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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
190
Gender
Female
Birthday
1894-09-20 (131 years old)
Place of Birth
Eureka, California, USA
Acting
1965
That Funny Feeling as Woman at Phone Booth1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Kate Lindquist1963
Petticoat Junction as Martha Winslow1963
Petticoat Junction as Martha Griffin1962
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Brenda1960
Angel as Not available1958
Peter Gunn as Mother1958
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie as Not available1957
Perry Mason as Landlady1957
Perry Mason as Martha Glenhorn1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Ma Bowie1955
Marty as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Busybody1955
A Man Alone as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)1955
Sudden Danger as Mrs. Kelly1955
Double Jeopardy as Mrs. Kreesy1953
Niagara as Mrs. McGrand1953
Meet Mr. McNutley as Not available1953
She's Back on Broadway as Cleaning Lady1953
Two Gun Marshal as Mama Antonelli1953
Woman They Almost Lynched as Mrs. Stuart1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as Indian Woman1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as Singing Student1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment1952
Cavalcade of America as Not available1952
Harem Girl as Aniseh1952
Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling1952
Lost in Alaska as Mrs. McGillicuddy1952
Gobs and Gals as Mrs. Pursell1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Not available1951
The Roy Rogers Show as Not available1951
Dear Brat as Neighbor (uncredited)1951
The Awful Sleuth as Bert's Mother-In-Law1951
Stop That Cab as Lucy's Mother1951
The Raging Tide as Johnnie Mae Swanson1950
The Gene Autry Show as Not available1950
The Jackpot as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)1950
Quicksand as Landlady1950
Side Street as Landlady1950
The Arizona Cowboy as Cactus Kate Millican1950
His Baiting Beauty as Harry's Mother-in-Law1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma as Train Passenger (uncredited)1949
Take One False Step as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)1949
Master Minds as Mrs. Hoskins1949
Holiday in Havana as Mama Valdez1949
The Lovable Cheat as Virginie1949
Outcasts of the Trail as Abbie Rysen1948
Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)1948
Family Honeymoon as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)1948
Sundown in Santa Fe as Ella Mae Watson1948
April Showers as Landlady (uncredited)1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nellie Carter1948
Variety Time as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)1948
Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson1948
Marshal of Amarillo as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)1948
The Noose Hangs High as Husky Woman (uncredited)1948
Secret Service Investigator as Mrs McGiven1947
Hired Husband as Aunt Jessie1947
Heartaches as Charwoman (uncredited)1947
Bowery Buckaroos as Kate T. Barlow1947
Apache Rose as Felicia1947
Cynthia as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)1947
California as Emma (uncredited)1947
The Lost Moment as Maria1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Not available1947
Undercover Maisie as Cafe Cook1947
Undercover Maisie as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)1946
The Virginian as Not available1946
The Dark Corner as Client Wife (uncredited)1946
The Trap as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper1946
The Well Groomed Bride as Woman in Ticket Line1946
Without Reservations as Sue (uncredited)1946
Wake Up and Dream as Edna Lucash1946
Partners in Time as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)1946
Rainbow Over Texas as Mama Lolita1946
Sioux City Sue as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)1946
Andy Plays Hookey as Andy's Mother-in-Law1946
Breakfast in Hollywood as Miss Mullins (uncredited)1945
Men in Her Diary as Mrs. Braun1945
The Bells of St. Mary's as Landlady (uncredited)1945
Sensation Hunters as Edna Rogers1945
State Fair as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)1945
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mama Rafferty1945
The Kid Sister as Mrs. Wiggins1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Nora Brown1945
Voice of the Whistler as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)1945
A Bell for Adano as Italian Woman1945
Salty O'Rourke as Saleslady (uncredited)1945
A Medal for Benny as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)1944
Crazy Knights as Mrs. Benson1944
Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)1944
When Strangers Marry as Landlady (uncredited)1944
Louisiana Hayride as Ma Crocker1944
Block Busters as Amelia Rogiet1944
Man from Frisco as Mrs. Allison1944
Mr. Skeffington as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)1944
The Mark of the Whistler as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)1944
Bachelor Daze as Abigail O'Rourke1944
One Mysterious Night as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)1944
Moonlight and Cactus as Abigail1943
Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)1943
So This Is Washington as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)1943
Kid Dynamite as Judge1943
Hit the Ice as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)1943
Ghosts on the Loose as Hilda1943
Keep 'Em Slugging as Miss Billings1943
The Powers Girl as Maggie (uncredited)1943
The Ape Man as Agatha Brewster1943
Quiet Please, Murder as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron1943
Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Miss Clabber (uncredited)1943
Something to Shout About as Mrs. Starretton1943
They Stooge to Conga as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)1943
Dixie Dugan as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)1943
Dangerous Blondes as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Wife at Circus (uncredited)1942
Sweater Girl as Melinda1942
Riding Through Nevada as Widow Humbolt1942
Henry and Dizzy as Mrs. Kilmer1942
My Favorite Blonde as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)1942
The Daring Young Man as Nurse1942
The Living Ghost as Delia Phillips1942
Sons of the Pioneers as Ellie Bixby1942
The Man in the Trunk as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)1942
In Old California as Mrs. Carson1942
Lady for a Night as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)1942
A Tragedy at Midnight as Housekeeper (uncredited)1942
That Other Woman as Mrs. MacReady1942
The Corpse Vanishes as Fagah1941
They Died with Their Boots On as Nurse (uncredited)1941
Murder by Invitation as Maxine Denham1941
Golden Hoofs as Myrt1941
Murder Among Friends as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)1941
A Man Betrayed as Librarian (uncredited)1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde as Murphy1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg as Head of Reform School (uncredited)1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Cleaning Lady1941
Accent on Love as Teresa Lombroso1941
Arkansas Judge as Miranda Wolfson1941
Marry the Boss's Daughter as Elevator Passenger1941
Dressed to Kill as Landlady1940
The Ape as Townswoman1940
San Francisco Docks as Landlady1940
Wildcat Bus as Old Maid (uncredited)1940
Boys of the City as Agnes1940
The Sagebrush Family Trails West as Widow Gail1940
No, No, Nanette as Woman in Airport1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife as Mrs. Doolittle1939
Sabotage as (uncredited)1939
Golden Boy as Grocery Customer1939
Second Fiddle as Miss Bland, the School Principal1939
Missing Evidence as Amy, Housewife1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave as Not available1939
Dancing Co-Ed as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)1939
Four Girls in White as Miss Perch - a Nurse1939
Destry Rides Again as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)1939
No Place to Go as Miss Rice1939
Maid to Order as Mail-Order Bride1938
Dramatic School as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)1938
Air Devils as Margaret Price1938
Prison Nurse as Sutherland1938
Frontier Scout as Helen1938
City Streets as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)1938
The Devil's Party as Maria1938
The Lady in the Morgue as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)1938
Start Cheering as Miss Grimley1937
Exiled to Shanghai as Claire1937
Behind the Mike as Mrs. Reilly1937
Ever Since Eve as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)1937
Mountain Justice as Ella Crippen1937
Life Begins with Love as Mrs. Murphy1937
The Go-Getter as Cappy Ricks' Secretary1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron1937
Oh, Doctor as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth1937
She Loved a Fireman as Nurse Purdy1937
Love in a Bungalow as Mrs. Kester1937
Her Husband's Secretary as Miss Baldwin1936
Fury as Fanny (uncredited)1936
Three Godfathers as Parishioner (uncredited)1936
Love on a Bet as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary1935
His Night Out as Wife (uncredited)1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)1935
Here Comes the Band as Italian Wife (uncredited)1934
Sadie McKee as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)1934
Student Tour as Wife1933
Bombshell as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)1933
Meet the Baron as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)