Acting
Una Merkel
EN, FR cinema · 103 credits
Born
10 December 1903
Died
2 January 1986 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Also known as Una Kohnfelder
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
Filmography
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Spinout
as Violet Ranley
A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
The Parent Trap
as Verbena
Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
The Merry Widow
as Kitty Riley
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Twin Beds
as Lydia
Road to Zanzibar
as Julia
Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
Double Date
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland
The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
Riffraff
as Lil
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
We Went to College
1936
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
One New York Night
as Phoebe
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
Bombshell
as Mac
Midnight Mary
as Bunny
The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
Her First Mate
as Hattie
Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
Wicked
as June
Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
The Bargain
as Etta
The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange