Acting

Una Merkel

Born 1903-12-10 · Covington, Kentucky, USA

Died 1986-01-02

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.

Credits

Newest first

That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1985
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Spinout
as Violet Ranley
1966
The Cara Williams Show
1964
A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
1964
The Bill Dana Show
1963
Burke's Law
as Miss Samantha Cartier
1963
Burke's Law
as Clara Lovelace
1963
Burke's Law
as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
1963
Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
1963
Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
1961
The Parent Trap
as Verbena
1961
The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
1959
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
1958
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
1958
DuPont Show of the Month
as Aladdin's Mother
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
1957
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
1957
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
1956
The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
1955
Climax!
as Maud
1954
I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
1953
Four Star Playhouse
as Rose Barton
1952
The Merry Widow
as Kitty Riley
1952
With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
1952
Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Secretary
1951
A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
1951
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
1951
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
1950
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
1950
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
1950
Studio One
as Parsis McHugh
1948
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
1948
It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
1947
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
1944
To Heir Is Human
as Una
1944
Quack Service
as Daffy
1943
This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
1943
Twin Beds
as Lydia
1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1942
Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
1941
Road to Zanzibar
as Julia
1941
Double Date
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland
1941
The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
1940
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
1940
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
1939
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
1939
Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
1939
Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
1939
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
1937
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
1937
Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
1937
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
1937
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
1936
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
1936
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
1936
Riffraff
as Lil
1936
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
1935
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
1935
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
1935
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
1935
One New York Night
as Phoebe
1935
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
1935
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
1934
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
1934
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Gwen
1934
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
1934
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
1934
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
1934
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
1934