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 Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty

Actor Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Actor Landlady (uncredited)
April Showers

Actor Ella Mae Watson
Sundown in Santa Fe

Actor Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Marshal of Amarillo

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
1947

Actor Maria
The Lost Moment

Actor Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Cynthia

Actor Felicia
Apache Rose

Actor Kate T. Barlow
Bowery Buckaroos

Actor Cafe Cook
Undercover Maisie

Actor
The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Actor Emma (uncredited)
California

Actor Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
Undercover Maisie

Actor Aunt Jessie
Hired Husband

Actor Charwoman (uncredited)
Heartaches
1946

Actor Sue (uncredited)
Without Reservations

Actor Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
The Trap

Actor Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Sioux City Sue

Actor Edna Lucash
Wake Up and Dream
Actor Andy's Mother-in-Law
Andy Plays Hookey

Actor
The Virginian

Actor Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood

Actor Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Partners in Time

Actor Mama Lolita
Rainbow Over Texas

Actor Woman in Ticket Line
The Well Groomed Bride

Actor Client Wife (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1945

Actor Saleslady (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke

Actor Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
State Fair

Actor Mama Rafferty
Wanderer of the Wasteland

Actor Mrs. Wiggins
The Kid Sister

Actor Nora Brown
Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Actor Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny

Actor Landlady (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's

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
1944

Actor Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Actor Ma Crocker
Louisiana Hayride
Actor Abigail O'Rourke
Bachelor Daze

Actor Mrs. Benson
Crazy Knights

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
1943

Actor Agatha Brewster
The Ape Man

Actor Miss Clabber (uncredited)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Actor Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
They Stooge to Conga

Actor Maggie (uncredited)
The Powers Girl

Actor Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
So This Is Washington

Actor Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt

Actor Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan

Actor Miss Billings
Keep 'Em Slugging

Actor Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
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
1942

Actor Fagah
The Corpse Vanishes

Actor Delia Phillips
The Living Ghost

Actor Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Lady for a Night

Actor Housekeeper (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight

Actor Melinda
Sweater Girl

Actor Stone-Faced Woman
My Favorite Blonde

Actor Mrs. MacReady
That Other Woman

Actor Nurse
The Daring Young Man

Actor Mrs. Kilmer
Henry and Dizzy

Actor Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
The Man in the Trunk

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
1941

Actor The Cleaning Lady
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Actor Librarian (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed

Actor Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Bowery Blitzkrieg

Actor Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Murder Among Friends

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
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 Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again

Actor Amy, Housewife
Missing Evidence

Actor Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed

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

Actor Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
Charlie Chan at the Olympics