Una Merkel

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
12/10/1903
Birthplace:
Covington, Kentucky
Death Date:
01/02/1986
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biography
This wry, wisecracking blonde never became a star, but brightened up scores of films in the 1930s as the heroine's pal, co-worker or rival. The Kentucky native got her start as a model, drifting into acting in the mid-20s. By 1927, she was appearing on Broadway with Helen Hayes in "Coquette" and three years later was discovered by D.W. Griffith, who cast her as the wan, tragic Ann Rutledge in "Abraham Lincoln".

But Merkel's true forte was comedy, and she was almost promptly typed as the knowing but sunny-natured second lead in films like "Private Lives" (1930), "42nd Street" (1933), "On Continued

Credits
Maria Popham
Mrs Watkins
Mrs Dugan
Verbena
Ma Larkin
Mrs Winemiller
Mom Schneider
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked as Lillian Gish's stand-in
 
Cast as Gish's sister in film that was never made
1924 
First leading role in the silent film "The Fifth Horseman"
1925 
Made stage debut in "Two by TYwo"
1927 
Broadway debut in "Coquette" alongside Helen Hayes
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