Effie Perrine — The Maltese Falcon Character Profile

About Effie Perrine

Spade's secretary who is present in the office when Captain Jacoby dies. Spade contacts her to retrieve the suitcase containing the black bird for the conspirators' inspection.

Character Facts

Played by

Una Merkel

Appears in

The Maltese Falcon (1931)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Maltese Falcon

• Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez)
• Ruth Wonderly (Bebe Daniels)
• Casper Gutman (Dudley Digges)
• Iva Archer (Thelma Todd)
• Police Lt. Dundy (Robert Elliott)
• Wilmer Cook (Dwight Frye)
• Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus (J. Farrell MacDonald)
• Dr. Joel Cairo (Otto Matieson)
• Miles Archer (Walter Long)
• Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited) (Agostino Borgato)
• District Attorney (uncredited) (Morgan Wallace)
• Sarah the Prison Matron (uncredited) (Lucille Ward)