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Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress. Merkel was born in Kentucky and acted on stage in New York in the 1920s. She went to Hollywood in 1930 and became a popular film actress.
Merkel died on January 2, 1986, in New York City from cancer. She was 82 years old at the time of her death. She was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 in recognition of her contributions to the entertainment industry.
- Nova Roberts
Discover what happened on this day. Una Merkel is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone.
- Female
- December 10, 1903
- American
- January 2, 1986
Angela Merkel is standing down after 16 years in office. Germans vote on Sunday in elections that will ultimately bring down the curtain on Angela Merkel's final term as chancellor of Germany....
Once hailed by acclaimed director D. W. Griffith as “the greatest natural actress now in pictures,” Una Merkel (1903-1986) was a rare individual in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Humble, self-effacing, and egoless, she confessed to having great insecurities and an inferiority complex.
- Sean Kinder
- 2016
Jan 5, 1986 · In 1945 Miss Merkel was almost killed when her mother committed suicide by turning on the gas in the New York apartment they shared. For the last several years she had lived quietly in Los...
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Jan 4, 1986 · Nearly Killed. Miss Merkel, who toured USO camps during World War II with Gary Cooper and other stars, was divorced from aircraft executive Ronald L. Burla in 1946. That was a year after she was...
