Minerva Urecal
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.
Filmography · 182
Perry Mason
1957 · Landlady
Peter Gunn
1958 · Mother
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Martha Winslow
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Busybody
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Indian Woman
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Mrs. Enright
The Gene Autry Show
1950
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Ma Bowie
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Angel
1960
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Mrs. Henderson (uncred...
Niagara
1953 · Mrs. McGrand (uncredit...
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Woman in Beauty Shop (...
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Nurse (uncredited)
Start Cheering
1938 · Miss Grimley
Marty
1955 · Mrs. Rosari (uncredite...
Fury
1936 · Fanny (uncredited)
Good Sam
1948 · Mrs. Nelson
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · Landlady (uncredited)
The Virginian
1946
Three Godfathers
1936 · Parishioner (uncredite...
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Double Jeopardy
1955 · Mrs. Kreesy
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · Brenda
Dressed to Kill
1941 · Landlady
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948 · Ella Mae Watson
Destry Rides Again
1939 · Mrs. DeWitt (uncredite...
Golden Boy
1939 · Grocery Customer
A Man Alone
1955 · Mrs. Maule (uncredited...
Without Reservations
1946 · Sue (uncredited)
In Old California
1942 · Mrs. Carson
Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Saleslady (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
1943 · Wife at Hospital (uncr...
The Dark Corner
1946 · Client Wife (uncredite...
The Go-Getter
1937 · Cappy Ricks' Secretary
Her Husband's Secretary
1937 · Miss Baldwin
The Trap
1946 · Miss Weebles, the Hous...
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 · Elderly Italian Woman...
Undercover Maisie
1947 · Cafe Cook
Sweater Girl
1942 · Melinda
City Streets
1938 · Mrs. Grimley (uncredit...
No, No, Nanette
1940 · Woman in Airport
His Night Out
1935 · Wife (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Train Passenger (uncre...
Oh, Doctor
1937 · Death Watch Mary Mackl...
Meet the Baron
1933 · Downstairs Maid (uncre...
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · Kate Lindquist
Side Street
1950 · Landlady
The Kid Sister
1945 · Mrs. Wiggins
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Screaming Spinster at...
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Mrs. Maypole (uncredit...
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
California
1947 · Emma (uncredited)
State Fair
1945 · Woman Congratulating M...
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942 · Ellie Bixby
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Hilda
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
Outcasts of the Trail
1949 · Abbie Rysen
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Mrs. Doolittle
Men in Her Diary
1945 · Mrs. Braun
Four Girls in White
1939 · Miss Perch - a Nurse
That Funny Feeling
1965 · Woman at Phone Booth
The Noose Hangs High
1948 · Husky Woman (uncredite...
A Man Betrayed
1941 · Librarian (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
1937 · Ella Crippen
A Bell for Adano
1945 · Italian Woman
Something to Shout About
1943 · Mrs. Starretton
Voice of the Whistler
1945 · Georgie's Wife (uncred...
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
The Arizona Cowboy
1950 · Cactus Kate Millican
The Corpse Vanishes
1942 · Fagah
The Powers Girl
1943 · Maggie (uncredited)
The Lost Moment
1947 · Maria
Lost in Alaska
1952 · Mrs. McGillicuddy
The Jackpot
1950 · Woman Trying On Hats (...
Take One False Step
1949 · Gas Station Attendant...
Sabotage
1939 · (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 · Gang Member Posing as...
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946 · Miss Mullins (uncredit...
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Stone-Faced Woman (unc...
Second Fiddle
1939 · Miss Bland, the School...
Gobs and Gals
1952 · Mrs. Pursell
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · The Cleaning Lady
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Mrs. Stuart
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Fagah (archive footage...
Cynthia
1947 · Agnes, Jannings' Cook...
They Stooge to Conga
1943 · Marsha - the Nazi Hous...
Sadie McKee
1934 · Brennan’s Cook’s Assis...
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952 · Mrs. Peabody
Bombshell
1933 · Autograph Seeker (uncr...
Quicksand
1950 · Landlady
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Miss Billings
Music in Manhattan
1944 · Mrs. Smith, the Landla...
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · Head of Reform School...
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Italian Woman in Ambul...
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941 · Murphy
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · Woman Sweeping Front S...
The Ape
1940 · Townswoman
Life Begins with Love
1937 · Mrs. Murphy
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 · Wife at Circus (uncred...
She Loved a Fireman
1937 · Nurse Purdy
Block Busters
1944 · Amelia Rogiet
The Raging Tide
1951 · Johnnie Mae Swanson
A Medal for Benny
1945 · Mrs. Chavez (uncredite...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Uncle Pio's Servant (u...
April Showers
1948 · Landlady (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
1936 · Miss Jones, MacCreigh'...
Dramatic School
1938 · Rose - Boulin's Secret...
Variety Time
1948 · Aunt Jessie (footage f...
Exiled to Shanghai
1937 · Claire
Murder by Invitation
1941 · Maxine Denham
Quiet Please, Murder
1943 · Cookbook-Seeking Libra...
That Other Woman
1942 · Mrs. MacReady
Missing Evidence
1939 · Amy, Housewife
Riding Through Nevada
1942 · Widow Humbolt
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942 · Housekeeper (uncredite...
Heartaches
1947 · Charwoman (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 · Nora Brown
When Strangers Marry
1944 · Landlady (uncredited)
The Lovable Cheat
1949 · Virginie
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Lottie Fling
Holiday in Havana
1949 · Mama Valdez
Frontier Scout
1938 · Helen
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · Kate T. Barlow
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940 · Widow Gail
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 · Woman in Ticket Line
Henry and Dizzy
1942 · Mrs. Kilmer
Marshal of Amarillo
1948 · Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943 · Miss Clabber (uncredit...
Lady for a Night
1942 · Spinster in Audience (...
Prison Nurse
1938 · Sutherland
The Daring Young Man
1942 · Nurse
Wildcat Bus
1940 · Old Maid (uncredited)
Man from Frisco
1944 · Mrs. Allison
Boys of the City
1940 · Agnes
The Devil's Party
1938 · Maria
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · Woman on Radio (voice)...
Air Devils
1938 · Margaret Price
Here Comes the Band
1935 · Italian Wife (uncredit...
Kid Dynamite
1943 · Judge
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945 · Mama Rafferty
The Ape Man
1943 · Agatha Brewster
Master Minds
1949 · Mrs. Hoskins
Behind the Mike
1937 · Mrs. Reilly
Dear Brat
1951 · Neighbor (uncredited)
The Awful Sleuth
1951 · Bert's Mother-In-Law
Sudden Danger
1955 · Mrs. Kelly
Sioux City Sue
1946 · Mrs. Abercrombie - Eli...
Ever Since Eve
1937 · Bellden's Receptionist...
Louisiana Hayride
1944 · Ma Crocker
No Place to Go
1939 · Miss Rice
Dixie Dugan
1943 · Mrs. Wilson (uncredite...
Crazy Knights
1944 · Mrs. Benson
Secret Service Investigator
1948 · Mrs McGiven
She's Back on Broadway
1953 · Cleaning Lady
Apache Rose
1947 · Felicia
The Living Ghost
1942 · Delia Phillips
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Mrs. Swanson, Housekee...
Arkansas Judge
1941 · Miranda Wolfson
One Mysterious Night
1944 · Miss Wilkinson (Uncred...
San Francisco Docks
1940 · Landlady
Murder Among Friends
1941 · Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredi...
Love in a Bungalow
1937 · Mrs. Kester
Moonlight and Cactus
1944 · Abigail
Wake Up and Dream
1946 · Edna Lucash
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948 · Nellie Carter
The Man in the Trunk
1942 · Peggy's Landlady (uncr...
Student Tour
1934 · Wife
His Baiting Beauty
1950 · Harry's Mother-in-Law
Golden Hoofs
1941 · Myrt
Sensation Hunters
1945 · Edna Rogers
Harem Girl
1952 · Aniseh
Two Gun Marshal
1953 · Mama Antonelli
Accent on Love
1941 · Teresa Lombroso
Partners in Time
1946 · Miss Abernathy (uncred...
Hired Husband
1947 · Aunt Jessie
So This Is Washington
1943 · Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredit...
Stop That Cab
1951 · Lucy's Mother
The Lady in the Morgue
1938 · Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 · Mama Lolita