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