934)
as Birdie

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
as Bertha

They Call It Sin (1932)
as Dixie Dare

The Bat Whispers (1930)
as Dale Van Gorder

Bombshell (1933)
as Mac

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

Daddy Long Legs (1931)
as Sally McBride

Day of Reckoning (1933)
as Mamie

The Greer Case (1957)
as Louise Hoagland

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Gwen

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

Have a Heart (1934)
as Joan O'Day

The Secret Witness (1931)
as Lois Martin

Summer Magic (1963)
as Mariah Popham

Her First Mate (1933)
as Hattie

One New York Night (1935)
as Phoebe

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
as Slade Kinnicott

The Mating Game (1959)
as Ma Larkin

A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
as Patsy Clifford

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
as Belinda Watters

Wicked (1931)
as June
We Went to College (1936)
as Susan Standish

The Bargain (1931)
as Etta

Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
as Nan Clark

Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Sharon Knight

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

Whistling in the Dark (1933)
as Toby Van Buren

Aladdin (1958)
as Aladdin's Mother

Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Millicent

Command Performance (1931)
as Princess Katerina

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

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

To Heir Is Human (1944)
as Una

Paris Interlude (1934)
as Cassie

The Good Old Soak (1937)
as Nellie




