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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 10, 1903
Died
January 2, 1986
Place of Birth
Covington, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Una Kohnfelder
Una Merkel
0.4 Popularity
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
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
7.0
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
5.5
Violet Ranley
Spinout
1966
5.0
The Cara Williams Show
1964
5.7
Mrs. Watkins
A Tiger Walks
1964
6.0
The Bill Dana Show
1963
6.0
Miss Samantha Cartier
Burke's Law
1963
6.0
Clara Lovelace
Burke's Law
1963
Credits
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1985
7.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Spinout
as Violet Ranley
1966
5.5
The Cara Williams Show
1964
5.0
A Tiger Walks
as Mrs. Watkins
1964
5.7
The Bill Dana Show
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Miss Samantha Cartier
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Clara Lovelace
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
1963
6.0
Summer Magic
as Mariah Popham
1963
6.6
Summer and Smoke
as Mrs. Winemiller
1961
6.5
The Parent Trap
as Verbena
1961
7.0
The Mating Game
as Ma Larkin
1959
6.2
Aladdin
as Aladdin's Mother
1958
0.0
The Girl Most Likely
as Mother
1958
2.6
DuPont Show of the Month
as Aladdin's Mother
1957
6.8
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
as Bertha
1957
6.0
The Greer Case
as Louise Hoagland
1957
0.0
Bundle of Joy
as Mrs. Dugan
1956
6.2
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Miss Bedelia Baines
1956
6.4
The Kentuckian
as Sophie Wakefield
1955
5.7
Climax!
as Maud
1954
3.3
I Love Melvin
as Mom Schneider
1953
6.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Rose Barton
1952
6.7
The Merry Widow
as Kitty Riley
1952
6.2
With a Song in My Heart
as Sister Marie
1952
5.9
Golden Girl
as Mary Ann Crabtree
1951
5.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Secretary
1951
7.2
A Millionaire for Christy
as Patsy Clifford
1951
6.4
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Glynnie
1951
5.4
Emergency Wedding
as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
1950
5.5
My Blue Heaven
as Miss Irma Gilbert
1950
7.0
Kill the Umpire
as Betty Johnson
1950
6.3
Studio One
as Parsis McHugh
1948
5.0
The Man from Texas
as Widow Weeks
1948
6.0
The Bride Goes Wild
as Miss Doberly
1948
6.2
It's a Joke, Son!
as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
1947
6.9
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as Patsy Wilkins
1944
4.0
To Heir Is Human
as Una
1944
0.0
🎬
Quack Service
as Daffy
1943
0.0
This Is the Army
as Rose Dibble
1943
5.6
Twin Beds
as Lydia
1942
2.8
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
1942
5.3
Cracked Nuts
as Sharon Knight
1941
0.0
Road to Zanzibar
as Julia Quimby
1941
6.3
The Bank Dick
as Myrtle Sousé
1940
6.5
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Nan Clark
1940
4.0
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Belinda Watters
1940
0.0
Destry Rides Again
as Lily Belle
1939
7.2
On Borrowed Time
as Marcia Giles
1939
7.5
Some Like It Hot
as Flo Saunders
1939
7.2
Four Girls in White
as Gertie Robbins
1939
6.3
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
True Confession
as Daisy McClure
1937
5.8
Checkers
as Mamie Appleby
1937
0.0
Saratoga
as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
1937
6.2
The Good Old Soak
as Nellie
1937
0.0
Don't Tell the Wife
as Nancy Dorsey
1937
5.0
Born to Dance
as Jenny Saks
1936
6.0
🎬
We Went to College
as Susan Standish
1936
3.0
Speed
as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
1936
5.5
Riffraff
as Lil
1936
4.9
It's in the Air
as Alice Lane Churchill
1935
5.0
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Kitty Corbett
1935
6.4
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Toots' Timmons
1935
5.0
Baby Face Harrington
as Millicent
1935
4.8
One New York Night
as Phoebe
1935
0.0
The Night Is Young
as Fanni Kerner
1935
5.7
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Slade Kinnicott
1935
6.3
Evelyn Prentice
as Amy Drexel
1934
6.5
The Merry Widow
as Queen Dolores
1934
6.7
Have a Heart
as Joan O'Day
1934
7.0
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Gwen
1934
5.3
The Cat's-Paw
as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
1934
6.3
Paris Interlude
as Cassie
1934
3.0
Murder in the Private Car
as Georgia Latham
1934
5.3
This Side of Heaven
as Birdie
1934
7.0
The Women in His Life
as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
1933
3.5
Day of Reckoning
as Mamie
1933
4.4
Bombshell
as Mac
1933
6.5
Menu
as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
1933
5.1
Broadway to Hollywood
as Flirt in Audience
1933
4.6
Beauty for Sale
as Carol Merrick
1933
7.0
Her First Mate
as Hattie
1933
0.0
Midnight Mary
as Bunny
1933
6.8
Reunion in Vienna
as Ilsa Hinrich
1933
6.6
42nd Street
as Lorraine Fleming
1933
6.9
Clear All Wires!
as Dolly Winslow
1933
6.5
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Ella
1933
3.4
Whistling in the Dark
as Toby Van Buren
1933
5.6
Men Are Such Fools
as Molly
1932
0.0
They Call It Sin
as Dixie Dare
1932
5.8
Red-Headed Woman
as Sally
1932
6.5
Huddle
as Coach Malcolm
1932
6.6
Man Wanted
as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
1932
5.1
The Impatient Maiden
as Betty Merrick
1932
0.0
She Wanted a Millionaire
as Mary Taylor
1932
0.0
The Secret Witness
as Lois Martin
1931
2.3
Private Lives
as Sibyl Chase
1931
6.3
Wicked
as June
1931
4.7
The Bargain
as Etta
1931
0.0
Daddy Long Legs
as Sally McBride
1931
4.0
The Maltese Falcon
as Effie Perrine
1931
6.3
Six Cylinder Love
as Margaret Rogers
1931
0.0
Don't Bet on Women
as Tallulah Hope
1931
4.1
Command Performance
as Princess Katerina
1931
4.1
The Bat Whispers
as Dale Van Gorder
1930
6.5
Abraham Lincoln
as Ann Rutledge
1930
5.4
The Eyes of the World
as Sybil LaGrange
1930
0.0