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
(1961)
Verbena
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Ann Rutledge
Summer Magic
(1963)
Mariah Popham
Red-Headed Woman
(1932)
Sally
42nd Street
(1933)
Lorraine Fleming
Born to Dance
(1936)
Jenny Saks
This Is the Army
(1943)
Rose Dibble
The Kentuckian
(1955)
Sophie Wakefield
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
Effie Perrine
Destry Rides Again
(1939)
Lily Belle
Full Filmography
Acting
The Bat Whispers
(1930)
Dale Van Gorder
Abraham Lincoln
(1930)
Ann Rutledge
The Eyes of the World
(1930)
Sybil LaGrange
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
Effie Perrine
The Secret Witness
(1931)
Lois Martin
Private Lives
(1931)
Sibyl Chase
Wicked
(1931)
June
Daddy Long Legs
(1931)
Sally McBride
Six Cylinder Love
(1931)
Margaret Rogers
Don't Bet on Women
(1931)
Tallulah Hope
Command Performance
(1931)
Princess Katerina
The Bargain
(1931)
Etta
Red-Headed Woman
(1932)
Sally
They Call It Sin
(1932)
Dixie Dare
Man Wanted
(1932)
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
The Impatient Maiden
(1932)
Betty Merrick
Huddle
(1932)
Coach Malcolm
She Wanted a Millionaire
(1932)
Mary Taylor
Men Are Such Fools
(1932)
Molly
42nd Street
(1933)
Lorraine Fleming
Bombshell
(1933)
Mac
Midnight Mary
(1933)
Bunny 'Bun'
The Women in His Life
(1933)
Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
The Secret of Madame Blanche
(1933)
Ella
Clear All Wires!
(1933)
Dolly Winslow
Day of Reckoning
(1933)
Mamie
Whistling in the Dark
(1933)
Toby Van Buren
Beauty for Sale
(1933)
Carol Merrick
Reunion in Vienna
(1933)
Ilsa Hinrich
Her First Mate
(1933)
Hattie
Broadway to Hollywood
(1933)
Flirt in Audience
Menu
(1933)
Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
The Cat's-Paw
(1934)
Petunia Pratt / Cobb
The Merry Widow
(1934)
Queen Dolores
Evelyn Prentice
(1934)
Amy Drexel
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
(1934)
Gwen
Have a Heart
(1934)
Joan O'Day
This Side of Heaven
(1934)
Birdie
Murder in the Private Car
(1934)
Georgia Latham
Paris Interlude
(1934)
Cassie
Broadway Melody of 1936
(1935)
Kitty Corbett
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
(1935)
Slade Kinnicott
The Night Is Young
(1935)
Fanni Kerner
Murder in the Fleet
(1935)
'Toots' Timmons
Baby Face Harrington
(1935)
Millicent Harrington
One New York Night
(1935)
Phoebe
It's in the Air
(1935)
Alice Lane Churchill
Born to Dance
(1936)
Jenny Saks
Riffraff
(1936)
Lil
Speed
(1936)
Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
We Went to College
(1936)
Susan Standish
Saratoga
(1937)
Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Don't Tell the Wife
(1937)
Nancy Dorsey
True Confession
(1937)
Daisy McClure
The Good Old Soak
(1937)
Nellie
Checkers
(1937)
Mamie Appleby
Hollywood Goes to Town
(1938)
Self
On Borrowed Time
(1939)
Marcia Giles
Destry Rides Again
(1939)
Lily Belle
Four Girls in White
(1939)
Gertie Robbins
Some Like It Hot
(1939)
Flo Saunders
The Bank Dick
(1940)
Myrtle Sousé
Comin' Round the Mountain
(1940)
Sandy Gets Her Man
(1940)
Nan Clark
Road to Zanzibar
(1941)
Julia Quimby
Cracked Nuts
(1941)
Sharon Knight
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
(1942)
Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Twin Beds
(1942)
Lydia
This Is the Army
(1943)
Rose Dibble
Quack Service
(1943)
Daffy
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
(1944)
Patsy Wilkins
To Heir Is Human
(1944)
Una
It's a Joke, Son!
(1947)
Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
The Bride Goes Wild
(1948)
Miss Doberly
The Man from Texas
(1948)
Widow Weeks
My Blue Heaven
(1950)
Miss Irma Gilbert
Emergency Wedding
(1950)
Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
Kill the Umpire
(1950)
Betty Johnson
Rich, Young and Pretty
(1951)
Glynnie
A Millionaire for Christy
(1951)
Patsy Clifford
Golden Girl
(1951)
Mary Ann Crabtree
With a Song in My Heart
(1952)
Sister Marie
The Merry Widow
(1952)
Kitty Riley
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Mom Schneider
The Kentuckian
(1955)
Sophie Wakefield
Bundle of Joy
(1956)
Mrs. Dugan
The Kettles in the Ozarks
(1956)
Miss Bedelia Baines
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
(1957)
Bertha
The Greer Case
(1957)
Louise Hoagland
The Girl Most Likely
(1958)
Mother
Aladdin
(1958)
Aladdin's Mother
The Mating Game
(1959)
Ma Larkin
The Parent Trap
(1961)
Verbena
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Mrs. Winemiller
Summer Magic
(1963)
Mariah Popham
A Tiger Walks
(1964)
Mrs. Watkins
Spinout
(1966)
Violet Ranley
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(1972)
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
(1985)
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)