Actor

Una Merkel

Birthday: December 10, 1903

Born in: Covington, Kentucky, USA

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.

Movie Credits

That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage)
Age: 90
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 83
That's Dancing! (1985) as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Age: 81
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 68
Spinout (1966) as Violet Ranley
Age: 62
A Tiger Walks (1964) as Mrs. Watkins
Age: 60
Summer Magic (1963) as Mariah Popham
Age: 59
Summer and Smoke (1961) as Mrs. Winemiller
Age: 57
The Parent Trap (1961) as Verbena
Age: 57
The Mating Game (1959) as Ma Larkin
Age: 55
Aladdin (1958) as Aladdin's Mother
Age: 54
The Girl Most Likely (1958) as Mother
Age: 54
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957) as Bertha
Age: 53
The Greer Case (1957) as Louise Hoagland
Age: 53
Bundle of Joy (1956) as Mrs. Dugan
Age: 53
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) as Miss Bedelia Baines
Age: 52
The Kentuckian (1955) as Sophie Wakefield
Age: 51
I Love Melvin (1953) as Mom Schneider
Age: 49
The Merry Widow (1952) as Kitty Riley
Age: 48
With a Song in My Heart (1952) as Sister Marie
Age: 48
Golden Girl (1951) as Mary Ann Crabtree
Age: 47
A Millionaire for Christy (1951) as Patsy Clifford
Age: 47
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) as Glynnie
Age: 47
Emergency Wedding (1950) as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
Age: 46
My Blue Heaven (1950) as Miss Irma Gilbert
Age: 46
Kill the Umpire (1950) as Betty Johnson
Age: 46
The Man from Texas (1948) as Widow Weeks
Age: 44
The Bride Goes Wild (1948) as Miss Doberly
Age: 44
It's a Joke, Son! (1947) as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
Age: 43
Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944) as Patsy Wilkins
Age: 40
To Heir Is Human (1944) as Una
Age: 40
Quack Service (1943) as Daffy
Age: 39
This Is the Army (1943) as Rose Dibble
Age: 39
Twin Beds (1942) as Lydia
Age: 38
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Age: 38
Cracked Nuts (1941) as Sharon Knight
Age: 37
Road to Zanzibar (1941) as Julia Quimby
Age: 37
The Bank Dick (1940) as Myrtle Sousé
Age: 36
Sandy Gets Her Man (1940) as Nan Clark
Age: 36
Comin' Round the Mountain (1940) as Belinda Watters
Age: 36
Destry Rides Again (1939) as Lily Belle
Age: 35
On Borrowed Time (1939) as Marcia Giles
Age: 35
Some Like It Hot (1939) as Flo Saunders
Age: 35
Four Girls in White (1939) as Gertie Robbins
Age: 35
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) as Self
Age: 34
True Confession (1937) as Daisy McClure
Age: 34
Checkers (1937) as Mamie Appleby
Age: 33
Saratoga (1937) as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Age: 33
The Good Old Soak (1937) as Nellie
Age: 33
Don't Tell the Wife (1937) as Nancy Dorsey
Age: 33
Born to Dance (1936) as Jenny Saks
Age: 32
We Went to College (1936) as Susan Standish
Age: 32
Speed (1936) as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
Age: 32
Riffraff (1936) as Lil
Age: 32
It's in the Air (1935) as Alice Lane Churchill
Age: 31
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) as Kitty Corbett
Age: 31
Murder in the Fleet (1935) as 'Toots' Timmons
Age: 31
Baby Face Harrington (1935) as Millicent
Age: 31
One New York Night (1935) as Phoebe
Age: 31
The Night Is Young (1935) as Fanni Kerner
Age: 31
Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) as Slade Kinnicott
Age: 31
Evelyn Prentice (1934) as Amy Drexel
Age: 30
The Merry Widow (1934) as Queen Dolores
Age: 30
Have a Heart (1934) as Joan O'Day
Age: 30
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) as Gwen
Age: 30
The Cat's-Paw (1934) as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
Age: 30
Paris Interlude (1934) as Cassie
Age: 30
Murder in the Private Car (1934) as Georgia Latham
Age: 30
This Side of Heaven (1934) as Birdie
Age: 30
The Women in His Life (1933) as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
Age: 29
Day of Reckoning (1933) as Mamie
Age: 29
Bombshell (1933) as Mac
Age: 29
Menu (1933) as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Age: 29
Broadway to Hollywood (1933) as Flirt in Audience
Age: 29
Beauty for Sale (1933) as Carol Merrick
Age: 29
Her First Mate (1933) as Hattie
Age: 29
Midnight Mary (1933) as Bunny
Age: 29
Reunion in Vienna (1933) as Ilsa Hinrich
Age: 29
42nd Street (1933) as Lorraine Fleming
Age: 29
Clear All Wires! (1933) as Dolly Winslow
Age: 29
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933) as Ella
Age: 29
Whistling in the Dark (1933) as Toby Van Buren
Age: 29
Men Are Such Fools (1932) as Molly
Age: 28
They Call It Sin (1932) as Dixie Dare
Age: 28
Red-Headed Woman (1932) as Sally
Age: 28
Huddle (1932) as Coach Malcolm
Age: 28
Man Wanted (1932) as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
Age: 28
The Impatient Maiden (1932) as Betty Merrick
Age: 28
She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) as Mary Taylor
Age: 28
Private Lives (1931) as Sibyl Chase
Age: 28
The Secret Witness (1931) as Lois Martin
Age: 28
Wicked (1931) as June
Age: 27
The Bargain (1931) as Etta
Age: 27
Daddy Long Legs (1931) as Sally McBride
Age: 27
The Maltese Falcon (1931) as Effie Perrine
Age: 27
Six Cylinder Love (1931) as Margaret Rogers
Age: 27
Don't Bet on Women (1931) as Tallulah Hope
Age: 27
Command Performance (1931) as Princess Katerina
Age: 27
The Bat Whispers (1930) as Dale Van Gorder
Age: 26
Abraham Lincoln (1930) as Ann Rutledge
Age: 26
The Eyes of the World (1930) as Sybil LaGrange
Age: 26