Una Merkel (December , â€" January , ) was an American stage, film,
radio, and television actress.Merkel was born in Kentucky and acted on
stage in New York in the s. She went to Hollywood in and became a
popular film actress. Two of her best-known performances are in the
films nd Street and Destry Rides Again. She won a Tony Award in and
was nominated for an Oscar in .Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky,
to Bessie (née Phares) and Arno Merkel, but in her early childhood,
she lived in many of the Southern United States due to her father's
job as a traveling salesman. At the age of , she and her parents moved
to Philadelphia. They stayed there a year or so before settling in New
York City, where she began attending the Alviene School of Dramatic
Art.
radio, and television actress.Merkel was born in Kentucky and acted on
stage in New York in the s. She went to Hollywood in and became a
popular film actress. Two of her best-known performances are in the
films nd Street and Destry Rides Again. She won a Tony Award in and
was nominated for an Oscar in .Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky,
to Bessie (née Phares) and Arno Merkel, but in her early childhood,
she lived in many of the Southern United States due to her father's
job as a traveling salesman. At the age of , she and her parents moved
to Philadelphia. They stayed there a year or so before settling in New
York City, where she began attending the Alviene School of Dramatic
Art.
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