Other works

(1916 - 1960) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1916) Stage Play: The Big Show. Musical. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Book by R.H. Burnside. Lyrics by John L. Golden. Musical Director: Raymond Hubbell. Additional music by Frank Leighton, Bert Leighton, Max Darewski and Julius Einodshofer. Additional lyrics by Ren Shields and C.H. Bovill. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Hippodrome Theatre: 31 Aug 1916- 5 May 1917 (425 performances). Cast: Charles Ahearn [final Broadway role], Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson [credited as Max Aronson], Mr. Bain, Jack Bart, Enzo Bozano, Paul Briant, Walter Briant, Mlle. Brunova, Mlle. Butzova, Miss Caine, James Carty, Addie Clark, Mlle. Collinet, J.P. Coombs, Marie Corty, Natalie Dagwell, Ellen Dallerup, Emil Davis, George Davis, Johnny Davis, Dippy Diers, Mlle. Doganova, M. Domislavski, Elm City Four, Stanley Ferguson, Hanny Frick, Rosa Gebauer, Miss Georges, Dixie Gerard, James Graham, Mlle. Grassova, Fred Gregory, Mlle. Griffova, Robert Gross, Bobbie Hale, George Hermann, M. Hubart, David Irwin, Miss Johnson, Mat Keefe, George Kerner, Emma Kiyo, Miss. Kollhofer, Peter Ladella, Tony Ladella, W.G. Ladella, Mlle. Leggierova, Bert Leighton, Frank Leighton, Mlle. Lindovskaja, Emanuel List, Mariette Lorette, Adelaide Lorrett, William Lorrimer, James Mack, Blanche Marci, Georges Marck, William Maxwell, Miss Meerest, Miss Melville, Una Merkel [Broadway debut], Albert Metzetti, Charles Metzetti, Leon Metzetti, Otto Metzetti, Sylvester Metzetti, Happy Milke, Beverly Miller, John Miller, Phyllis Miller, Messr. Montes, Miss Moore, Miss Moran, Mlle. Moskvina, Miss Mullar, Mlle. Myersa, Walter Nelson, Howard Nichols, Millard Nichols, Norman Nichols, Miss Norman, Margaret ONeil, B.K. Okita, Mr. Oliveroff, Marion O'Neil, Haru Onuki, Miss Overlack, Mr. Parker, Joseph Parsons, Anna Pavlova, Stefa S. Plaskovietyka, Cathleen Pope, Mr. Poppelow, Frances Pritchard, J.R. Proctor, Gus Proppe, Charles Ravel, Bob Reano, William C. Reid, Robert Rosaire, Dave Rosen, Hilda Ruckerts, Eddie Russell, Frank Scalish, Barbara Schaefer, Katie Schmidt, Mlle. Shelton, Al Silverman, Mlle. Smallers, W.G. Stewart, Mlle. Stuart, Miss Sully, Fred Sweeney, Mlle. Tastova, Henry Taylor, The El Rey Sisters, The Four Singers, The Six Brown Brothers, Toto, John Tweedley, M. Vajinski, Mlle. Verins, Mr. Veseloff, Alexandere Volinine, Austin Walsh, Miss. Walters, Harry Wardell, Martha Weidemann, C. Weikusat, M. Weikusat, Miss. Welden, Gus Wicke, George Wilson, Billy Woolfe, Miss Worm, Miss Wruck, Letty Yorke, Yoshie and Nobu, Messr. Zalewski. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.

(1927) Stage Play: The Gossipy Sex. Farce. Written by Lawrence Grattan. Directed by Sam Forrest. Mansfield Theatre: 19 Apr 1927- May 1927 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast included: Philip Barrison, Eva Condon, Harry Forsman, Una Merkel (as "Anna Sterling"), Lynne Overman, Helen Weir. Produced by John Golden.

(1927) Stage Play: Coquette. Tragedy/romance. Written by George Abbott and Ann Shepherd. Directed by George Abbott. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 8 Nov 1927- Sep 1928 (closing date unknown/366 performances). Cast: Frederick Burton, Elliot Cabot, Frank Dae (as "Ed Forsythe"), Helen Hayes (as "Norma Besant"), Andrew Lawlor Jr., Una Merkel (as "Betty Lee Reynolds"), Abbie Mitchell, Steve Pendleton, G. Albert Smith (as "Stanley Wentworth"), Phyllis Tyler, Charles Waldron (as "Dr. Besant"). Produced by Jed Harris and Lee Shubert.

(1929) Stage Play: Salt Water. Comedy. Written by Daniel Jarrett. Directed by John Golden. John Golden Theatre: 26 Nov 1929- Feb 1930 (closing date unknown/87 performances). Cast included: Robert Burton, Claude Cooper, Frank Craven, William Edmunds, Edythe Elliott, Alan Goode, James C. Lane, Henry Lawrence, Una Merkel (as "Marian Putter"), Patricia O'Hearn. Produced by John Golden.

(1953) Stage Play: The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker. Comedy. Written by Liam O'Brien. Directed by Alan Schneider. Coronet Theatre: 30 Dec 1953- 10 Jul 1954 (221 performances). Cast included Burgess Meredith, Una Merkel (as "Aunt Jane Pennypacker"), Glenn Anders, Thomas Chalmers, Martha Scott, Betty Lou Keim, William Lanteau, Phyllis Love.

(1956) Stage Play: The Ponder Heart. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on a story by Eudora Welty. Music Advisor: Lehman Engel. Stage Manager: Tony Kraber. Directed by Robert Douglas. Music Box Theatre: 16 Feb 1956- 23 Jun 1956 (149 performances). Cast: Una Merkel (as "Edna Earle Ponder"), David Wayne (as "Uncle Daniel Ponder"), Will Geer (as "Dorris R. Gladney"), Juanita Hall (as "Narciss"), Don Hanmer (as "De Yancey Clanahan"), Sarah Marshall (as "Bonnie Dee Ponder"), Daniel Bergin (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Joe Bishop (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Theodore Browne (as "Jacob"), Edwin Buckley (as "Purdel Peacock"), Vinie Burrows (as "Sarah"), William Dwyer (as "Clyde"), Mary Farrell (as "Mrs. Bodkin"), Donald Foster (as "Dr. Eubanks"), Tom Geraghty (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Barbara Jean Gilliam (as "Eloise"), Harold Grau (as "Mr. Peacock"), Jim Holden (as "Jurors and Spectators"), J. Talbot Holland (as "Al"), James Karr (as "Clerk"), Charlotte Klein (as "Mrs. Peacock"), Johnny Klein (as "Rodney"), Richard Klein (as "Bruce Peacock"), Tony Kraber (as "Bailiff"), David Leland (as "Mr. Springer"), Alan Manson (as "Foreman"), Dwight Marfield (as "Truex Bodkin"), John Marriott (as "Big John"), Junior Marshall (as "Willie"), John McGovern (as "Judge Waite"), Helen Quarrier (as "Treva Peacock"), Richard Rothrock (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Jeanne Shelley (as "Johnnie Ree Peacock"), Lieselotte Singer (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Ruth White (as "Teacake Magee"), Noel Williams (as "Sam"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). Note: Merkel was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic).

(1959) Stage Play: Take Me Along. Musical comedy. Book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell. Based on the play "Ah, Wilderness" by Eugene O'Neill. Music by Bob Merrill. Lyrics by Bob Merrill. Musical Director: Lehman Engel. Vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel. Ballet and incidental music by Laurence Rosenthal. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Choreographed by Onna White. Directed by Peter Glenville. Shubert Theatre: 22 Oct 1959- 17 Dec 1960 (448 performances). Cast: Jackie Gleason (as "Sid Davis, Essie's brother"), Eileen Herlie (as "Lily Miller, Nat's sister"), Walter Pidgeon (as "Nat Miller, editor of the Centerville Globe"), Una Merkel (as "Essie Miller, Nat's wife") [final Broadway role], Robert Morse (as "Richard Miller, Nat's younger son"), Nicole Barth (as "Townswoman"), Alvin Beam (as "Townsman"), Chad Block (as "Townsman"), Charles Bolender (as "The Beardsley Dwarf"), Frank Borgman (as "Townsman"), Renee Byrns (as "Townswoman"), John Carter (as "Townsman"), Jack Collins (as "Bartender"), Peter Conlow (as "Wint, Arthur's friend"), Lyn Connorty (as "Townswoman"), James Cresson (as "Arthur Miller, Richard's older bother, at Yale") [Broadway debut], Barbara Doherty (as "Townswoman"), Katia Geleznova (as "Townswoman"), Arlene Golonka (as "Belle/a traveling artiste for hire"), Luke Halpin (as "Tommy Miller"), Valerie Harper (as "Lady Entertainer/Townswoman"), Lee Howard (as "Patron of the bar/Townsman"), Diana Hunter (as "Lady Entertainer/Townswoman"), Jack Konzal (as "Patron of the bar/Townsman"), Elna Laun (as "Patron of the bar/Townswoman"), Paula Lloyd (as "Patron of the bar/Camille/Townswoman"), Susan Luckey (as "Muriel Macomber, Macomber's daughter and friend to Richard"), Nancy Lynch (as "Townswoman"), Bill McDonald (as "The Salesman/Townsman"), Rae McLean (as "Salome/Lady Entertainer/Townswoman"), Henry Michel (as "Townsman"), Fred Miller (as "David Macomber, dry goods store owner"), Jack Murray (as "Townsman"), John Nola (as "Townsman"), Zeme North (as "Mildred Miller, the youngest Miller"), Janice Painchaud (as "Patron of the bar/Townswoman"), Rusty Parker (as "Townsman"), Bill Richards (as "Townsman"), Harry Lee Rogers (as "Townsman"), Bill Starr (as "Townsman"), Walter Strauss (as "Townsman"), Jimmy Tarbutton (as "Townsman"), Pat Tolson (as "Patron of the bar/Townsman"), Gene Varrone (as "The Drunk/Townsman"), Marc West (as "Townsman"). Standbys: Dort Clark (as "Sid Davis"), Ruth Warrick (as "Essie Miller/Lily Miller"). Replacement actors: Nicole Barth (as "Lady Entertainer"), Alvin Beam (as "Patron of the bar"), William Bendix (as "Sid Davis") [final Broadway role], Sidney Blackmer (as "Nat Miller"), Frank Borgman (as "Bartender"), Doris Dalton (as "Essie Miller"), Diana Hunter (as "Patron of the bar"), Julie Marlow (as "Townswoman"), Patricia Mount (as "Mildred Miller"), Michael O'Shaughnessy (as "Townsman"), Rusty Parker (as "Tommy Miller"), Bill Richards (as "Bartender"), Ron Schwinn (as "Townsman") [from Sep 1960- ?]. Understudies: Renee Byrns (as "Belle"), Jack Collins (as "Sid Davis"), Barbara Doherty (as "Mildred Miller"), Frank Dudley (as "Bartender"), Henry Michel (as "Nat Miller"), Patricia Mount (as "Muriel Macomber"), Michael O'Shaughnessy (as "Tommy Miller"), Rusty Parker (as "Tommy Miller"). Produced by David Merrick. Note: This was not a stage version of the 1948 musical film Summer Holiday (1948), which also had been based on O'Neill's play.

(1947-48) Radio: Appeared (as "Adaline Fairchild") in "The Great Gildersleeve".

(January 13, 1959) She acted in Edward Chodorov's play, "Listen To The Mocking Bird," in the Playwrights Company production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Eva Le Gallienne, Billie Burke, Francis Compton, Cavada Humphrey, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Angela Thornton, Felix Deebank, Biff McGuire and Donald Moffat in the cast. Leo Kerz was set designer. Guy Kent was costume designer. Edward Chodorov was also director.