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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 roles that explain the career.
69 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Spinout | Violet Ranley | Film |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Mrs. Watkins | Film |
| 1963 | Summer Magic | Mariah Popham | Film |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Verbena | Film |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke | Mrs. Winemiller | Film |
| 1959 | The Mating Game | Ma Larkin | Film |
| 1958 | The Girl Most Likely | Mother | Film |
| 1957 | The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Bertha | Film |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Miss Bedelia Baines | Film |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | Mrs. Dugan | Film |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Sophie Wakefield | Film |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin | Mom Schneider | Film |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | Kitty Riley | Film |
| 1952 | With a Song in My Heart | Sister Marie | Film |
| 1951 | Golden Girl | Mary Ann Crabtree | Film |
| 1951 | Rich, Young and Pretty | Glynnie | Film |
| 1951 | A Millionaire for Christy | Patsy Clifford | Film |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Miss Irma Gilbert | Film |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Betty Johnson | Film |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Widow Weeks | Film |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Miss Doberly | Film |
| 1947 | It's a Joke, Son! | Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn | Film |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Rose Dibble | Film |
| 1942 | The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Aunt Margaret Wentworth | Film |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Lydia | Film |
| 1941 | Road to Zanzibar | Julia | Film |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Sharon Knight | Film |
| 1941 | Double Date | Aunt Elsie Kirkland | Film |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Myrtle Sousé | Film |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Marcia Giles | Film |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Gertie Robbins | Film |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Lily Belle | Film |
| 1939 | Some Like It Hot | Flo Saunders | Film |
| 1937 | True Confession | Daisy McClure | Film |
| 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife | Nancy Dorsey | Film |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Fritzi Kiffmeyer | Film |
| 1936 | Riffraff | Lil | Film |
| 1936 | Speed | Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson | Film |
| 1936 | Born to Dance | Jenny Saks | Film |
| 1935 | One New York Night | Phoebe | Film |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young | Fanni Kerner | Film |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Slade Kinnicott | Film |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 | Kitty Corbett | Film |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice | Amy Drexel | Film |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Queen Dolores | Film |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | Petunia Pratt / Cobb | Film |
| 1934 | Murder in the Private Car | Georgia Latham | Film |
| 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Gwen | Film |
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Lorraine Fleming | Film |
| 1933 | Bombshell | Mac | Film |
| 1933 | Midnight Mary | Bunny | Film |
| 1933 | The Women in His Life | Miss 'Simmy' Simmons | Film |
| 1933 | Clear All Wires! | Dolly Winslow | Film |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche | Ella | Film |
| 1933 | Menu | Mrs. Omsk (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Toby Van Buren | Film |
| 1933 | Day of Reckoning | Mamie | Film |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | Ilsa Hinrich | Film |
| 1933 | Beauty for Sale | Carol Merrick | Film |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman | Sally | Film |
| 1932 | Man Wanted | Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman | Film |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin | Dixie Dare | Film |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Betty Merrick | Film |
| 1932 | Huddle | Coach Malcolm | Film |
| 1931 | The Maltese Falcon | Effie Perrine | Film |
| 1931 | Private Lives | Sibyl Chase | Film |
| 1931 | Wicked | June | Film |
| 1930 | The Bat Whispers | Dale Van Gorder | Film |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge | Film |
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