Una Merkel

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
December 10, 1903 (82 years old)
Died
January 2, 1986
Place of Birth
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Romance Drama
Career Span
1930 – 1994

Una Merkel

1 win
21 nominations
1 Oscar
101 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Dec 10, 1903
From
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1930 – 1994

Award Recognition

1
Win
21
Nominations
1
Oscar

Complete Filmography

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) Award

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)

1985

That's Dancing! as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) Award

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage) Award

1966

Spinout as Violet Ranley Award

1964

A Tiger Walks as Mrs. Watkins Award

1963

Summer Magic as Mariah Popham Award

1961

The Parent Trap as Verbena Award
Summer and Smoke as Mrs. Winemiller

1959

The Mating Game as Ma Larkin Award

1958

Aladdin as Aladdin's Mother
The Girl Most Likely as Mother

1957

The Greer Case as Louise Hoagland
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown as Bertha

1956

Bundle of Joy as Mrs. Dugan
The Kettles in the Ozarks as Miss Bedelia Baines

1955

The Kentuckian as Sophie Wakefield Award

1953

I Love Melvin as Mom Schneider

1952

The Merry Widow as Kitty Riley Award
With a Song in My Heart as Sister Marie

1951

A Millionaire for Christy as Patsy Clifford
Rich, Young and Pretty as Glynnie
Golden Girl as Mary Ann Crabtree

1950

My Blue Heaven as Miss Irma Gilbert
Kill the Umpire as Betty Johnson
Emergency Wedding as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

1948

The Bride Goes Wild as Miss Doberly
The Man from Texas as Widow Weeks

1947

It's a Joke, Son! as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn Award

1944

Sweethearts of the U.S.A. as Patsy Wilkins
To Heir Is Human as Una

1943

This Is the Army as Rose Dibble Award
Quack Service as Daffy

1942

The Mad Doctor of Market Street as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Twin Beds as Lydia

1941

Road to Zanzibar as Julia Quimby
Cracked Nuts as Sharon Knight

1940

The Bank Dick as Myrtle Sousé
Comin' Round the Mountain as Belinda Watters
Sandy Gets Her Man as Nan Clark

1939

On Borrowed Time as Marcia Giles Award
Destry Rides Again as Lily Belle Award
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
Saratoga as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Don't Tell the Wife as Nancy Dorsey
The Good Old Soak as Nellie
Checkers as Mamie Appleby

1936

Born to Dance as Jenny Saks
Riffraff as Lil
Speed as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
We Went to College as Susan Standish

1935

It's in the Air as Alice Lane Churchill
The Night Is Young as Fanni Kerner
Murder in the Fleet as 'Toots' Timmons
Broadway Melody of 1936 as Kitty Corbett
Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Slade Kinnicott
Baby Face Harrington as Millicent
One New York Night as Phoebe

1934

The Merry Widow as Queen Dolores
This Side of Heaven as Birdie
Murder in the Private Car as Georgia Latham
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Gwen
Evelyn Prentice as Amy Drexel
The Cat's-Paw as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
Have a Heart as Joan O'Day
Paris Interlude as Cassie

1933

42nd Street as Lorraine Fleming Award
Bombshell as Mac Award
Midnight Mary as Bunny
Broadway to Hollywood as Flirt in Audience
The Secret of Madame Blanche as Ella
The Women in His Life as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
Whistling in the Dark as Toby Van Buren
Reunion in Vienna as Ilsa Hinrich
Menu as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Day of Reckoning as Mamie
Clear All Wires! as Dolly Winslow
Beauty for Sale as Carol Merrick
Her First Mate as Hattie

1932

Red-Headed Woman as Sally Award
Huddle as Coach Malcolm
Man Wanted as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
The Impatient Maiden as Betty Merrick
They Call It Sin as Dixie Dare
She Wanted a Millionaire as Mary Taylor
Men Are Such Fools as Molly

1931

Private Lives as Sibyl Chase
The Maltese Falcon as Effie Perrine
Wicked as June
Daddy Long Legs as Sally McBride
Don't Bet on Women as Tallulah Hope
Six Cylinder Love as Margaret Rogers
Command Performance as Princess Katerina
The Secret Witness as Lois Martin
The Bargain as Etta

1930

Abraham Lincoln as Ann Rutledge Award
The Bat Whispers as Dale Van Gorder Award
The Eyes of the World as Sybil LaGrange

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Parent Trap
This Is the Army
42nd Street
That's Dancing!
Abraham Lincoln
That's Entertainment! III
Bombshell
On Borrowed Time

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