Acting

Una Merkel

Born: 1903-12-10
Died: 1986-01-02
Birthplace: Covington, Kentucky, USA

Biography

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

The Cara Williams Show

The Bill Dana Show

The Parent Trap

DuPont Show of the Month

Four Star Playhouse

Evelyn Prentice

Filmography

111 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · Movie

(archive footage) (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

1985 · Movie

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Spinout

1966 · Movie

Violet Ranley

A Tiger Walks

1964 · Movie

Mrs. Watkins

The Cara Williams Show

1964 · TV Show

Cast

Burke's Law

1963 · TV Show

Miss Samantha Cartier · Clara Lovelace · Mrs. Thomas Barrett

Summer Magic

1963 · Movie

Mariah Popham

The Bill Dana Show

1963 · TV Show

Cast

Summer and Smoke

1961 · Movie

Mrs. Winemiller

The Parent Trap

1961 · Movie

Verbena

The Mating Game

1959 · Movie

Ma Larkin

Aladdin

1958 · Movie

Aladdin's Mother

The Girl Most Likely

1958 · Movie

Mother

DuPont Show of the Month

1957 · TV Show

Aladdin's Mother

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

1957 · Movie

Bertha

The Greer Case

1957 · Movie

Louise Hoagland

Bundle of Joy

1956 · Movie

Mrs. Dugan

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956 · Movie

Miss Bedelia Baines

The Kentuckian

1955 · Movie

Sophie Wakefield

Climax!

1954 · TV Show

Maud

I Love Melvin

1953 · Movie

Mom Schneider

Four Star Playhouse

1952 · TV Show

Rose Barton

The Merry Widow

1952 · Movie

Kitty Riley

With a Song in My Heart

1952 · Movie

Sister Marie

A Millionaire for Christy

1951 · Movie

Patsy Clifford

Golden Girl

1951 · Movie

Mary Ann Crabtree

Rich, Young and Pretty

1951 · Movie

Glynnie

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · TV Show

Secretary

Emergency Wedding

1950 · Movie

Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Kill the Umpire

1950 · Movie

Betty Johnson

My Blue Heaven

1950 · Movie

Miss Irma Gilbert

Studio One

1948 · TV Show

Parsis McHugh

The Bride Goes Wild

1948 · Movie

Miss Doberly

The Man from Texas

1948 · Movie

Widow Weeks

It's a Joke, Son!

1947 · Movie

Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

1944 · Movie

Patsy Wilkins

To Heir Is Human

1944 · Movie

Una

Quack Service

1943 · Movie

Daffy

This Is the Army

1943 · Movie

Rose Dibble

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

1942 · Movie

Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Twin Beds

1942 · Movie

Lydia

Cracked Nuts

1941 · Movie

Sharon Knight

Double Date

1941 · Movie

Aunt Elsie Kirkland

Road to Zanzibar

1941 · Movie

Julia

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940 · Movie

Belinda Watters

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940 · Movie

Nan Clark

The Bank Dick

1940 · Movie

Myrtle Sousé

Destry Rides Again

1939 · Movie

Lily Belle

Four Girls in White

1939 · Movie

Gertie Robbins

On Borrowed Time

1939 · Movie

Marcia Giles

Some Like It Hot

1939 · Movie

Flo Saunders

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938 · Movie

Self

Checkers

1937 · Movie

Mamie Appleby

Don't Tell the Wife

1937 · Movie

Nancy Dorsey

Saratoga

1937 · Movie

Fritzi Kiffmeyer

The Good Old Soak

1937 · Movie

Nellie

True Confession

1937 · Movie

Daisy McClure

Born to Dance

1936 · Movie

Jenny Saks

Riffraff

1936 · Movie

Lil

Speed

1936 · Movie

Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

We Went to College

1936 · Movie

Susan Standish

Baby Face Harrington

1935 · Movie

Millicent

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935 · Movie

Slade Kinnicott

Broadway Melody of 1936

1935 · Movie

Kitty Corbett

It's in the Air

1935 · Movie

Alice Lane Churchill

Murder in the Fleet

1935 · Movie

'Toots' Timmons

One New York Night

1935 · Movie

Phoebe

The Night Is Young

1935 · Movie

Fanni Kerner

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934 · Movie

Gwen

Evelyn Prentice

1934 · Movie

Amy Drexel

Have a Heart

1934 · Movie

Joan O'Day

Murder in the Private Car

1934 · Movie

Georgia Latham

Paris Interlude

1934 · Movie

Cassie

The Cat's-Paw

1934 · Movie

Petunia Pratt / Cobb

The Merry Widow

1934 · Movie

Queen Dolores

This Side of Heaven

1934 · Movie

Birdie

42nd Street

1933 · Movie

Lorraine Fleming

Beauty for Sale

1933 · Movie

Carol Merrick

Bombshell

1933 · Movie

Mac

Broadway to Hollywood

1933 · Movie

Flirt in Audience

Clear All Wires!

1933 · Movie

Dolly Winslow

Day of Reckoning

1933 · Movie

Mamie

Her First Mate

1933 · Movie

Hattie

Menu

1933 · Movie

Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Midnight Mary

1933 · Movie

Bunny

Reunion in Vienna

1933 · Movie

Ilsa Hinrich

The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933 · Movie

Ella

The Women in His Life

1933 · Movie

Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

Whistling in the Dark

1933 · Movie

Toby Van Buren

Huddle

1932 · Movie

Coach Malcolm

Man Wanted

1932 · Movie

Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

Men Are Such Fools

1932 · Movie

Molly

Red-Headed Woman

1932 · Movie

Sally

She Wanted a Millionaire

1932 · Movie

Mary Taylor

The Impatient Maiden

1932 · Movie

Betty Merrick

They Call It Sin

1932 · Movie

Dixie Dare

Command Performance

1931 · Movie

Princess Katerina

Daddy Long Legs

1931 · Movie

Sally McBride

Don't Bet on Women

1931 · Movie

Tallulah Hope

Private Lives

1931 · Movie

Sibyl Chase

Six Cylinder Love

1931 · Movie

Margaret Rogers

The Bargain

1931 · Movie

Etta

The Maltese Falcon

1931 · Movie

Effie Perrine

The Secret Witness

1931 · Movie

Lois Martin

Wicked

1931 · Movie

June

Abraham Lincoln

1930 · Movie

Ann Rutledge

The Bat Whispers

1930 · Movie

Dale Van Gorder

The Eyes of the World

1930 · Movie

Sybil LaGrange

Love's Old Sweet Song

1924 · Movie

Cast