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