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

Climax!
1957
Studio One
1954
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Burke's Law
1963
DuPont Show of the Month
1958
The Cara Williams Show
1964
The Bill Dana Show
1963
The Parent Trap
1961
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1953
On Borrowed Time
1939
Destry Rides Again
1939
The Merry Widow
1934

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
112
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1985
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1966
Spinout
as Violet Ranley
1965
Burke's Law
as Clara Lovelace
1965
Burke's Law
as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
1964
A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
1964
The Cara Williams Show
1963
Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
1963
Burke's Law
as Miss Samantha Cartier
1963
The Bill Dana Show
1961
The Parent Trap
as Verbena
1961
Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
1959
The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
1958
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
1958
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
1958
DuPont Show of the Month
as Aladdin's Mother
1957
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
1957
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
1957
Climax!
as Maud
1956
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
1955
The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
1954
Studio One
as Parsis McHugh
1953
I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Secretary
1952
With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
1952
The Merry Widow
as Kitty Riley
1952
Four Star Playhouse
as Rose Barton
1951
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
1951
A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
1951
Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
1950
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
1950
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
1950
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
1948
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
1947
It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
1944
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
1944
To Heir Is Human
as Una
1943
This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
1943
Quack Service
as Daffy
1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1942
Twin Beds
as Lydia
1941
Road to Zanzibar
as Julia
1941
Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
1941
Double Date
as Aunt Elsie Kirkland
1940
The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
1940
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
1939
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
1939
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
1939
Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
1939
Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1937
Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
1937
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
1937
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
1937
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
1936
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
1936
Riffraff
as Lil
1936
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
1936
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
1935
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
1935
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
1935
One New York Night
as Phoebe
1935
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
1935
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
1935
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
1934
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
1934
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
1934
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Gwen
1934
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
1934
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
1934
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
1934
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
1933
42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
1933
Bombshell
as Mac
1933
Midnight Mary
as Bunny
1933
The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Ella
1933
Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
1933
Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
1933
Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
1933
Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
1933
Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
1933
Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
1933
Her First Mate
as Hattie
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
1932
Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
1932
Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
1932
They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
1932
The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
1932
Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
1932
She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
1932
Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
1931
The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
1931
Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
1931
Wicked
as June
1931
Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
1931
Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
1931
Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
1931
Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
1931
The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
1931
The Bargain
as Etta
1930
The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
1930
Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
1930
The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange