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