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.
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Acting History
1965
That Funny Feeling as Woman at Phone Booth
19647 Faces of Dr. Lao as Kate Lindquist
1963Petticoat Junction as Martha Winslow
1963Petticoat Junction as Martha Griffin
1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Brenda
1960Angel
1958Peter Gunn as Mother
1958The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1957Perry Mason as Landlady
1957Perry Mason as Martha Glenhorn
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Ma Bowie
1955Sudden Danger as Mrs. Kelly
1955A Man Alone as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Busybody
1955Double Jeopardy as Mrs. Kreesy
1955Marty as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1953Two Gun Marshal as Mama Antonelli
1953Meet Mr. McNutley
1953Woman They Almost Lynched as Mrs. Stuart
1953She's Back on Broadway as Cleaning Lady
1953Niagara as Mrs. McGrand
1952The Abbott and Costello Show as Indian Woman
1952The Abbott and Costello Show as Singing Student
1952The Abbott and Costello Show as Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952Cavalcade of America
1952Lost in Alaska as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952Gobs and Gals as Mrs. Pursell
1952Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody
1952Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling
1952Harem Girl as Aniseh
1951The Roy Rogers Show
1951The Raging Tide as Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951Dear Brat as Neighbor (uncredited)
1951The Awful Sleuth as Bert's Mother-In-Law
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951Stop That Cab as Lucy's Mother
1950The Jackpot as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950The Gene Autry Show
1950The Arizona Cowboy as Cactus Kate Millican
1950Quicksand as Landlady
1950Side Street as Landlady
1950His Baiting Beauty as Harry's Mother-in-Law
1949Master Minds as Mrs. Hoskins
1949Holiday in Havana as Mama Valdez
1949Take One False Step as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949Outcasts of the Trail as Abbie Rysen
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949The Lovable Cheat as Virginie
1948Family Honeymoon as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948Sundown in Santa Fe as Ella Mae Watson
1948The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nellie Carter
1948Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson
1948Variety Time as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948Marshal of Amarillo as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948Secret Service Investigator as Mrs McGiven
1948The Noose Hangs High as Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948April Showers as Landlady (uncredited)
1948Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1947Bowery Buckaroos as Kate T. Barlow
1947The Lost Moment as Maria
1947Cynthia as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947Heartaches as Charwoman (uncredited)
1947Hired Husband as Aunt Jessie
1947Undercover Maisie as Cafe Cook
1947Undercover Maisie as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1947California as Emma (uncredited)
1947The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947Apache Rose as Felicia
1946Andy Plays Hookey as Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946Wake Up and Dream as Edna Lucash
1946The Trap as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946Sioux City Sue as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946The Well Groomed Bride as Woman in Ticket Line
1946Without Reservations as Sue (uncredited)
1946Rainbow Over Texas as Mama Lolita
1946The Virginian
1946The Dark Corner as Client Wife (uncredited)
1946Partners in Time as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946Breakfast in Hollywood as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1945The Bells of St. Mary's as Landlady (uncredited)
1945Voice of the Whistler as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945Sensation Hunters as Edna Rogers
1945Men in Her Diary as Mrs. Braun
1945State Fair as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Nora Brown
1945A Bell for Adano as Italian Woman
1945Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mama Rafferty
1945A Medal for Benny as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945Salty O'Rourke as Saleslady (uncredited)
1945The Kid Sister as Mrs. Wiggins
1944Crazy Knights as Mrs. Benson
1944One Mysterious Night as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944The Mark of the Whistler as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
1944Moonlight and Cactus as Abigail
1944When Strangers Marry as Landlady (uncredited)
1944Block Busters as Amelia Rogiet
1944Louisiana Hayride as Ma Crocker
1944Man from Frisco as Mrs. Allison
1944Mr. Skeffington as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944Bachelor Daze as Abigail O'Rourke
1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1943Dangerous Blondes as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943So This Is Washington as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943Ghosts on the Loose as Hilda
1943Hit the Ice as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943Quiet Please, Murder as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943Dixie Dugan as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943The Ape Man as Agatha Brewster
1943Keep 'Em Slugging as Miss Billings
1943Something to Shout About as Mrs. Starretton
1943Kid Dynamite as Judge
1943Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943The Powers Girl as Maggie (uncredited)
1943They Stooge to Conga as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942That Other Woman as Mrs. MacReady
1942Riding Through Nevada as Widow Humbolt
1942The Daring Young Man as Nurse
1942The Man in the Trunk as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942The Living Ghost as Delia Phillips
1942Sweater Girl as Melinda
1942Sons of the Pioneers as Ellie Bixby
1942Beyond the Blue Horizon as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942Henry and Dizzy as Mrs. Kilmer
1942In Old California as Mrs. Carson
1942The Corpse Vanishes as Fagah
1942My Favorite Blonde as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942A Tragedy at Midnight as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942Lady for a Night as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1941Marry the Boss's Daughter as Elevator Passenger
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Nurse (uncredited)
1941Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Cleaning Lady
1941Dressed to Kill as Landlady
1941Bowery Blitzkrieg as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941Accent on Love as Teresa Lombroso
1941Murder by Invitation as Maxine Denham
1941The Cowboy and the Blonde as Murphy
1941A Man Betrayed as Librarian (uncredited)
1941Murder Among Friends as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941Golden Hoofs as Myrt
1941Arkansas Judge as Miranda Wolfson
1940San Francisco Docks as Landlady
1940No, No, Nanette as Woman in Airport
1940The Ape as Townswoman
1940Wildcat Bus as Old Maid (uncredited)
1940Boys of the City as Agnes
1940You Can't Fool Your Wife as Mrs. Doolittle
1940The Sagebrush Family Trails West as Widow Gail
1939Missing Evidence as Amy, Housewife
1939Destry Rides Again as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939Sabotage as (uncredited)
1939Dancing Co-Ed as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939Maid to Order as Mail-Order Bride
1939No Place to Go as Miss Rice
1939Golden Boy as Grocery Customer
1939Second Fiddle as Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939Four Girls in White as Miss Perch - a Nurse
1938Dramatic School as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938Frontier Scout as Helen
1938City Streets as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938The Devil's Party as Maria
1938Air Devils as Margaret Price
1938The Lady in the Morgue as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938Start Cheering as Miss Grimley
1938Prison Nurse as Sutherland
1937Exiled to Shanghai as Claire
1937She Loved a Fireman as Nurse Purdy
1937Life Begins with Love as Mrs. Murphy
1937Behind the Mike as Mrs. Reilly
1937Ever Since Eve as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937Love in a Bungalow as Mrs. Kester
1937The Go-Getter as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937Mountain Justice as Ella Crippen
1937Oh, Doctor as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937Her Husband's Secretary as Miss Baldwin
1936Fury as Fanny (uncredited)
1936Love on a Bet as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1936Three Godfathers as Parishioner (uncredited)
1935His Night Out as Wife (uncredited)
1935Here Comes the Band as Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1934Student Tour as Wife
1934Sadie McKee as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1933Meet the Baron as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933Bombshell as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)