Minerva Urecal
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1894-09-20
Day of Death
1966-02-26 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Eureka, California, USA
Minerva Urecal
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.
Acting
(1965)
That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
(1964)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
(1962)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
(1955)
Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
(1955)
A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
(1955)
Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy
(1955)
Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly
(1953)
Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand
(1953)
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart
(1953)
Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli
(1953)
She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady
(1952)
Oklahoma Annie
as Lottie Fling
(1952)
Lost in Alaska
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
(1952)
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Mrs. Peabody
(1952)
Harem Girl
as Aniseh
(1952)
Gobs and Gals
as Mrs. Pursell
(1951)
The Raging Tide
as Johnnie Mae Swanson
(1951)
Dear Brat
as Neighbor (uncredited)
(1951)
Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Mother
(1951)
The Awful Sleuth
as Bert's Mother-In-Law
(1950)
Quicksand
as Landlady
(1950)
Side Street
as Landlady
(1950)
The Arizona Cowboy
as Cactus Kate Millican
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
(1950)
His Baiting Beauty
as Harry's Mother-in-Law
(1949)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1949)
Take One False Step
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
(1949)
Master Minds
as Mrs. Hoskins
(1949)
Outcasts of the Trail
as Abbie Rysen
(1949)
The Lovable Cheat
as Virginie
(1949)
Holiday in Havana
as Mama Valdez
(1948)
The Noose Hangs High
as Husky Woman (uncredited)
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
(1948)
April Showers
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1948)
Good Sam
as Mrs. Nelson
(1948)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
(1948)
Marshal of Amarillo
as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
(1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nellie Carter
(1948)
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Ella Mae Watson
(1948)
Family Honeymoon
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
(1948)
Secret Service Investigator
as Mrs McGiven
(1948)
Variety Time
as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
(1947)
California
as Emma (uncredited)
(1947)
(1947)
Cynthia
as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
(1947)
The Lost Moment
as Maria
(1947)
Bowery Buckaroos
as Kate T. Barlow
(1947)
Undercover Maisie
as Cafe Cook
(1947)
Undercover Maisie
as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
(1947)
Heartaches
as Charwoman (uncredited)
(1947)
Apache Rose
as Felicia
(1947)
Hired Husband
as Aunt Jessie
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Client Wife (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
The Trap
as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
(1946)
Without Reservations
as Sue (uncredited)
(1946)
Partners in Time
as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
(1946)
The Well Groomed Bride
as Woman in Ticket Line
(1946)
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
(1946)
Wake Up and Dream
as Edna Lucash
(1946)
Rainbow Over Texas
as Mama Lolita
(1946)
Andy Plays Hookey
as Andy's Mother-in-Law
(1946)
Sioux City Sue
as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
(1945)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1945)
State Fair
as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
(1945)
Men in Her Diary
as Mrs. Braun
(1945)
A Bell for Adano
as Italian Woman
(1945)
Voice of the Whistler
as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
(1945)
Sensation Hunters
as Edna Rogers
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
(1945)
Salty O'Rourke
as Saleslady (uncredited)
(1945)
The Kid Sister
as Mrs. Wiggins
(1945)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Nora Brown
(1945)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mama Rafferty
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
(1944)
When Strangers Marry
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1944)
Block Busters
as Amelia Rogiet
(1944)
Moonlight and Cactus
as Abigail
(1944)
Crazy Knights
as Mrs. Benson
(1944)
One Mysterious Night
as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
(1944)
The Mark of the Whistler
as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
(1944)
Louisiana Hayride
as Ma Crocker
(1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
(1944)
Bachelor Daze
as Abigail O'Rourke
(1944)
Man from Frisco
as Mrs. Allison
(1943)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
(1943)
Hit the Ice
as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
(1943)
The Ape Man
as Agatha Brewster
(1943)
Dangerous Blondes
as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
(1943)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Hilda
(1943)
They Stooge to Conga
as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
(1943)
Something to Shout About
as Mrs. Starretton
(1943)
So This Is Washington
as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
(1943)
Quiet Please, Murder
as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
(1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Miss Billings
(1943)
Kid Dynamite
as Judge
(1943)
Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
(1943)
The Powers Girl
as Maggie (uncredited)
(1943)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
(1942)
The Living Ghost
as Delia Phillips
(1942)
The Corpse Vanishes
as Fagah
(1942)
In Old California
as Mrs. Carson
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady for a Night
as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
(1942)
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
(1942)
Sons of the Pioneers
as Ellie Bixby
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
(1942)
Henry and Dizzy
as Mrs. Kilmer
(1942)
That Other Woman
as Mrs. MacReady
(1942)
The Daring Young Man
as Nurse
(1942)
Sweater Girl
as Melinda
(1942)
Riding Through Nevada
as Widow Humbolt
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1941)
A Man Betrayed
as Librarian (uncredited)
(1941)
Murder by Invitation
as Maxine Denham
(1941)
Golden Hoofs
as Myrt
(1941)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Cleaning Lady
(1941)
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
(1941)
Dressed to Kill
as Landlady
(1941)
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Elevator Passenger
(1941)
Accent on Love
as Teresa Lombroso
(1941)
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Murphy
(1941)
Arkansas Judge
as Miranda Wolfson
(1941)
Murder Among Friends
as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
(1940)
The Ape
as Townswoman
(1940)
No, No, Nanette
as Woman in Airport
(1940)
San Francisco Docks
as Landlady
(1940)
Boys of the City
as Agnes
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Old Maid (uncredited)
(1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Mrs. Doolittle
(1940)
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as Widow Gail
(1939)
No Place to Go
as Miss Rice
(1939)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Miss Bland, the School Principal
(1939)
Golden Boy
as Grocery Customer
(1939)
(1939)
Missing Evidence
as Amy, Housewife
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Miss Perch - a Nurse
(1939)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Maid to Order
as Mail-Order Bride
(1938)
Dramatic School
as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
(1938)
City Streets
as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
(1938)
The Lady in the Morgue
as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
(1938)
The Devil's Party
as Maria
(1938)
Prison Nurse
as Sutherland
(1938)
Frontier Scout
as Helen
(1938)
Start Cheering
as Miss Grimley
(1938)
Air Devils
as Margaret Price
(1937)
Life Begins with Love
as Mrs. Murphy
(1937)
The Go-Getter
as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
(1937)
She Loved a Fireman
as Nurse Purdy
(1937)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
(1937)
Mountain Justice
as Ella Crippen
(1937)
Ever Since Eve
as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
(1937)
Exiled to Shanghai
as Claire
(1937)
Behind the Mike
as Mrs. Reilly
(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Miss Baldwin
(1937)
Love in a Bungalow
as Mrs. Kester
(1937)
Oh, Doctor
as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
(1936)
Fury
as Fanny (uncredited)
(1936)
Three Godfathers
as Parishioner (uncredited)
(1936)
Love on a Bet
as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
(1935)
Here Comes the Band
as Italian Wife (uncredited)
(1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
(1935)
His Night Out
as Wife (uncredited)
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
(1934)
Student Tour
as Wife
(1933)
Bombshell
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)