Getting her start in the pictures as a stand-in for Lillian Gish, Una Merkel’s deft comic skill was soon discovered. She became the requisite smart talking best friend in a wide variety of Pre-Code comedies.
Her gift never left her, and later roles included Destry Rides Again with Marlene Dietrich and even a role in the Lana Turner remake of The Merry Widow. She transitioned into television before retiring in 1965, and passed away in 1986.
Una Merkel’s Pre-Code Filmography
- Abraham Lincoln (1930)
- The Eyes of the World (1930)
- The Bat Whispers (1930)
- Command Performance (1931)
- Don’t Bet on Women (1931)
- Six Cylinder Love (1931)
- The Maltese Falcon (1931)
- Daddy Long Legs (1931)
- The Bargain (1931)
- Wicked (1931)
- Private Lives (1931)
- The Secret Witness (1931)
- She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
- The Impatient Maiden (1932)
- Man Wanted (1932)
- Huddle (1932)
- Red-Headed Woman (1932)
- They Call It Sin (1932)
- Men Are Such Fools (1932)
- Whistling in the Dark (1933)
- The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
- Clear All Wires! (1933)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- Reunion in Vienna (1933)
- Midnight Mary (1933)
- Her First Mate (1933)
- Beauty for Sale (1933)
- Bombshell (1933)
- Day of Reckoning (1933)
- The Women in His Life (1933)
- This Side of Heaven (1934)
- Murder in the Private Car (1934)
- The Merry Widow (1934)
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