Una Merkel: movies and TV shows
Una Merkel has 112 credits in the archive: 102 films and 10 TV series, from 1930 to 1994. Highest rated: My Blue Heaven (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 1994 · busiest year: 1933 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 90 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 83 |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 81 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 1966 | Spinout | Violet Ranley | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1964 | The Cara Williams Show | TV | 6.5 | 60 | |
| 1964 | A Tiger Walks | Mrs. Watkins | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Miss Samantha Cartier | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Clara Lovelace | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Mrs. Thomas Barrett | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1963 | The Bill Dana Show | TV | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 1963 | Summer Magic | Mariah Popham | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Verbena | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke | Mrs. Winemiller | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1959 | The Mating Game | Ma Larkin | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1958 | The Girl Most Likely | Mother | Film | 3.3 | 54 |
| 1958 | Aladdin | Aladdin's Mother | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Aladdin's Mother | TV | 7.4 | 53 |
| 1957 | The Greer Case | Louise Hoagland | Film | — | 53 |
| 1957 | The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown | Bertha | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1956 | Bundle of Joy | Mrs. Dugan | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Miss Bedelia Baines | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Sophie Wakefield | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Maud | TV | 3.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin | Mom Schneider | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Rose Barton | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | Kitty Riley | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1952 | With a Song in My Heart | Sister Marie | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Secretary | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1951 | Rich, Young and Pretty | Glynnie | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1951 | Golden Girl | Mary Ann Crabtree | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1951 | A Millionaire for Christy | Patsy Clifford | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Miss Irma Gilbert | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1950 | Emergency Wedding | Emma - Nurse / Receptionist | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Betty Johnson | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Parsis McHugh | TV | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Miss Doberly | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1948 | The Man from Texas | Widow Weeks | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1947 | It's a Joke, Son! | Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1944 | Sweethearts of the U.S.A. | Patsy Wilkins | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1944 | To Heir Is Human | Una | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | Quack Service | Daffy | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Rose Dibble | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Lydia | Film | 3.8 | 38 |
| 1942 | The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Aunt Margaret Wentworth | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1941 | Double Date | Aunt Elsie Kirkland | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1941 | Road to Zanzibar | Julia | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Sharon Knight | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Myrtle Sousé | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1940 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Belinda Watters | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man | Nan Clark | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Lily Belle | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Marcia Giles | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1939 | Some Like It Hot | Flo Saunders | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Gertie Robbins | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1937 | Checkers | Mamie Appleby | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Fritzi Kiffmeyer | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1937 | True Confession | Daisy McClure | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife | Nancy Dorsey | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak | Nellie | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1936 | Speed | Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1936 | Riffraff | Lil | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1936 | Born to Dance | Jenny Saks | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1936 | We Went to College | Susan Standish | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 | Kitty Corbett | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young | Fanni Kerner | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1935 | It's in the Air | Alice Lane Churchill | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | 'Toots' Timmons | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Slade Kinnicott | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1935 | Baby Face Harrington | Millicent | Film | 5.4 | 31 |
| 1935 | One New York Night | Phoebe | Film | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice | Amy Drexel | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Queen Dolores | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | Petunia Pratt / Cobb | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1934 | Murder in the Private Car | Georgia Latham | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1934 | This Side of Heaven | Birdie | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Gwen | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1934 | Have a Heart | Joan O'Day | Film | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1934 | Paris Interlude | Cassie | Film | 4.0 | 30 |
| 1933 | Menu | Mrs. Omsk (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1933 | Reunion in Vienna | Ilsa Hinrich | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1933 | Clear All Wires! | Dolly Winslow | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Lorraine Fleming | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1933 | Beauty for Sale | Carol Merrick | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1933 | Midnight Mary | Bunny | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1933 | Broadway to Hollywood | Flirt in Audience | Film | 5.0 | 29 |
| 1933 | The Women in His Life | Miss 'Simmy' Simmons | Film | 4.3 | 29 |
| 1933 | Bombshell | Mac | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche | Ella | Film | 4.2 | 29 |
| 1933 | Day of Reckoning | Mamie | Film | 5.1 | 29 |
| 1933 | Her First Mate | Hattie | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Toby Van Buren | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1932 | Huddle | Coach Malcolm | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1932 | Man Wanted | Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1932 | Men Are Such Fools | Molly | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman | Sally | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Betty Merrick | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1932 | She Wanted a Millionaire | Mary Taylor | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin | Dixie Dare | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1931 | Six Cylinder Love | Margaret Rogers | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1931 | Private Lives | Sibyl Chase | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1931 | Daddy Long Legs | Sally McBride | Film | 4.8 | 27 |
| 1931 | The Secret Witness | Lois Martin | Film | 4.3 | 27 |
| 1931 | The Maltese Falcon | Effie Perrine | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1931 | Wicked | June | Film | 5.5 | 27 |
| 1931 | The Bargain | Etta | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1931 | Don't Bet on Women | Tallulah Hope | Film | 4.9 | 27 |
| 1931 | Command Performance | Princess Katerina | Film | 5.1 | 27 |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln | Ann Rutledge | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| 1930 | The Bat Whispers | Dale Van Gorder | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1930 | The Eyes of the World | Sybil LaGrange | Film | 9.0 | 26 |