Minerva Urecal
Born in Eureka, California, USA — Sep 20 1894• Died Feb 26 1966
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Biography
A stage actress, Urecal made her screen debut in 1934. For the remainder of her career and two hundred plus movies, she played cleaning women, landladies, shopkeepers and the like. She was known as a Marjorie Main type actress and later went on to a career in television playing in such shows as "Tugboat Annie" and "Peter Gunn." Minerva claimed her name was an amalgam of her hometown, Eureka, California.
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Minerva Urecal's Credits
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Perry Mason
Landlady
Petticoat Junction
Martha Winslow
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Busybody
Peter Gunn
Mother
The Abbott and Costello Show
Indian Woman
The Gene Autry Show
Cavalcade of America
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Ma Bowie
Life Begins with Love
Mrs. Murphy
The Roy Rogers Show
Angel
Marty
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Niagara
Mrs. McGrand
They Died with Their Boots On
Nurse (uncredited)
Meet Mr. McNutley
Mr. Skeffington
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
The Virginian
A Bell for Adano
Italian Woman
Golden Boy
Grocery Customer
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Kate Lindquist
A Man Alone
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Fury
Fanny (uncredited)
Start Cheering
Miss Grimley
The Living Ghost
Delia Phillips
California
Emma (uncredited)
In Old California
Mrs. Carson
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Brenda
State Fair
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Slugging
Miss Billings
Hit the Ice
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska
Mrs. McGillicuddy
The Jackpot
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Good Sam
Mrs. Nelson
The Raging Tide
Johnnie Mae Swanson
No Place to Go
Miss Rice
Bombshell
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Landlady
Salty O'Rourke
Saleslady (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry
Landlady (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
Woman in Airport
The Ape Man
Agatha Brewster
Dangerous Blondes
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Client Wife (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
April Showers
Landlady (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
Hilda
Oh, Doctor
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
Sadie McKee
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Miss Bland, the School Principal
Quicksand
Landlady
His Night Out
Wife (uncredited)
Men in Her Diary
Mrs. Braun
The Devil's Party
Maria
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
That Other Woman
Mrs. MacReady
The Trap
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
Student Tour
Wife
The Ape
Townswoman
Voice of the Whistler
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Murphy
Without Reservations
Sue (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
Landlady (uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
Side Street
Landlady
Dramatic School
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
City Streets
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
Ella Crippen
Family Honeymoon
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
The Lost Moment
Maria
Quiet Please, Murder
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
Sudden Danger
Mrs. Kelly
A Man Betrayed
Librarian (uncredited)
Dear Brat
Neighbor (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Wife at Circus (uncredited)
Sabotage
(uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
Heartaches
Charwoman (uncredited)
The Lady in the Morgue
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Golden Hoofs
Myrt
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Mrs. Peabody
Double Jeopardy
Mrs. Kreesy
Take One False Step
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Master Minds
Mrs. Hoskins
Oklahoma Annie
Lottie Fling
Prison Nurse
Sutherland
The Kid Sister
Mrs. Wiggins
A Tragedy at Midnight
Housekeeper (uncredited)
One Mysterious Night
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Husky Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Nora Brown
Outcasts of the Trail
Abbie Rysen
A Medal for Benny
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Italian Wife (uncredited)
The Lovable Cheat
Virginie
Woman They Almost Lynched
Mrs. Stuart
The Well Groomed Bride
Woman in Ticket Line
Gobs and Gals
Mrs. Pursell
Arkansas Judge
Miranda Wolfson
Rainbow Over Texas
Mama Lolita
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Stop That Cab
Lucy's Mother
Breakfast in Hollywood
Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Accent on Love
Teresa Lombroso
Block Busters
Amelia Rogiet
Sioux City Sue
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Man from Frisco
Mrs. Allison
Missing Evidence
Amy, Housewife
Sons of the Pioneers
Ellie Bixby
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
Love in a Bungalow
Mrs. Kester
They Stooge to Conga
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
San Francisco Docks
Landlady
Apache Rose
Felicia
The Corpse Vanishes
Fagah
So This Is Washington
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Moonlight and Cactus
Abigail
Murder by Invitation
Maxine Denham
Three Godfathers
Parishioner (uncredited)
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Elevator Passenger
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mama Rafferty
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Nellie Carter
Kid Dynamite
Judge
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
That Funny Feeling
Woman at Phone Booth
Lady for a Night
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Cynthia
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary
Miss Baldwin
Ever Since Eve
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Wake Up and Dream
Edna Lucash
Sweater Girl
Melinda
Four Girls in White
Miss Perch - a Nurse
She Loved a Fireman
Nurse Purdy
The Awful Sleuth
Bert's Mother-In-Law
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Widow Gail
The Arizona Cowboy
Cactus Kate Millican
Wildcat Bus
Old Maid (uncredited)
Something to Shout About
Mrs. Starretton
Behind the Mike
Mrs. Reilly
Maid to Order
Mail-Order Bride
Undercover Maisie
Cafe Cook
The Powers Girl
Maggie (uncredited)
The Man in the Trunk
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
Holiday in Havana
Mama Valdez
Murder Among Friends
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Exiled to Shanghai
Claire
Sundown in Santa Fe
Ella Mae Watson
Crazy Knights
Mrs. Benson
Air Devils
Margaret Price
Bowery Buckaroos
Kate T. Barlow
Partners in Time
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Bachelor Daze
Abigail O'Rourke
Henry and Dizzy
Mrs. Kilmer
She's Back on Broadway
Cleaning Lady
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Cleaning Lady
Two Gun Marshal
Mama Antonelli
Frontier Scout
Helen
Variety Time
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Sensation Hunters
Edna Rogers
Meet the Baron
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
Louisiana Hayride
Ma Crocker
Marshal of Amarillo
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Harem Girl
Aniseh
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Miss Clabber (uncredited)
Secret Service Investigator
Mrs McGiven
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Mrs. Doolittle
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
Andy Plays Hookey
Andy's Mother-in-Law
Riding Through Nevada
Widow Humbolt
His Baiting Beauty
Harry's Mother-in-Law
Boys of the City
Agnes
The Daring Young Man
Nurse
Hired Husband
Aunt Jessie