
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

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Ann Rutledge

The Maltese Falcon (1931)
as Effie Perrine

42nd Street (1933)
as Lorraine Fleming

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

Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Lily Belle

Spinout (1966)
as Violet Ranley

The Kentuckian (1955)
as Sophie Wakefield

Evelyn Prentice (1934)
as Amy Drexel

The Mating Game (1959)
as Ma Larkin

Summer and Smoke (1961)
as Mrs. Winemiller

Summer Magic (1963)
as Mariah Popham

Twin Beds (1942)
as Lydia

Golden Girl (1951)
as Mary Ann Crabtree

This Is the Army (1943)
as Rose Dibble

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

Midnight Mary (1933)
as Bunny

Born to Dance (1936)
as Jenny Saks

Bombshell (1933)
as Mac

Man Wanted (1932)
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

The Merry Widow (1952)
as Kitty Riley

Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self

Huddle (1932)
as Coach Malcolm

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

The Bank Dick (1940)
as Myrtle Sousé

The Merry Widow (1934)
as Queen Dolores

Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
as Glynnie

A Tiger Walks (1964)
as Mrs. Watkins

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

Bundle of Joy (1956)
as Mrs. Dugan

Speed (1936)
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Marcia Giles

I Love Melvin (1953)
as Mom Schneider

Reunion in Vienna (1933)
as Ilsa Hinrich

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

My Blue Heaven (1950)
as Miss Irma Gilbert

Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Sally

Checkers (1937)
as Mamie Appleby

Saratoga (1937)
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer

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

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

Riffraff (1936)
as Lil

The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as Miss Doberly

Menu (1933)
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Betty Merrick

Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Betty Johnson

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Kitty Corbett

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
as Bertha

The Man from Texas (1948)
as Widow Weeks

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

True Confession (1937)
as Daisy McClure

They Call It Sin (1932)
as Dixie Dare

Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Julia

The Bat Whispers (1930)
as Dale Van Gorder

The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
as Ella

Murder in the Private Car (1934)
as Georgia Latham

Cracked Nuts (1941)
as Sharon Knight

Aladdin (1958)
as Aladdin's Mother

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
as Slade Kinnicott

Paris Interlude (1934)
as Cassie

Beauty for Sale (1933)
as Carol Merrick

Some Like It Hot (1939)
as Flo Saunders

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

The Greer Case (1957)
as Louise Hoagland

Private Lives (1931)
as Sibyl Chase

The Girl Most Likely (1958)
as Mother

Wicked (1931)
as June

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

The Night Is Young (1935)
as Fanni Kerner

One New York Night (1935)
as Phoebe

Men Are Such Fools (1932)
as Molly

Four Girls in White (1939)
as Gertie Robbins

Whistling in the Dark (1933)
as Toby Van Buren

The Bargain (1931)
as Etta

Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist

She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
as Mary Taylor

The Good Old Soak (1937)
as Nellie

A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
as Patsy Clifford

This Side of Heaven (1934)
as Birdie

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

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Gwen

Day of Reckoning (1933)
as Mamie

Clear All Wires! (1933)
as Dolly Winslow

Her First Mate (1933)
as Hattie

Six Cylinder Love (1931)
as Margaret Rogers

Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Millicent

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

To Heir Is Human (1944)
as Una

Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)
as Nan Clark

Daddy Long Legs (1931)
as Sally McBride

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
as Belinda Watters

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

The Secret Witness (1931)
as Lois Martin

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

The Eyes of the World (1930)
as Sybil LaGrange

Have a Heart (1934)
as Joan O'Day

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

Double Date (1941)
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as Flirt in Audience
We Went to College (1936)
as Susan Standish

Command Performance (1931)
as Princess Katerina
Quack Service (1943)
as Daffy





