Una Merkel

Personal Info

Birthday

December 10, 1903

Day of Death

1986-01-02

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Covington, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

Una Kohnfelder

Una Merkel

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

Four Star Playhouse

Climax!

Studio One

Burke's Law

DuPont Show of the Month

The Parent Trap

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Comin' Round the Mountain

Filmography

1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1985
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1966
Spinout
as Violet Ranley
1964
A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
1963
Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
1961
Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
The Parent Trap
as Verbena
1959
The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
1958
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
1956
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
1955
The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
1953
I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
1952
With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
1951
Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
1950
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
1948
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
1947
It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
1944
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
To Heir Is Human
as Una
1943
Quack Service
as Daffy
This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
1942
Twin Beds
as Lydia
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1941
Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
Road to Zanzibar
as Julia Quimby
1940
The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
1939
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1937
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
1936
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
Riffraff
as Lil
1935
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
One New York Night
as Phoebe
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
1934
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Gwen
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
1933
The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
Bombshell
as Mac
Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
Her First Mate
as Hattie
Midnight Mary
as Bunny
Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Ella
Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
1932
Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
1931
Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
Wicked
as June
The Bargain
as Etta
Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
1930
The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange