Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Birthday: December 10, 1903 in Covington, Kentucky, USA

Deathday: January 2, 1986

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 Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

42nd Street

42nd Street

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Spinout

Spinout

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Mrs. Thomas Barrett

A Tiger Walks

A Tiger Walks

The Cara Williams Show

The Cara Williams Show

Summer Magic

Summer Magic

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Miss Samantha Cartier

The Bill Dana Show

The Bill Dana Show

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

Mrs. Winemiller

The Mating Game

The Mating Game

The Girl Most Likely

The Girl Most Likely

Aladdin

Aladdin

Aladdin's Mother

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month

Aladdin's Mother

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

The Greer Case

The Greer Case

Louise Hoagland

Climax!

Climax!

Bundle of Joy

Bundle of Joy

The Kettles in the Ozarks

The Kettles in the Ozarks

Miss Bedelia Baines

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

Sophie Wakefield

Studio One

Studio One

I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

Rich, Young and Pretty

Rich, Young and Pretty

A Millionaire for Christy

A Millionaire for Christy

Golden Girl

Golden Girl

Mary Ann Crabtree

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

Miss Irma Gilbert

Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding

Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire

The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild

The Man from Texas

The Man from Texas

It's a Joke, Son!

It's a Joke, Son!

Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

To Heir Is Human

To Heir Is Human

This Is the Army

This Is the Army

Quack Service

Quack Service

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Twin Beds

Twin Beds

Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar

Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

Sandy Gets Her Man

Sandy Gets Her Man

Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain

Belinda Watters

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

Saratoga

Saratoga

Fritzi Kiffmeyer

Don't Tell the Wife

Don't Tell the Wife

True Confession

True Confession

The Good Old Soak

The Good Old Soak

Checkers

Checkers

Born to Dance

Born to Dance

Riffraff

Riffraff

Speed

Speed

Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

We Went to College

We Went to College

Broadway Melody of 1936

Broadway Melody of 1936

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Slade Kinnicott

The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young

One New York Night

One New York Night

Murder in the Fleet

Murder in the Fleet

'Toots' Timmons

Baby Face Harrington

Baby Face Harrington

It's in the Air

It's in the Air

Alice Lane Churchill

The Cat's-Paw

The Cat's-Paw

Petunia Pratt / Cobb

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Have a Heart

Have a Heart

This Side of Heaven

This Side of Heaven

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car

Paris Interlude

Paris Interlude

42nd Street

42nd Street

Lorraine Fleming

Bombshell

Bombshell

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary

The Women in His Life

The Women in His Life

Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

The Secret of Madame Blanche

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Clear All Wires!

Clear All Wires!

Menu

Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

Beauty for Sale

Beauty for Sale

Reunion in Vienna

Reunion in Vienna

Her First Mate

Her First Mate

Broadway to Hollywood

Broadway to Hollywood

Flirt in Audience

Man Wanted

Man Wanted

Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin

The Impatient Maiden

The Impatient Maiden

Huddle

Huddle

She Wanted a Millionaire

She Wanted a Millionaire

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Private Lives

Private Lives

Wicked

Wicked

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

Six Cylinder Love

Six Cylinder Love

Margaret Rogers

Don't Bet on Women

Don't Bet on Women

Command Performance

Command Performance

Princess Katerina

The Secret Witness

The Secret Witness

The Bargain

The Bargain

The Bat Whispers

The Bat Whispers

Dale Van Gorder

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

The Eyes of the World

The Eyes of the World

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Spinout

Spinout

A Tiger Walks

A Tiger Walks

Summer Magic

Summer Magic

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

Mrs. Winemiller

The Mating Game

The Mating Game

The Girl Most Likely

The Girl Most Likely

Aladdin

Aladdin

Aladdin's Mother

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

The Greer Case

The Greer Case

Louise Hoagland

Bundle of Joy

Bundle of Joy

The Kettles in the Ozarks

The Kettles in the Ozarks

Miss Bedelia Baines

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

Sophie Wakefield

I Love Melvin

I Love Melvin

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

Rich, Young and Pretty

Rich, Young and Pretty

A Millionaire for Christy

A Millionaire for Christy

Golden Girl

Golden Girl

Mary Ann Crabtree

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

Miss Irma Gilbert

Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding

Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire

The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild

The Man from Texas

The Man from Texas

It's a Joke, Son!

It's a Joke, Son!

Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

To Heir Is Human

To Heir Is Human

This Is the Army

This Is the Army

Quack Service

Quack Service

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Twin Beds

Twin Beds

Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar

Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

Sandy Gets Her Man

Sandy Gets Her Man

Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain

Belinda Watters

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

Saratoga

Saratoga

Fritzi Kiffmeyer

Don't Tell the Wife

Don't Tell the Wife

True Confession

True Confession

The Good Old Soak

The Good Old Soak

Checkers

Checkers

Born to Dance

Born to Dance

Riffraff

Riffraff

Speed

Speed

Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

We Went to College

We Went to College

Broadway Melody of 1936

Broadway Melody of 1936

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Slade Kinnicott

The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young

One New York Night

One New York Night

Murder in the Fleet

Murder in the Fleet

'Toots' Timmons

Baby Face Harrington

Baby Face Harrington

It's in the Air

It's in the Air

Alice Lane Churchill

The Cat's-Paw

The Cat's-Paw

Petunia Pratt / Cobb

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Have a Heart

Have a Heart

This Side of Heaven

This Side of Heaven

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car

Paris Interlude

Paris Interlude

42nd Street

42nd Street

Lorraine Fleming

Bombshell

Bombshell

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary

The Women in His Life

The Women in His Life

Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

The Secret of Madame Blanche

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Clear All Wires!

Clear All Wires!

Menu

Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

Beauty for Sale

Beauty for Sale

Reunion in Vienna

Reunion in Vienna

Her First Mate

Her First Mate

Broadway to Hollywood

Broadway to Hollywood

Flirt in Audience

Man Wanted

Man Wanted

Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin

The Impatient Maiden

The Impatient Maiden

Huddle

Huddle

She Wanted a Millionaire

She Wanted a Millionaire

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Private Lives

Private Lives

Wicked

Wicked

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

Six Cylinder Love

Six Cylinder Love

Margaret Rogers

Don't Bet on Women

Don't Bet on Women

Command Performance

Command Performance

Princess Katerina

The Secret Witness

The Secret Witness

The Bargain

The Bargain

The Bat Whispers

The Bat Whispers

Dale Van Gorder

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

The Eyes of the World

The Eyes of the World

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Mrs. Thomas Barrett

The Cara Williams Show

The Cara Williams Show

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Miss Samantha Cartier

The Bill Dana Show

The Bill Dana Show

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month

Aladdin's Mother

Climax!

Climax!

Studio One

Studio One

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse