Una Merkel

Una Merkel has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6230 Hollywood Boulevard. The couple has a daughter, Ripley, born in 2000. She died in Los Angeles, California. Newton married film writer Oliver Parker in 1998. Her final film role was in the 1966 Elvis Presley film Spinout. John Carter, on the American television series ER, and also appeared in The Chronicles of Riddick. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Summer and Smoke (1961). Newton recently plays Kem, the love interest of Dr.

She made a comeback as a middle aged woman playing mothers and maiden aunts, and in 1956 won a Tony Award for her role in The Ponder Heart. She was also in the movie Mission: Impossible II as Nya Hall, the love interest of Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt and was signed to appear in the film version of Charlie's Angels but when the Mission: Impossible film went over schedule she lost the other part. Her career went into decline during the 1940s and although she continued working it was in less prestigious productions. Newton made her film début in Flirting (1991) and gained international recognition opposite Nick Nolte in the film Jefferson in Paris that led to her being cast in 1998's Beloved, (alongside Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey), where she played the title character. She played Ann Rutledge in the 1930 film Abraham Lincoln and during the 1930s became a popular second lead in a number of films, usually playing the wisecracking best friend of the heroine. Her mother is a princess of the Shona tribe. She returned to Hollywood and achieved her greatest success with the advent of "talkies". She was educated at Downing College, Cambridge.

She appeared in several films during the silent era but spent most of her time in New York working on Broadway. She was raised in Zambia and Cornwall, England. Born in Covington, Kentucky, Merkel resembled the popular actress Lillian Gish, and her resemblance allowed her to enter films in 1920 as Gish's double in the film Way Down East. Thandiwe Newton was born of a Zimbabwean mother and an English father. Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American film actress. Thandie Newton (born November 6, 1972) is a British actress.