Minerva Urecal
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: September 20, 1894
Day of Death: February 26, 1966 (71 years old)
Place of Birth: Eureka, California, USA
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.
1965
1964
1962
1955
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
Actor Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon
Actor Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Actor Landlady (uncredited)
April Showers
Actor Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Marshal of Amarillo
Actor Ella Mae Watson
Sundown in Santa Fe
Actor Mrs. Nelson
Good Sam
Actor Nellie Carter
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Actor Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Variety Time
Actor Husky Woman (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Actor Mrs McGiven
Secret Service Investigator
Actor Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1947
1946
Actor Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
The Trap
Actor Edna Lucash
Wake Up and Dream
Actor Andy's Mother-in-Law
Andy Plays Hookey
Actor Mama Lolita
Rainbow Over Texas
Actor Woman in Ticket Line
The Well Groomed Bride
Actor Client Wife (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Actor Sue (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Actor Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Partners in Time
Actor Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood
Actor Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Sioux City Sue
Actor
The Virginian
1945
Actor Mrs. Wiggins
The Kid Sister
Actor Nora Brown
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Actor Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
Actor Edna Rogers
Sensation Hunters
Actor Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
Actor Mrs. Braun
Men in Her Diary
Actor Italian Woman
A Bell for Adano
Actor Landlady (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
Actor Saleslady (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
Actor Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
State Fair
Actor Mama Rafferty
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1944
Actor Ma Crocker
Louisiana Hayride
Actor Abigail O'Rourke
Bachelor Daze
Actor Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
Actor Abigail
Moonlight and Cactus
Actor Mrs. Allison
Man from Frisco
Actor Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Actor Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
One Mysterious Night
Actor Amelia Rogiet
Block Busters
Actor Landlady (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry
Actor Mrs. Benson
Crazy Knights
Actor Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1943
Actor Agatha Brewster
The Ape Man
Actor Maggie (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Actor Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Actor Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Actor Miss Billings
Keep 'Em Slugging
Actor Mrs. Swanson-Housekeeper
Dangerous Blondes
Actor Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
Quiet Please, Murder
Actor Judge
Kid Dynamite
Actor Mrs. Starretton
Something to Shout About
Actor Hilda
Ghosts on the Loose
Actor Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
Actor Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
They Stooge to Conga
Actor Miss Clabber (uncredited)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Actor Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
1942
Actor Fagah
The Corpse Vanishes
Actor Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Actor Delia Phillips
The Living Ghost
Actor Housekeeper (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
Actor Melinda
Sweater Girl
Actor Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
Actor Mrs. MacReady
That Other Woman
Actor Nurse
The Daring Young Man
Actor Mrs. Kilmer
Henry and Dizzy
Actor Wife at Circus (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Actor Widow Humbolt
Riding Through Nevada
Actor Ellie Bixby
Sons of the Pioneers
Actor Mrs. Carson
In Old California
Actor Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
The Man in the Trunk
1941
Actor The Cleaning Lady
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Actor Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Actor Teresa Lombroso
Accent on Love
Actor Murphy
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Actor Miranda Wolfson
Arkansas Judge
Actor Landlady
Dressed to Kill
Actor Nurse (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Actor Maxine Denham
Murder by Invitation
Actor Myrt
Golden Hoofs
Actor Elevator Passenger
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Actor Librarian (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Actor Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Murder Among Friends
1940
1939
Actor Miss Rice
No Place to Go
Actor Miss Perch - a Nurse
Four Girls in White
Actor Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Actor Miss Bland, the School Principal
Second Fiddle
Actor Grocery Customer
Golden Boy
Actor Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Actor Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
Actor Amy, Housewife
Missing Evidence
Actor (uncredited)
Sabotage
Actor
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Actor Mail-Order Bride
Maid to Order
1938
1937
Actor Claire
Exiled to Shanghai
Actor Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
Actor Ella Crippen
Mountain Justice
Actor Miss Baldwin
Her Husband's Secretary
Actor Nurse Purdy
She Loved a Fireman
Actor Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
Oh, Doctor
Actor Mrs. Murphy
Life Begins with Love
Actor Cappy Ricks 'secretary
The Go-Getter
Actor Mrs. Reilly
Behind the Mike
