Una Merkel
Una Merkel
Birthday: Dec 10, 1903
Place of Birth: Covington, Kentucky, USA
Bio: Although she is best known for her later work, Una Merkel actually started in film in 1920 as Lillian Gish's stand-in for Way Down East. After a stage career in the 1920s, she returned to films as Ann Rutledge in D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930). The vivacious character actress brightened up dozens of films, playing mostly comic roles interspersed with an occasional dramatic part. Films to

Filmography

Year Title Credit
2005 Private Lives Actor
1966 Spinout Violet Ranley
1964 A Tiger Walks Mrs. Watkins
1963 Summer Magic Maria Popham
1961 The Parent Trap Verbena
1961 Summer and Smoke Mrs. Winemiller
1959 The Mating Game Ma Larkin
1957 The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown Bertha
1957 Girl Most Likely Mom
1956 Kettles in the Ozarks Miss Bedelia Baines
1956 Bundle of Joy Mrs. Dugan
1955 The Kentuckian Sophie
1953 I Love Melvin Mom Schneider
1952 The Merry Widow Kitty Riley
1952 With a Song in My Heart Sister Marie
1951 Rich, Young and Pretty Glynnie
1950 My Blue Heaven Miss Gilbert
1950 Kill the Umpire Betty Johnson
1948 Man from Texas Widow Weeks
1947 It's a Joke, Son Magnolia Claghorn
1943 It's a Joke, Son! Actor
1943 This Is the Army Rose Dibble
1941 Road to Zanzibar Julia Quimby
1940 The Bank Dick Myrtle Sousé
1939 Destry Rides Again Lily Belle Callahan
1939 Some Like It Hot (Rhythm Romance) Flo Saunders
1939 On Borrowed Time Marcia Giles
1937 True Confession Daisy McClure
1937 Saratoga Fritzi O'Malley
1937 Don't Tell the Wife Nancy Dorset
1936 Riffraff Actor
1936 Born to Dance Jenny Saks
1935 Riff Raff Lil
1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 Actor
1935 The Broadway Melody Kitty Corbett
1934 Murder in the Private Car Georgia
1934 The Cat's-Paw Petunia Pratt
1934 Evelyn Prentice Amy Drexel
1934 Paris Interlude Cassie
1934 The Merry Widow Queen Dolorex
1933 Midnight Mary Bunny
1933 42nd Street Lorraine Fleming
1933 Bombshell (Blonde Bombshell) Miss Mac
1932 Huddle Thelma
1932 She Wanted A Millionaire Mary Taylor
1932 Red-Headed Woman Sally
1932 They Call It Sin Dixie
1932 Impatient Maiden Betty Merrick
1931 Private Lives Sibyl Chase
1931 The Maltese Falcon Effie Perine
1931 Secret Witness Lois Martin
1930 Abraham Lincoln Ann Rutledge
1930 The Bat Whispers Dale Van Gorder