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Acting

Una Merkel

Career: Active from 1930 to 1964, busiest in 1933 with 12 main titles.

Leading roles: 48
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Red-Headed Woman
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Una Merkel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Violence
2.0, average 4.1
Psychological
3.5, average 5.5
Uncanny
0.8, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 5
Wholesome Entertainment 4
Nostalgic Americana 4
Romantic Comedy 3
Lighthearted 3
Social Realism 3
Political Intrigue 3
Historical Setting 3
Classic Hollywood Musical 3
Period Piece 3
Situational Humor 2
Showbiz Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

107

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 88

That's Entertainment! III

88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

1 title · average score 71

That's Dancing!

71

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

1960s

8 titles · average score 63

Spinout

43

as Violet Ranley

A Tiger Walks

56

as Mrs. Watkins

The Cara Williams Show

TV show

Summer Magic

70

as Mariah Popham

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Clara Lovelace / Mrs. Thomas Barrett

The Bill Dana Show

TV show

The Parent Trap

76

as Verbena

Summer and Smoke

63

as Mrs. Winemiller

1950s

21 titles · average score 57

The Mating Game

62

as Ma Larkin

The Girl Most Likely

36

as Mother

The Kettles in the Ozarks

65

as Miss Bedelia Baines

Bundle of Joy

55

as Mrs. Dugan

The Kentuckian

33

as Sophie Wakefield

I Love Melvin

61

as Mom Schneider

The Merry Widow

54

as Kitty Riley

With a Song in My Heart

60

as Sister Marie

Golden Girl

61

as Mary Ann Crabtree

Rich, Young and Pretty

42

as Glynnie

Kill the Umpire

65

as Betty Johnson

My Blue Heaven

66

as Miss Irma Gilbert

1940s

16 titles · average score 64

It's a Joke, Son!

55

as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn

Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

as Patsy Wilkins

This Is the Army

55

as Rose Dibble

as Daffy

Twin Beds

as Lydia

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

54

as Aunt Margaret Wentworth

Double Date

as Aunt Elsie Kirkland

Cracked Nuts

as Sharon Knight

Road to Zanzibar

73

as Julia

The Bank Dick

83

as Myrtle Sousé

Sandy Gets Her Man

as Nan Clark

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Belinda Watters

1930s

60 titles · average score 64

Some Like It Hot

65

as Flo Saunders

Four Girls in White

66

as Gertie Robbins

Checkers

as Mamie Appleby

Speed

47

as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson

Evelyn Prentice

65

as Amy Drexel

The Cat's-Paw

62

as Petunia Pratt / Cobb

Murder in the Private Car

43

as Georgia Latham

Menu

59

as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)

Man Wanted

60

as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman

Huddle

63

as Coach Malcolm

They Call It Sin

61

as Dixie Dare

Abraham Lincoln

56

as Ann Rutledge