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