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