Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-12-10

Deathday

1986-01-02 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Covington, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

Una Kohnfelder

Una Merkel

Biography

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

7.0%

The Parent Trap

May 13, 1961

6.9%

42nd Street

Mar 11, 1933

7.2%

Destry Rides Again

Nov 30, 1939

6.5%

The Bank Dick

Nov 29, 1940

6.8%

The Merry Widow

Nov 2, 1934

6.5%

Bombshell

Oct 13, 1933

5.7%

The Kentuckian

Jul 22, 1955

6.7%

Red-Headed Woman

Jun 25, 1932

6.4%

The Maltese Falcon

May 23, 1931

6.7%

Summer Magic

Jul 7, 1963

5.4%

Abraham Lincoln

Nov 8, 1930

5.6%

Spinout

Oct 6, 1966

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Acting

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)

1988

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

1964		The Cara Williams Show
1964		A Tiger Walks as Mrs. Watkins

1963		The Bill Dana Show
1963		Burke's Law as Miss Samantha Cartier
1963		Burke's Law as Clara Lovelace
1963		Burke's Law as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
1963		Summer Magic as Mariah Popham

1961		Summer and Smoke as Mrs. Winemiller
1961		The Parent Trap as Verbena

1959

The Mating Game as Ma Larkin

1958		Aladdin as Aladdin's Mother
1958		The Girl Most Likely as Mother

1957		DuPont Show of the Month as Aladdin's Mother
1957		The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown as Bertha
1957		The Greer Case as Louise Hoagland

1956		Bundle of Joy as Mrs. Dugan
1956		The Kettles in the Ozarks as Miss Bedelia Baines

1955

The Kentuckian as Sophie Wakefield

1954

Climax! as Maud

1953

I Love Melvin as Mom Schneider

1952		Four Star Playhouse as Rose Barton
1952		The Merry Widow as Kitty Riley
1952		With a Song in My Heart as Sister Marie

1951		Golden Girl as Mary Ann Crabtree
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Secretary
1951		A Millionaire for Christy as Patsy Clifford
1951		Rich, Young and Pretty as Glynnie

1950		Emergency Wedding as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
1950		My Blue Heaven as Miss Irma Gilbert
1950		Kill the Umpire as Betty Johnson

1948		Studio One as Parsis McHugh
1948		The Man from Texas as Widow Weeks
1948		The Bride Goes Wild as Miss Doberly

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		Quack Service as Daffy
1943		This Is the Army as Rose Dibble

1942		Twin Beds as Lydia
1942		The Mad Doctor of Market Street as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

1941		Cracked Nuts as Sharon Knight
1941		Road to Zanzibar as Julia Quimby

1940		The Bank Dick as Myrtle Sousé
1940		Sandy Gets Her Man as Nan Clark
1940		Comin' Round the Mountain as Belinda Watters

1939		Destry Rides Again as Lily Belle
1939		On Borrowed Time as Marcia Giles
1939		Some Like It Hot as Flo Saunders
1939		Four Girls in White as Gertie Robbins

1938

Hollywood Goes to Town as Self

1937		True Confession as Daisy McClure
1937		Checkers as Mamie Appleby
1937		Saratoga as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
1937		The Good Old Soak as Nellie
1937		Don't Tell the Wife as Nancy Dorsey

1936		Born to Dance as Jenny Saks
1936		We Went to College as Susan Standish
1936		Speed as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
1936		Riffraff as Lil

1935		It's in the Air as Alice Lane Churchill
1935		Broadway Melody of 1936 as Kitty Corbett
1935		Murder in the Fleet as 'Toots' Timmons
1935		Baby Face Harrington as Millicent
1935		One New York Night as Phoebe
1935		The Night Is Young as Fanni Kerner
1935		Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Slade Kinnicott

1934		Evelyn Prentice as Amy Drexel
1934		The Merry Widow as Queen Dolores
1934		Have a Heart as Joan O'Day
1934		Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Gwen
1934		The Cat's-Paw as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
1934		Paris Interlude as Cassie
1934		Murder in the Private Car as Georgia Latham
1934		This Side of Heaven as Birdie

1933		The Women in His Life as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
1933		Day of Reckoning as Mamie
1933		Bombshell as Mac
1933		Menu as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
1933		Broadway to Hollywood as Flirt in Audience
1933		Beauty for Sale as Carol Merrick
1933		Her First Mate as Hattie
1933		Midnight Mary as Bunny
1933		Reunion in Vienna as Ilsa Hinrich
1933		42nd Street as Lorraine Fleming
1933		Clear All Wires! as Dolly Winslow
1933		The Secret of Madame Blanche as Ella
1933		Whistling in the Dark as Toby Van Buren

1932		Men Are Such Fools as Molly
1932		They Call It Sin as Dixie Dare
1932		Red-Headed Woman as Sally
1932		Huddle as Coach Malcolm
1932		Man Wanted as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
1932		The Impatient Maiden as Betty Merrick
1932		She Wanted a Millionaire as Mary Taylor

1931		Private Lives as Sibyl Chase
1931		The Secret Witness as Lois Martin
1931		Wicked as June
1931		The Bargain as Etta
1931		Daddy Long Legs as Sally McBride
1931		The Maltese Falcon as Effie Perrine
1931		Six Cylinder Love as Margaret Rogers
1931		Don't Bet on Women as Tallulah Hope
1931		Command Performance as Princess Katerina

1930		The Bat Whispers as Dale Van Gorder
1930		Abraham Lincoln as Ann Rutledge
1930		The Eyes of the World as Sybil LaGrange