Minerva Urecal
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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.
Known for
Credits
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
as Italian Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Marty (1955)
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Niagara (1953)
as Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie (1947)
as Cafe Cook
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
as Brenda
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Nurse (uncredited)
A Man Alone (1955)
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Start Cheering (1938)
as Miss Grimley
Good Sam (1948)
as Mrs. Nelson
Without Reservations (1946)
as Sue (uncredited)
The Raging Tide (1951)
as Johnnie Mae Swanson
Hit the Ice (1943)
as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
as Saleslady (uncredited)
Fury (1936)
as Fanny (uncredited)
The Trap (1946)
as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
The Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
as Ellie Bixby
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
as Landlady (uncredited)
Double Jeopardy (1955)
as Mrs. Kreesy
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska (1952)
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
Three Godfathers (1936)
as Parishioner (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler (1945)
as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
The Jackpot (1950)
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
Men in Her Diary (1945)
as Mrs. Braun
Dressed to Kill (1941)
as Landlady
The Virginian (1946)
Actor
In Old California (1942)
as Mrs. Carson
Sitting Pretty (1948)
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Gobs and Gals (1952)
as Mrs. Pursell
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
The Ape (1940)
as Townswoman
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
The Go-Getter (1937)
as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
Take One False Step (1949)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)
as Murphy
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
as Kate Lindquist
City Streets (1938)
as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
That Other Woman (1942)
as Mrs. MacReady
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
as Hilda
They Stooge to Conga (1943)
as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
That Funny Feeling (1965)
as Woman at Phone Booth
Oh, Doctor (1937)
as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
The Dark Corner (1946)
as Client Wife (uncredited)
Bachelor Daze (1944)
as Abigail O'Rourke
Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
as Miss Baldwin
State Fair (1945)
as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
The Powers Girl (1943)
as Maggie (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
Actor
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette (1940)
as Woman in Airport
So This Is Washington (1943)
as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Emma (uncredited)
Bombshell (1933)
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band (1935)
as Italian Wife (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
as Mrs. Peabody
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
as Mrs. Stuart
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
Outcasts of the Trail (1949)
as Abbie Rysen
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
as Mother (uncredited)
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
as Edna Lucash
Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943)
as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Husky Woman (uncredited)
The Arizona Cowboy (1950)
as Cactus Kate Millican
Kid Dynamite (1943)
as Judge
His Night Out (1935)
as Wife (uncredited)
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
as Fagah
Golden Boy (1939)
as Grocery Customer
Life Begins with Love (1937)
as Mrs. Murphy
Lady for a Night (1942)
as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Cynthia (1947)
as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Side Street (1950)
as Landlady
The Lady in the Morgue (1938)
as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny (1945)
as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
The Ape Man (1943)
as Agatha Brewster
Dear Brat (1951)
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Crazy Knights (1944)
as Mrs. Benson
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
as The Cleaning Lady
The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940)
as Widow Gail
Maid to Order (1939)
as Mail-Order Bride
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
as Mama Rafferty
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
as Cleaning Lady
Sundown in Santa Fe (1948)
as Ella Mae Watson
One Mysterious Night (1944)
as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Sabotage (1939)
as (uncredited)
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
Actor
Dramatic School (1938)
as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
as Mama Lolita
Music in Manhattan (1944)
as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
Sweater Girl (1942)
as Melinda
The Kid Sister (1945)
as Mrs. Wiggins
Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945)
as Nora Brown
The Devil's Party (1938)
as Maria
April Showers (1948)
as Landlady (uncredited)
Quicksand (1950)
as Landlady
Something to Shout About (1943)
as Mrs. Starretton
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
The Lost Moment (1947)
as Maria
Prison Nurse (1938)
as Sutherland
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Librarian (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan (1943)
as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
Heartaches (1947)
as Charwoman (uncredited)
His Baiting Beauty (1950)
as Harry's Mother-in-Law
Happy Go Wacky (1952)
Actor
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
Second Fiddle (1939)
as Miss Bland, the School Principal
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Boys of the City (1940)
as Agnes
Sioux City Sue (1946)
as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry (1944)
as Landlady (uncredited)
Four Girls in White (1939)
as Miss Perch - a Nurse
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
as Miss Billings
The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
as Nellie Carter
The Daring Young Man (1942)
as Nurse
Block Busters (1944)
as Amelia Rogiet
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs (1941)
as Myrt
Love in a Bungalow (1937)
as Mrs. Kester
Marshal of Amarillo (1948)
as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
The Well Groomed Bride (1946)
as Woman in Ticket Line
Riding Through Nevada (1942)
as Widow Humbolt
Murder Among Friends (1941)
as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Master Minds (1949)
as Mrs. Hoskins
Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)
as Elevator Passenger
Apache Rose (1947)
as Felicia
Missing Evidence (1939)
as Amy, Housewife
She Loved a Fireman (1937)
as Nurse Purdy
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Murder by Invitation (1941)
as Maxine Denham
Mountain Justice (1937)
as Ella Crippen
Oklahoma Annie (1952)
as Lottie Fling
Meet the Baron (1933)
as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
The Living Ghost (1942)
as Delia Phillips
Harem Girl (1952)
as Aniseh
Love on a Bet (1936)
as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
San Francisco Docks (1940)
as Landlady
Accent on Love (1941)
as Teresa Lombroso
No Place to Go (1939)
as Miss Rice
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
as Virginie
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
as Mrs. Doolittle
The Awful Sleuth (1951)
as Bert's Mother-In-Law
Henry and Dizzy (1942)
as Mrs. Kilmer
Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
as Claire
Behind the Mike (1937)
as Mrs. Reilly
Secret Service Investigator (1948)
as Mrs McGiven
Air Devils (1938)
as Margaret Price
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters (1945)
as Edna Rogers
Student Tour (1934)
as Wife
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Fagah (archive footage)
Dangerous Blondes (1943)
as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
Variety Time (1948)
as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
as Kate T. Barlow
Frontier Scout (1938)
as Helen
Louisiana Hayride (1944)
as Ma Crocker
Moonlight and Cactus (1944)
as Abigail
Man from Frisco (1944)
as Mrs. Allison
Partners in Time (1946)
as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Holiday in Havana (1949)
as Mama Valdez
Wildcat Bus (1940)
as Old Maid (uncredited)
Sudden Danger (1955)
as Mrs. Kelly
Stop That Cab (1951)
as Lucy's Mother
Two Gun Marshal (1953)
as Mama Antonelli
Hired Husband (1947)
as Aunt Jessie
Arkansas Judge (1941)
as Miranda Wolfson
Andy Plays Hookey (1946)
as Andy's Mother-in-Law