
Una Merkel
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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
Credits

The Parent Trap (1961)
as Verbena

Huddle (1932)
as Coach Malcolm

That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot (1939)
as Flo Saunders

Speed (1936)
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

Checkers (1937)
as Mamie Appleby

That's Dancing! (1985)
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Evelyn Prentice (1934)
as Amy Drexel

This Is the Army (1943)
as Rose Dibble

42nd Street (1933)
as Lorraine Fleming

The Bank Dick (1940)
as Myrtle Sousé

Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Ilsa Hinrich

Summer Magic (1963)
as Mariah Popham

Bundle of Joy (1956)
as Mrs. Dugan

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

The Cat's-Paw (1934)
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

Spinout (1966)
as Violet Ranley

The Merry Widow (1934)
as Queen Dolores

Double Date (1941)
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland

Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
as Glynnie

The Kentuckian (1955)
as Sophie Wakefield

My Blue Heaven (1950)
as Miss Irma Gilbert

The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as Miss Doberly

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
as Mary Taylor

Twin Beds (1942)
as Lydia

Summer and Smoke (1961)
as Mrs. Winemiller

Menu (1933)
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Men Are Such Fools (1932)
as Molly

Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Lily Belle
Quack Service (1943)
as Daffy

Man Wanted (1932)
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
Love's Old Sweet Song (1924)
Actor

The Eyes of the World (1930)
as Sybil LaGrange

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Kitty Corbett

Clear All Wires! (1933)
as Dolly Winslow

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Ann Rutledge

Golden Girl (1951)
as Mary Ann Crabtree

Murder in the Fleet (1935)
as 'Toots' Timmons

Six Cylinder Love (1931)
as Margaret Rogers

Beauty for Sale (1933)
as Carol Merrick

The Mating Game (1959)
as Ma Larkin

The Merry Widow (1952)
as Kitty Riley

Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self

Saratoga (1937)
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Sally

Born to Dance (1936)
as Jenny Saks

Bombshell (1933)
as Mac

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)

Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Julia

They Call It Sin (1932)
as Dixie Dare

A Tiger Walks (1964)
as Mrs. Watkins

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)

Midnight Mary (1933)
as Bunny

Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Betty Johnson

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
as Bertha

On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Marcia Giles

With a Song in My Heart (1952)
as Sister Marie

One New York Night (1935)
as Phoebe

The Girl Most Likely (1958)
as Mother

The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
as Ella

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Gwen

The Maltese Falcon (1931)
as Effie Perrine

Riffraff (1936)
as Lil

The Good Old Soak (1937)
as Nellie

I Love Melvin (1953)
as Mom Schneider

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
as Slade Kinnicott

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
as Belinda Watters

The Night Is Young (1935)
as Fanni Kerner

The Man from Texas (1948)
as Widow Weeks

The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
as Miss Bedelia Baines

It's in the Air (1935)
as Alice Lane Churchill

Don't Bet on Women (1931)
as Tallulah Hope

The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Millicent

Four Girls in White (1939)
as Gertie Robbins

Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
as Nan Clark

Aladdin (1958)
as Aladdin's Mother

A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
as Patsy Clifford

The Bat Whispers (1930)
as Dale Van Gorder

Murder in the Private Car (1934)
as Georgia Latham

True Confession (1937)
as Daisy McClure

Whistling in the Dark (1933)
as Toby Van Buren

Command Performance (1931)
as Princess Katerina

Paris Interlude (1934)
as Cassie

This Side of Heaven (1934)
as Birdie

Have a Heart (1934)
as Joan O'Day

The Greer Case (1957)
as Louise Hoagland

Day of Reckoning (1933)
as Mamie

The Women in His Life (1933)
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons

To Heir Is Human (1944)
as Una

Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
as Patsy Wilkins

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
as Nancy Dorsey

The Secret Witness (1931)
as Lois Martin

Wicked (1931)
as June

Her First Mate (1933)
as Hattie

Daddy Long Legs (1931)
as Sally McBride

Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Sharon Knight

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as Flirt in Audience

The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Betty Merrick
We Went to College (1936)
as Susan Standish

The Bargain (1931)
as Etta

Private Lives (1931)
as Sibyl Chase

Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist





