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