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Una Merkel

Actor
Born December 10, 1903Died January 2, 1986 (82 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • This Is the Army
  • The Real McCoys
  • Four Star Playhouse

Known For

  • The Parent Trap
  • The Bank Dick
  • 42nd Street
  • Destry Rides Again
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Road to Zanzibar
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • The Merry Widow
  • Red-Headed Woman
  • The Cat's-Paw
  • Evelyn Prentice
  • Summer and Smoke
  • On Borrowed Time
  • Summer Magic
  • Bombshell
  • Broadway Melody of 1936
  • Born to Dance
  • The Kentuckian
  • True Confession
  • The Bat Whispers
  • Riffraff
  • The Mating Game
  • I Love Melvin
  • Midnight Mary

Filmography

2005
The Great Man: W.C. Fields · as Myrtle Sousé
2005
1994
That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Jenny Saks (clip From Born To Dance (1936))
1985
That's Dancing! · as From 'born To Dance' (archive Footage)
1966
Spinout · as Violet Ranley
1965
I Spy (TV Series) · as Aunt Alta
1964
A Tiger Walks · as Mrs. Watkins
1964
Destry (TV Series) · as Granny Farrell
1963
The Bill Dana Show (TV Series)
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Miss Samantha Cartier
1963
Summer Magic · as Mariah Popham
1961
Summer and Smoke · as Mrs. Winemiller
1961
The Parent Trap · as Verbena
1959
The Mating Game · as Ma Larkin
1957
1957
The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gaylord
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Aladdin's Mother
1957
1956
Bundle of Joy · as Mrs. Dugan
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Louise Hoagland
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks · as Miss Bedelia Baines
1955
The Kentuckian · as Sophie Wakefield
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Maud
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Alice Fraser
1953
I Love Melvin · as Mom Schneider
1952
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Rose Barton
1952
The Merry Widow · as Kitty Riley
1952
With a Song in My Heart · as Sister Marie
1951
Golden Girl · as Mary Ann Crabtree
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Secretary
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Van Wyck
1951
A Millionaire for Christy · as Patsy Clifford
1951
1950
My Blue Heaven · as Miss Irma Gilbert
1950
Emergency Wedding · as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
1950
Kill the Umpire · as Betty Johnson
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Parsis Mchugh
1948
The Man from Texas · as Widow Weeks
1948
The Bride Goes Wild · as Miss Doberly
1947
Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1947
It's a Joke, Son! · as Mrs.magnolia Claghorn
1944
Sweethearts of the U.S.A. · as Patsy Wilkins
1943
This Is the Army · as Rose Dibble
1942
Twin Beds · as Lydia
1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street · as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1941
Cracked Nuts · as Sharon Knight
1941
Road to Zanzibar · as Julia Quimby
1940
The Bank Dick · as Myrtle Sousé
1940
Sandy Gets Her Man · as Nan Clark
1940
Comin' Round the Mountain · as Belinda Watters
1939
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
1937
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
1936
Born to Dance · as Jenny Saks
1936
We Went to College · as Susan Standish
1936
Speed · as Josephine 'jo' Sanderson
1935
Riffraff · as Lil
1935
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
1934
Evelyn Prentice · as Amy Drexel
1934
The Merry Widow · as Queen Dolores
1934
Have a Heart · as Joan O'day
1934
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
1933
The Women in His Life · as Miss 'simmy' Simmons
1933
Day of Reckoning · as Mamie
1933
Bombshell · as Mac
1933
Broadway to Hollywood · as Flirt In Audience
1933
Beauty for Sale · as Carol Merrick
1933
Her First Mate · as Hattie
1933
Midnight Mary · as Bunny
1933
Reunion in Vienna · as Ilsa Hinrich
1933
42nd Street · as Lorraine Fleming
1933
Clear All Wires! · as Dolly Winslow
1933
1933
Whistling in the Dark · as Toby Van Buren
1932
Men Are Such Fools · as Molly
1932
They Call It Sin · as Dixie Dare
1932
Red-Headed Woman · as Sally
1932
Huddle · as Coach Malcolm
1932
Man Wanted · as Ruth 'ruthie' Holman
1932
The Impatient Maiden · as Betty Merrick
1932
She Wanted a Millionaire · as Mary Taylor
1931
Private Lives · as Sibyl Chase
1931
The Secret Witness · as Lois Martin
1931
Wicked · as June
1931
The Bargain · as Etta
1931
The Maltese Falcon · as Effie Perrine
1931
Daddy Long Legs · as Sally Mcbride
1931
6 Cylinder Love · as Margaret Rogers
1931
Don't Bet on Women · as Tallulah Hope
1931
Command Performance · as Princess Katerina
1930
The Bat Whispers · as Dale Van Gorder
1930
Abraham Lincoln · as Ann Rutledge
1930
The Eyes of the World · as Sybil Lagrange

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