Birthday
1903/12/10
Day of death
1986/01/02 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Also know as
Una Kohnfelder
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.
(1940) The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
(1933) 42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
(1941) Road to Zanzibar
as Julia Quimby
(1930) The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
(1931) The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
(1939) On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
(1934) The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
(1942) The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
(1956) Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
(1959) The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
(1943) This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
(1939) Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
(1933) Bombshell
as Mac
(1936) Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
(1934) The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
(1935) Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
(1937) Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
(1955) The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
(1952) With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
(1953) I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
(1961) The Parent Trap
as Verbena
(1933) Midnight Mary
as Bunny
(1934) Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
(1956) The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
(1932) Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
(1961) Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
(1933) The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
(1933) The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Ella
(1932) Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
(1932) They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
(1936) Riffraff
as Lil
(1937) Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
(1931) Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
(1948) The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
(1951) Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
(1937) True Confession
as Daisy McClure
(1948) The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
(1930) Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
(1957) The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
(1939) Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
(1932) The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
(1933) Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
(1947) It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
(1935) Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
(1933) Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
(1933) Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
(1934) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Gwen
(1931) Wicked
as June
(1952) The Merry Widow
as Kitty Riley
(1951) A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
(1933) Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
(1933) Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
(1951) Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
(1933) Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
(1932) Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
(1936) Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
(1935) The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
(1935) One New York Night
as Phoebe
(1934) Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
(1931) Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
(1934) This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
(1934) Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
(1933) Her First Mate
as Hattie
(1932) She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
(1931) Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
(1963) Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
(1936) We Went to College
as Susan Standish
(1950) My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
(1935) Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
(1958) The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
(1935) Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
(1932) Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
(1931) Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
(1950) Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
(1934) Paris Interlude
as Cassie
(1931) Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
(1941) Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
(1933) Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
(1931) The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
(1957) The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
(1935) It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
(1950) Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
(1937) The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
(1944) Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
(1964) A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
(1966) Spinout
as Violet Ranley
(1944) To Heir Is Human
as Una
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1942) Twin Beds
as Lydia
(1943) Quack Service
as Daffy
(1938) Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1940) Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
(1937) Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
(1940) Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
(1930) The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange
(1931) The Bargain
as Etta
(1958) Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
(1963) Burke's Law
as Miss Samantha Cartier
(1948) Studio One
as Parsis McHugh
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Secretary
(1954) Climax!
as Maud
(1963) The Bill Dana Show
as ---
(1964) The Cara Williams Show
as ---
(1963) Burke's Law
as Clara Lovelace
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Rose Barton
(1963) Burke's Law
as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Aladdin's Mother