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Una Merkel

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Una Merkel

Born December 10, 1903 in Covington, Kentucky, USADied January 2, 198697 films

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.

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Destry Rides Again posterFirst watchDestry Rides Again19397.2as Lily BelleTom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the…View film

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Filmography

97 films as actor
  1. 1966SpinoutViolet Ranley
  2. 1964A Tiger WalksMrs. Watkins
  3. 1963Summer MagicMariah Popham
  4. 1961Summer and SmokeMrs. Winemiller
  5. 1961The Parent TrapVerbena
  6. 1959The Mating GameMa Larkin
  7. 1958AladdinAladdin's Mother
  8. 1958The Girl Most LikelyMother
  9. 1957The Fuzzy Pink NightgownBertha
  10. 1957The Greer CaseLouise Hoagland
  11. 1956Bundle of JoyMrs. Dugan
  12. 1956The Kettles in the OzarksMiss Bedelia Baines
  13. 1955The KentuckianSophie Wakefield
  14. 1953I Love MelvinMom Schneider
  15. 1952The Merry WidowKitty Riley
  16. 1952With a Song in My HeartSister Marie
  17. 1951Golden GirlMary Ann Crabtree
  18. 1951A Millionaire for ChristyPatsy Clifford
  19. 1951Rich, Young and PrettyGlynnie
  20. 1950Emergency WeddingEmma - Nurse / Receptionist
  21. 1950My Blue HeavenMiss Irma Gilbert
  22. 1950Kill the UmpireBetty Johnson
  23. 1948The Man from TexasWidow Weeks
  24. 1948The Bride Goes WildMiss Doberly
  25. 1947It's a Joke, Son!Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
  26. 1944Sweethearts of the U.S.A.Patsy Wilkins
  27. 1944To Heir Is HumanUna
  28. 1943Quack ServiceDaffy
  29. 1943This Is the ArmyRose Dibble
  30. 1942Twin BedsLydia
  31. 1942The Mad Doctor of Market StreetAunt Margaret Wentworth
  32. 1941Cracked NutsSharon Knight
  33. 1941Road to ZanzibarJulia
  34. 1941Double DateAunt Elsie Kirkland
  35. 1940The Bank DickMyrtle Sousé
  36. 1940Sandy Gets Her ManNan Clark
  37. 1940Comin' Round the MountainBelinda Watters
  38. 1939Destry Rides AgainLily Belle
  39. 1939On Borrowed TimeMarcia Giles
  40. 1939Some Like It HotFlo Saunders
  41. 1939Four Girls in WhiteGertie Robbins
  42. 1937True ConfessionDaisy McClure
  43. 1937CheckersMamie Appleby
  44. 1937SaratogaFritzi Kiffmeyer
  45. 1937The Good Old SoakNellie
  46. 1937Don't Tell the WifeNancy Dorsey
  47. 1936Born to DanceJenny Saks
  48. 1936We Went to CollegeSusan Standish
  49. 1936SpeedJosephine 'Jo' Sanderson
  50. 1936RiffraffLil
  51. 1935It's in the AirAlice Lane Churchill
  52. 1935Broadway Melody of 1936Kitty Corbett
  53. 1935Murder in the Fleet'Toots' Timmons
  54. 1935Baby Face HarringtonMillicent
  55. 1935One New York NightPhoebe
  56. 1935The Night Is YoungFanni Kerner
  57. 1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlSlade Kinnicott
  58. 1934Evelyn PrenticeAmy Drexel
  59. 1934The Merry WidowQueen Dolores
  60. 1934Have a HeartJoan O'Day
  61. 1934Bulldog Drummond Strikes BackGwen
  62. 1934The Cat's-PawPetunia Pratt / Cobb
  63. 1934Paris InterludeCassie
  64. 1934Murder in the Private CarGeorgia Latham
  65. 1934This Side of HeavenBirdie
  66. 1933The Women in His LifeMiss 'Simmy' Simmons
  67. 1933Day of ReckoningMamie
  68. 1933BombshellMac
  69. 1933MenuMrs. Omsk (uncredited)
  70. 1933Broadway to HollywoodFlirt in Audience
  71. 1933Beauty for SaleCarol Merrick
  72. 1933Her First MateHattie
  73. 1933Midnight MaryBunny
  74. 1933Reunion in ViennaIlsa Hinrich
  75. 193342nd StreetLorraine Fleming
  76. 1933Clear All Wires!Dolly Winslow
  77. 1933The Secret of Madame BlancheElla
  78. 1933Whistling in the DarkToby Van Buren
  79. 1932Men Are Such FoolsMolly
  80. 1932They Call It SinDixie Dare
  81. 1932Red-Headed WomanSally
  82. 1932HuddleCoach Malcolm
  83. 1932Man WantedRuth 'Ruthie' Holman
  84. 1932The Impatient MaidenBetty Merrick
  85. 1932She Wanted a MillionaireMary Taylor
  86. 1931Private LivesSibyl Chase
  87. 1931The Secret WitnessLois Martin
  88. 1931WickedJune
  89. 1931The BargainEtta
  90. 1931Daddy Long LegsSally McBride
  91. 1931The Maltese FalconEffie Perrine
  92. 1931Six Cylinder LoveMargaret Rogers
  93. 1931Don't Bet on WomenTallulah Hope
  94. 1931Command PerformancePrincess Katerina
  95. 1930The Bat WhispersDale Van Gorder
  96. 1930Abraham LincolnAnn Rutledge
  97. 1930The Eyes of the WorldSybil LaGrange