Una Merkel


Una Merkel
6.6 Listal rating

Stats

Born: 10 December 1903 Died: 2 January 1986

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 4"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian


Lists

101 votes
My Favourite Old Hollywood Hairstyles (519 items)
list by Blue Pineapple
Published 2 years, 8 months ago
18 comments
16 votes
Best Female Performances - 1930s (28 items)
list by Stehako
Published 3 years, 6 months ago
3 comments
8 votes
Pre-Code Actresses (48 items)
list by StellaStar
Published 1 year, 2 months ago
2 comments
3 votes
AFI's Female Legends Nominations (250 items)
list by garfield2710
Published 6 months ago

Photos


View all Una Merkel pictures (89 more)
1960s (1), 1950s (1), 1940s (1), 1930s (1), Supporting Actress (1), American (1), Died 1986 (1), Born 1903 (1), Deceased (1)

Movies

1. The Parent Trap (1961)
Rating:
6.4
348 Watched
2. 42nd Street (1933)
Rating:
7.3
85 Watched
Rating:
7.4
85 Watched
4. The Bank Dick (1940)
Rating:
6.9
48 Watched
5. The Merry Widow (1934)
Rating:
7.7
26 Watched







TV

1. Burke's Law (1963)
Rating:
8.7
5 Watched
0 want to see







Updates feed

mutoscope posted 51 images [View All] 1 day, 16 hours ago

mutoscope posted 35 images [View All] 5 days, 16 hours ago

mutoscope posted a image 1 week, 5 days ago

mutoscope posted a image 2 weeks, 5 days ago

mutoscope posted 2 images 1 month, 2 weeks ago

mutoscope posted 2 images 2 months, 1 week ago

garfield2710 added this to a list 6 months ago
StellaStar added this to a list 1 year, 2 months ago
Pre-Code Actresses (48 person items)

" One of the most abused stereotypes in moives, old or new, is the wisecracking best friend, a non nonsense, sassy character there not for the story, not really vital to the movie in general, but somebody to go for the laughs, win over the audience and show some moral suport for the main star. Una Merkel was, in the 1930s, the queen of such roles - the Kewpie doll looks, the annoying, nasal southern accent made her a veritable jackpot for the stereotype. Due to her being a foil, she played oppos"


Blue Pineapple added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago
Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 6 months ago
Best Female Performances - 1930s (28 person items)

"#43as Lorraine Fleming in "42nd Street" (1933)"