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Una Merkel was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress.
Birth Name
Una Kohnfelder
Born
Thursday, 10 December 1903
Died
Thursday, 02 January 1986
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Great Man: W.C. Fields | Myrtle Sousé (clip from The Bank Dick (1940)) | 2005 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Film Clip | 1994 |
| That's Dancing! | Archival footage from 'Born to Dance' | 1985 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Spinout | Violet Ranley | 1966 |
| I Spy | Aunt Alta | 1965 |
| The Cara Williams Show | Amelia Hofstetter | 1964 |
| A Tiger Walks | Mrs. Watkins | 1964 |
| Destry | Granny Farrell | 1964 |
| The Bill Dana Show | Mrs. Hatten | 1963 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Great Man: W.C. Fields | Myrtle Sousé (clip from The Bank Dick (1940)) | 2005 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Film Clip | 1994 |
| That's Dancing! | Archival footage from 'Born to Dance' | 1985 |
| Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self - film clips / Self (archive footage) | 1972 |
| Spinout | Violet Ranley | 1966 |
| I Spy | Aunt Alta | 1965 |
| The Cara Williams Show | Amelia Hofstetter | 1964 |
| A Tiger Walks | Mrs. Watkins | 1964 |
| Destry | Granny Farrell | 1964 |
| The Bill Dana Show | Mrs. Hatten | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Mrs. Thomas Barrett / Miss Samantha Cartier / Clara Lovelace | 1963 |
| Summer Magic | Mariah Popham | 1963 |
| Summer and Smoke | Mrs. Winemiller | 1961 |
| The Parent Trap | Verbena | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Mating Game | Ma Larkin | 1959 |
| The Girl Most Likely | Mother / Dodie's Mother | 1958 |
| The Real McCoys | Mrs. Gaylord | 1957 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Aladdin's Mother | 1957 |
| The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Bertha | 1957 |
| Bundle of Joy | Mrs. Dugan | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Louise Hoagland | 1956 |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | Miss Bedelia Baines | 1956 |
| The Kentuckian | Sophie Wakefield | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mariah Popham / Mrs. Watkins / Verbena | 1954 |
| Climax! | Maud | 1954 |
| I Love Melvin | Mom Schneider | 1953 |
| Your Jeweler's Showcase | 1 | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Rose Barton | 1952 |
| The Merry Widow | Kitty Riley | 1952 |
| With a Song in My Heart | Sister Marie | 1952 |
| Golden Girl | Mary Ann Crabtree | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Secretary | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Mrs. Van Wyck | 1951 |
| A Millionaire for Christy | Patsy Clifford | 1951 |
| Rich, Young and Pretty | Glynnie | 1951 |
| Emergency Wedding | Receptionist / Emma - Nurse | 1950 |
| My Blue Heaven | Miss Irma Gilbert | 1950 |
| Kill the Umpire | Betty Johnson | 1950 |
| Studio One | Parsis McHugh | 1948 |
| The Man from Texas | Widow Weeks | 1948 |
| The Bride Goes Wild | Miss Doberly | 1948 |
| It's a Joke, Son! | Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn / Magnolia Claghorn | 1947 |
| Sweethearts of the U.S.A. | Patsy Wilkins | 1944 |
| To Heir Is Human | Una | 1944 |
| Quack Service | Daffy | 1943 |
| This Is the Army | Rose Dibble | 1943 |
| Twin Beds | Lydia | 1942 |
| The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Aunt Margaret Wentworth | 1942 |
| Cracked Nuts | Sharon Knight | 1941 |
| Road to Zanzibar | Julia Quimby | 1941 |
| Double Date | Aunt Elsie Kirkland | 1941 |
| The Bank Dick | Myrtle Sousé | 1940 |
| Sandy Gets Her Man | Nan Clark | 1940 |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Belinda Watters | 1940 |
| Destry Rides Again | Lily Belle / Lily Belle Callahan | 1939 |
| On Borrowed Time | Marcia Giles | 1939 |
| Some Like It Hot | Flo Saunders | 1939 |
| Four Girls in White | Gertie Robbins | 1939 |
| Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938 |
| True Confession | Daisy McClure | 1937 |
| Checkers | Mamie Appleby | 1937 |
| Saratoga | Fritzi / Fritzi Kiffmeyer | 1937 |
| The Good Old Soak | Nellie | 1937 |
| Don't Tell the Wife | Nancy Dorsey | 1937 |
| Born to Dance | Jenny Saks | 1936 |
| We Went to College | Susan Standish | 1936 |
| Speed | Josephine Sanderson / Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson | 1936 |
| Riffraff | Lil | 1936 |
| It's in the Air | Alice Lane Churchill | 1935 |
| Broadway Melody of 1936 | Kitty Corbett | 1935 |
| Murder in the Fleet | 'Toots' Timmons / Toots Timmons | 1935 |
| Baby Face Harrington | Millicent 'Millie' Harrington / Millicent Harrington | 1935 |
| One New York Night | Phoebe | 1935 |
| The Night Is Young | Fanni Kerner | 1935 |
| Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Slade Kinnicott | 1935 |
| Evelyn Prentice | Amy Drexel | 1934 |
| The Merry Widow | Queen Dolores | 1934 |
| Have a Heart | Joan O'Day | 1934 |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Gwen | 1934 |
| The Cat's-Paw | Pet Pratt / Petunia Pratt / Cobb | 1934 |
| Paris Interlude | Cassie | 1934 |
| Murder in the Private Car | Georgia Latham | 1934 |
| This Side of Heaven | Birdie | 1934 |
| The Women in His Life | Miss 'Simmy' Simmons | 1933 |
| Day of Reckoning | Mamie | 1933 |
| Bombshell | Mac | 1933 |
| Menu | Mrs. Omsk | 1933 |
| Broadway to Hollywood | Flirt in Audience | 1933 |
| Beauty for Sale | Carol Merrick | 1933 |
| Her First Mate | Hattie | 1933 |
| Midnight Mary | Bunny / Bunny 'Bun' | 1933 |
| Reunion in Vienna | Ilsa Hinrich | 1933 |
| 42nd Street | Lorraine Fleming | 1933 |
| Clear All Wires! | Dolly / Dolly Winslow | 1933 |
| The Secret of Madame Blanche | Ella | 1933 |
| Whistling in the Dark | Toby Van Buren | 1933 |
| Men Are Such Fools | Molly | 1932 |
| They Call It Sin | Dixie Dare | 1932 |
| Red-Headed Woman | Sally | 1932 |
| Huddle | Thelma / Coach Malcolm | 1932 |
| Man Wanted | Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman | 1932 |
| The Impatient Maiden | Betty Merrick | 1932 |
| She Wanted a Millionaire | Mary Taylor | 1932 |
| The Secret Witness | Lois Martin | 1931 |
| Private Lives | Sibyl Chase | 1931 |
| Wicked | June | 1931 |
| The Bargain | Etta | 1931 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Effie Perine / Effie Perrine | 1931 |
| Daddy Long Legs | Sally McBride | 1931 |
| 6 Cylinder Love | Margaret Rogers | 1931 |
| Don't Bet on Women | Tallulah Hope | 1931 |
| Command Performance | Princess Katerina | 1931 |
| The Bat Whispers | Dale Van Gorder | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge | 1930 |
| The Fifth Horseman | Dorothy | 1924 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1962 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
