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