Una Merkel

Born: 1903-12-10

Southerner Una Merkel was a popular American stage, screen, and television actress. In movies, while often cast as the female lead, she more typically appeared in prominent supporting roles.


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The Parent Trap

as Verbena
Released: 1961-05-13

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years...

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Summer Magic

as Mariah Popham
Released: 1963-07-07

Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham...

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The Kentuckian

as Sophie Wakefield
Released: 1955-07-22

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

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Red-Headed Woman

as Sally
Released: 1932-06-25

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an...

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42nd Street

as Lorraine Fleming
Released: 1933-03-11

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has...

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Destry Rides Again

as Lily Belle
Released: 1939-11-30

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes...

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Born to Dance

as Jenny Saks
Released: 1936-11-27

On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but...

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Spinout

as Violet Ranley
Released: 1966-10-06

Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and...

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That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)
Released: 1994-07-01

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...

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The Bank Dick

as Myrtle Sousé
Released: 1940-11-29

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying....

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Saratoga

as Fritzi Kiffmeyer
Released: 1937-07-23

A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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Road to Zanzibar

as Julia Quimby
Released: 1941-04-11

Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures,...

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The Mating Game

as Ma Larkin
Released: 1959-04-29

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his...

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Bombshell

as Mac
Released: 1933-10-13

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

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Broadway Melody of 1936

as Kitty Corbett
Released: 1935-09-18

Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert...

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The Merry Widow

as Queen Dolores
Released: 1934-11-02

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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With a Song in My Heart

as Sister Marie
Released: 1952-04-03

Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist...

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The Maltese Falcon

as Effie Perrine
Released: 1931-05-23

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly...

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This Is the Army

as Rose Dibble
Released: 1943-08-14

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank....

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Wicked

as June
Released: 1931-10-04

Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber...

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Cracked Nuts

as Sharon Knight
Released: 1941-07-02

A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose...

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Murder in the Fleet

as 'Toots' Timmons
Released: 1935-05-24

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to...

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It's a Joke, Son!

as Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
Released: 1947-01-15

Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to...

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Private Lives

as Sibyl Chase
Released: 1931-12-12

Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot is remarried to Sibyl and Amanda married...

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On Borrowed Time

as Marcia Giles
Released: 1939-07-07

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather...

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A Tiger Walks

as Mrs. Watkins
Released: 1964-04-12

A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the...

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Abraham Lincoln

as Ann Rutledge
Released: 1930-11-08

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining...

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Summer and Smoke

as Mrs. Winemiller
Released: 1961-11-16

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for...

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The Mad Doctor of Market Street

as Aunt Margaret Wentworth
Released: 1942-02-27

A fugitive doctor tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders.

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Midnight Mary

as Bunny
Released: 1933-06-30

While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with...

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That's Dancing!

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Released: 1985-01-18

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the...

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Murder in the Private Car

as Georgia Latham
Released: 1934-06-29

Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a...

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Evelyn Prentice

as Amy Drexel
Released: 1934-11-09

A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

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The Merry Widow

as Kitty Riley
Released: 1952-09-05

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved...

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It's in the Air

as Alice Lane Churchill
Released: 1935-10-10

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin...

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The Bride Goes Wild

as Miss Doberly
Released: 1948-03-03

McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately,...

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I Love Melvin

as Mom Schneider
Released: 1953-03-20

Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress...

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Don't Bet on Women

as Tallulah Hope
Released: 1931-02-15

At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed...

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Aladdin

as Aladdin's Mother
Released: 1958-02-21

Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television.

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The Women in His Life

as Miss 'Simmy' Simmons
Released: 1933-12-08

An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves...

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Bundle of Joy

as Mrs. Dugan
Released: 1956-12-12

Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a...

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Have a Heart

as Joan O'Day
Released: 1934-09-07

Sally (Jean Parker) is engaged to be married, loves dancing and kids. But her life is ruined...

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The Greer Case

as Louise Hoagland
Released: 1957-01-31

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

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Don't Tell the Wife

as Nancy Dorsey
Released: 1937-03-05

After being released from prison, con man Thurston Hall gathers his gang of cronies--along with...

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Day of Reckoning

as Mamie
Released: 1933-10-26

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught...

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Sandy Gets Her Man

as Nan Clark
Released: 1940-11-08

A young widow lets her baby be the deciding factor as to which eligible bachelor she should marry.

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The Cat's-Paw

as Petunia Pratt / Cobb
Released: 1934-08-07

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a...

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The Girl Most Likely

as Mother
Released: 1958-02-05

Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend,...

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Some Like It Hot

as Flo Saunders
Released: 1939-05-19

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic...

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Kill the Umpire

as Betty Johnson
Released: 1950-04-27

Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over,...

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Four Girls in White

as Gertie Robbins
Released: 1939-01-27

Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there....

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They Call It Sin

as Dixie Dare
Released: 1932-11-05

An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted,...

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Riffraff

as Lil
Released: 1936-01-03

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired...

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Golden Girl

as Mary Ann Crabtree
Released: 1951-11-01

Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree...

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Men Are Such Fools

as Molly
Released: 1932-11-18

An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly...

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My Blue Heaven

as Miss Irma Gilbert
Released: 1950-09-15

Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For...

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The Bat Whispers

as Dale Van Gorder
Released: 1930-11-13

Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon...

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Six Cylinder Love

as Margaret Rogers
Released: 1931-05-10

Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them...

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Baby Face Harrington

as Millicent Harrington
Released: 1935-04-12

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by...

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She Wanted a Millionaire

as Mary Taylor
Released: 1932-02-21

Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William...

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Huddle

as Coach Malcolm
Released: 1932-05-14

Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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Command Performance

as Princess Katerina
Released: 1931-01-19

Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor...

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Beauty for Sale

as Carol Merrick
Released: 1933-09-01

A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy...

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This Side of Heaven

as Birdie
Released: 1934-02-02

A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.

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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown

as Bertha
Released: 1957-05-09

When beautiful blonde movie star Laurel Stevens is kidnapped on the verge of the premiere of her...

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Rich, Young and Pretty

as Glynnie
Released: 1951-07-09

A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.

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Man Wanted

as Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman
Released: 1932-04-23

A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

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Emergency Wedding

as Emma - Nurse / Receptionist
Released: 1950-11-15

Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his...

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The Impatient Maiden

as Betty Merrick
Released: 1932-03-01

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.

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Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self
Released: 1938-07-07

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The...

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The Secret of Madame Blanche

as Ella
Released: 1933-02-03

A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.

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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

as Gwen
Released: 1934-08-15

Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in...

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True Confession

as Daisy McClure
Released: 1937-12-24

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough...

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Clear All Wires!

as Dolly Winslow
Released: 1933-02-24

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he...

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The Kettles in the Ozarks

as Miss Bedelia Baines
Released: 1956-04-01

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow,...

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The Good Old Soak

as Nellie
Released: 1937-04-23

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

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The Secret Witness

as Lois Martin
Released: 1931-12-12

A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest...

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The Night Is Young

as Fanni Kerner
Released: 1935-01-11

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the...

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Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Slade Kinnicott
Released: 1935-01-04

Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion...

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A Millionaire for Christy

as Patsy Clifford
Released: 1951-09-02

Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his...

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Reunion in Vienna

as Ilsa Hinrich
Released: 1933-06-16

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard)...

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Menu

as Mrs. Omsk (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-23

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

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Speed

as Josephine 'Jo' Sanderson
Released: 1936-05-08

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been...

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Daddy Long Legs

as Sally McBride
Released: 1931-06-05

Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her...

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Twin Beds

as Lydia
Released: 1942-04-30

Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of...

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The Man from Texas

as Widow Weeks
Released: 1948-03-06

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid,"...

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Checkers

as Mamie Appleby
Released: 1937-12-08

A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's...

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Comin' Round the Mountain

as uncredited
Released: 1940-08-16

A Tennessee boy (Bob Burns) returns from the big city, runs for mayor and puts his musical kin...

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One New York Night

as Phoebe
Released: 1935-03-08

Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel...

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To Heir Is Human

as Una
Released: 1944-01-14

Harry finds out he is the missing heir to an estate, and is summoned to an old, spooky mansion...

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Paris Interlude

as Cassie
Released: 1934-07-27

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...

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Broadway to Hollywood

as Flirt in Audience
Released: 1933-09-15

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife...

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Whistling in the Dark

as Toby Van Buren
Released: 1933-01-21

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...

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Her First Mate

as Hattie
Released: 1933-08-03

A camp butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of the South Seas.

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The Eyes of the World

as Sybil LaGrange
Released: 1930-08-30

The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written...

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Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

as Patsy Wilkins
Released: 1944-03-07

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various...

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The Bargain

as Etta
Released: 1931-07-23

A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.

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Climax!

as Maud
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Studio One

as Parsis McHugh
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Burke's Law

as Miss Samantha Cartier
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Clara Lovelace
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Mrs. Thomas Barrett
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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DuPont Show of the Month

as Aladdin's Mother
First aired: 1957-09-29

DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired...

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The Bill Dana Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-22

The Bill Dana Show is a United States comedy series .The plot follows the daily lifestyle of...

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The Cara Williams Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-23

The Cara Williams Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 18,1964 to April...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Secretary
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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