From Covington, Kentucky Una Merkel became one of Hollywood's brightest stars during the golden era of the silver screen. She acted in sixty-seven films, and worked with such stars as Jackie Gleason, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, and W.C. Fields. Some of her movie credits include Riff Raff, and Destry Rides Again.

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Harrison, Warder. The Kentucky Explorer, Almost Forgotten Today, Movie Star Una Merkel Has Many Kentucky Roots, Jackson: The Kentucky Explorer November 1996.

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