Una Merkel Net Worth is$15 Million Una Merkel Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Una Merkel began her movie career as stand-in for Lillian Gish in the movie The Wind (1928). After that, she performed on Broadway before she returned to movies for the D.W. Griffith film Abraham Lincoln (1930). In her early years, before gaining a few pounds, she looked like Lillian Gish, but after Abraham Lincoln (1930) her comic potential was ...
Date Of Birth December 10, 1903 Died 1986-01-02 Place Of Birth Covington, Kentucky, U.S. Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew Spouse Ronald Burla Star Sign Sagittarius
# Fact 1 Following her death, she was interred near her parents, Arno and Bess Merkel, at Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. 2 Her name was pronounced U-nah MER-cull. 3 She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6230 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. 4 On March 4, 1952, nearly seven years after her mother committed suicide, she overdosed on sleeping pills. She was found unconscious by a nurse who caring for her at the time, and was rushed to the hospital where she remained in a coma. 5 Father: (Albert) Arno Merkel born May 9, 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Died December 23, 1969 in Los Angeles, California. Mother: Bessie Phares Merkel died in New York City on March 5, 1945. She was 61 years old. Interred in Covington, Kentucky. 6 Was originally signed for the title role in Blondie (1938) but was replaced before filming began. 7 She almost died on March 5, 1945 when her mother, Bess Merkel, committed suicide by turning on the gas. Her suicide note was personalized to Una's husband, Robert Burla, whom she affectionately addressed as "Bid".
Actress Title Year Status Character I Spy 1968 TV Series Aunt Alta Spinout 1966 Violet Ranley Burke's Law 1963-1965 TV Series Clara Lovelace / Mrs. Thomas Barrett / Miss Samantha Cartier The Cara Williams Show 1964 TV Series Amelia Hofstetter A Tiger Walks 1964 Mrs. Watkins Destry 1964 TV Series Granny Farrell The Bill Dana Show 1963 TV Series Mrs. Hatten Summer Magic 1963 Mariah Popham The Real McCoys 1962 TV Series Mrs. Gaylord Summer and Smoke 1961 Mrs. Winemiller The Parent Trap 1961 Verbena The Mating Game 1959 Ma Larkin The United States Steel Hour 1958 TV Series The DuPont Show of the Month 1958 TV Series Aladdin's Mother The Girl Most Likely 1958 Mother Climax! 1957 TV Series Maud The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown 1957 Bertha The Red Skelton Hour 1957 TV Series Mrs. Van Wyck Playhouse 90 1957 TV Series Louise Hoagland Bundle of Joy 1956 Mrs. Dugan Calling Terry Conway 1956 TV Movie Pearl McGrath The Kettles in the Ozarks 1956 Miss Bedelia Baines Kraft Theatre 1955 TV Series The Kentuckian 1955 Sophie Wakefield Studio One in Hollywood 1954 TV Series Parsis McHugh Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City 1953 TV Series Your Jeweler's Showcase 1953 TV Series I Love Melvin 1953 Mom Schneider Schlitz Playhouse 1953 TV Series Four Star Playhouse 1952 TV Series Rose Barton The Merry Widow 1952 Kitty Riley With a Song in My Heart 1952 Sister Marie Golden Girl 1951 Mary Ann Crabtree A Millionaire for Christy 1951 Patsy Clifford Rich, Young and Pretty 1951 Glynnie Emergency Wedding 1950 Emma - Nurse / Receptionist My Blue Heaven 1950 Miss Irma Gilbert Kill the Umpire 1950 Betty Johnson Man from Texas 1948 Widow Weeks The Bride Goes Wild 1948 Miss Doberly It's a Joke, Son! 1947 Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn Sweethearts of the U.S.A. 1944 Patsy Wilkins To Heir Is Human 1944 Short Una Quack Service 1943 Short Daffy This Is the Army 1943 Rose Dibble Twin Beds 1942 Lydia The Mad Doctor of Market Street 1942 Aunt Margaret Wentworth Cracked Nuts 1941 Sharon Knight Road to Zanzibar 1941 Julia Quimby Double Date 1941 Aunt Elsie Kirkland The Bank Dick 1940 Myrtle Sousé Sandy Gets Her Man 1940 Nan Clark Comin' Round the Mountain 1940 Belinda Watters Destry Rides Again 1939 Lily Belle On Borrowed Time 1939 Marcia Giles Some Like It Hot 1939 Flo Saunders Four Girls in White 1939 Gertie Robbins True Confession 1937 Daisy McClure Checkers 1937 Mamie Appleby Saratoga 1937 Fritzi Good Old Soak 1937 Nellie Don't Tell the Wife 1937 Nancy Dorsey Born to Dance 1936 Jenny Saks We Went to College 1936 Susan Standish Speed 1936 Josephine Sanderson Riffraff 1936 Lil It's in the Air 1935 Alice Lane Churchill Broadway Melody of 1936 1935 Kitty Corbett Murder in the Fleet 1935 'Toots' Timmons Baby Face Harrington 1935 Millicent One New York Night 1935 Phoebe The Night Is Young 1935 Fanni Kerner Biography of a Bachelor Girl 1935 Slade Kinnicott Evelyn Prentice 1934 Amy Drexel The Merry Widow 1934 Queen Have a Heart 1934 Joan O'Day Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934 Gwen The Cat's-Paw 1934 Pet Pratt Paris Interlude 1934 Cassie Murder in the Private Car 1934 Georgia This Side of Heaven 1934 Birdie The Women in His Life 1933 Miss 'Simmy' Simmons Day of Reckoning 1933 Mamie Bombshell 1933 Mac Menu 1933 Short Mrs. Omsk (uncredited) Beauty for Sale 1933 Carol Merrick Broadway to Hollywood 1933 Flirt in Audience (uncredited) Her First Mate 1933 Hattie Midnight Mary 1933 Bunny Reunion in Vienna 1933 Ilsa Hinrich 42nd Street 1933 Lorraine Fleming Clear All Wires! 1933 Dolly The Secret of Madame Blanche 1933 Ella Whistling in the Dark 1933 Toby Van Buren Men Are Such Fools 1932 Molly They Call It Sin 1932 Dixie Dare Red-Headed Woman 1932 Sally Huddle 1932 Thelma Man Wanted 1932 Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman The Impatient Maiden 1932 Betty Merrick She Wanted a Millionaire 1932 Mary Taylor Private Lives 1931 Sibyl The Secret Witness 1931 Lois Martin Wicked 1931 June The Bargain 1931 Etta Daddy Long Legs 1931 Sally McBride The Maltese Falcon 1931 Effie Perine Six Cylinder Love 1931 Margaret Rogers Don't Bet on Women 1931 Tallulah Hope Command Performance 1931 Princess Katerina The Bat Whispers 1930 Dale Van Gorder The Eyes of the World 1930 Sybil Abraham Lincoln 1930 Ann Rutledge The Fifth Horseman 1924 Dorothy Love's Old Sweet Song 1923 Short
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Destry 1964 TV Series performer - 1 episode The DuPont Show of the Month 1958 TV Series performer - 1 episode Saratoga 1937 performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" 1937 - uncredited Born to Dance 1936 "Hey, Babe, Hey" 1936 / performer: "Hey, Babe, Hey" 1936 The Night Is Young 1935 performer: "My Old Mare" 1935, "The Noble Duchess" 1935 - uncredited 42nd Street 1933 performer: "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" 1932 - uncredited They Call It Sin 1932 performer: "Comin' Thro' the Rye" - uncredited Man Wanted 1932 performer: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930 - uncredited
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character The Wind 1928 stand-in: Lillian Gish - uncredited The White Rose 1923 stand-in Way Down East 1920 stand-in: Lillian Gish - uncredited
Self Title Year Status Character AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart 1980 TV Special documentary Herself (uncredited) The 34th Annual Academy Awards 1962 TV Special Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role Here's Hollywood 1961 TV Series Herself The 10th Annual Tony Awards 1956 TV Special Herself - Winner: Best Featured Actress in a Play Hollywood Goes to Town 1938 Short documentary Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 13, No. 5 1934 Documentary short Herself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6262 Hollywood Blvd.
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1962 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Summer and Smoke (1961)
Known for movies The Parent Trap (1961)
42nd Street (1933)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Summer and Smoke (1961)
$15 Million
