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