Minerva Urecal

Acting

Born September 20, 1894, 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.

Filmography

• 1991Halloween Monster Bash — Fagah (archive footage)
• 1965That Funny Feeling — Woman at Phone Booth
• 19647 Faces of Dr. Lao — Kate Lindquist
• Petticoat Junction — Martha Winslow, Martha Griffin
• 1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation — Brenda
• Angel
• Peter Gunn — Mother
• The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
• Perry Mason — Landlady, Martha Glenhorn
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie — Ma Bowie
• 1955A Man Alone — Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Busybody
• 1955Double Jeopardy — Mrs. Kreesy
• 1955Marty — Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
• 1955Sudden Danger — Mrs. Kelly
• Meet Mr. McNutley
• 1953Niagara — Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
• 1953She's Back on Broadway — Cleaning Lady
• The Danny Thomas Show — Mrs. Enright
• 1953Two Gun Marshal — Mama Antonelli
• 1953Woman They Almost Lynched — Mrs. Stuart
• 1952Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick — Mrs. Peabody
• Cavalcade of America
• 1952Gobs and Gals — Mrs. Pursell
• 1952Happy Go Wacky
• 1952Harem Girl — Aniseh
• 1952Lost in Alaska — Mrs. McGillicuddy
• 1952Oklahoma Annie — Lottie Fling
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Indian Woman, Singing Student, Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
• 1951Dear Brat — Neighbor (uncredited)
• 1951Stop That Cab — Lucy's Mother
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• 1951The Awful Sleuth — Bert's Mother-In-Law
• 1951The Raging Tide — Johnnie Mae Swanson
• The Roy Rogers Show
• 1950His Baiting Beauty — Harry's Mother-in-Law
• 1950Quicksand — Landlady
• 1950Side Street — Landlady
• 1950The Arizona Cowboy — Cactus Kate Millican
• The Gene Autry Show
• 1950The Jackpot — Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
• 1949Down to the Sea in Ships — Mother (uncredited)
• 1949Holiday in Havana — Mama Valdez
• 1949Master Minds — Mrs. Hoskins
• 1949Outcasts of the Trail — Abbie Rysen
• 1949Take One False Step — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• 1949The Doolins of Oklahoma — Train Passenger (uncredited)
• 1949The Lovable Cheat — Virginie
• 1948April Showers — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1948Family Honeymoon — Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
• 1948Good Sam — Mrs. Nelson
• 1948Marshal of Amarillo — Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
• 1948Night Has a Thousand Eyes — Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
• 1948Secret Service Investigator — Mrs McGiven
• 1948Sitting Pretty — Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
• 1948Sundown in Santa Fe — Ella Mae Watson
• 1948The Noose Hangs High — Husky Woman (uncredited)
• 1948The Strange Mrs. Crane — Nellie Carter
• 1948Variety Time — Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
• 1947Apache Rose — Felicia
• 1947Bowery Buckaroos — Kate T. Barlow
• 1947California — Emma (uncredited)
• 1947Cynthia — Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
• 1947Heartaches — Charwoman (uncredited)
• 1947Hired Husband — Aunt Jessie
• 1947The Devil Thumbs a Ride
• 1947The Lost Moment — Maria
• 1947Undercover Maisie — Cafe Cook, Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
• 1946Andy Plays Hookey — Andy's Mother-in-Law
• 1946Breakfast in Hollywood — Miss Mullins (uncredited)
• 1946Partners in Time — Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
• 1946Rainbow Over Texas — Mama Lolita
• 1946Sioux City Sue — Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
• 1946The Dark Corner — Client Wife (uncredited)
• 1946The Trap — Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
• 1946The Virginian
• 1946The Well Groomed Bride — Woman in Ticket Line
• 1946Wake Up and Dream — Edna Lucash
• 1946Without Reservations — Sue (uncredited)
• 1945A Bell for Adano — Italian Woman (uncredited)
• 1945A Medal for Benny — Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
• 1945Men in Her Diary — Mrs. Braun
• 1945Mr. Muggs Rides Again — Nora Brown
• 1945Salty O'Rourke — Saleslady (uncredited)
• 1945Sensation Hunters — Edna Rogers
• 1945State Fair — Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
• 1945The Bells of St. Mary's — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1945The Kid Sister — Mrs. Wiggins
• 1945Voice of the Whistler — Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
• 1945Wanderer of the Wasteland — Mama Rafferty
• 1944Bachelor Daze — Abigail O'Rourke
• 1944Block Busters — Amelia Rogiet
• 1944Crazy Knights — Mrs. Benson
• 1944Louisiana Hayride — Ma Crocker
• 1944Man from Frisco — Mrs. Allison
• 1944Moonlight and Cactus — Abigail
• 1944Mr. Skeffington — Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
• 1944Music in Manhattan — Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
• 1944One Mysterious Night — Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
• 1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
• 1944The Mark of the Whistler — Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
• 1944When Strangers Marry — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1943Dangerous Blondes — Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
• 1943Dixie Dugan — Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
• 1943Ghosts on the Loose — Hilda
• 1943Hit the Ice — Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
• 1943Keep 'Em Slugging — Miss Billings
• 1943Kid Dynamite — Judge
• 1943Pitchin' in the Kitchen — Miss Clabber (uncredited)
• 1943Quiet Please, Murder — Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
• 1943Shadow of a Doubt — Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
• 1943So This Is Washington — Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
• 1943Something to Shout About — Mrs. Starretton
• 1943The Ape Man — Agatha Brewster
• 1943The Powers Girl — Maggie (uncredited)
• 1943They Stooge to Conga — Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
• 1942A Tragedy at Midnight — Housekeeper (uncredited)
• 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon — Wife at Circus (uncredited)
• 1942Henry and Dizzy — Mrs. Kilmer
• 1942In Old California — Mrs. Carson
• 1942Lady for a Night — Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
• 1942My Favorite Blonde — Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
• 1942Riding Through Nevada — Widow Humbolt
• 1942Sweater Girl — Melinda
• 1942That Other Woman — Mrs. MacReady
• 1942The Corpse Vanishes — Fagah
• 1942The Daring Young Man — Nurse
• 1942The Living Ghost — Delia Phillips
• 1942The Man in the Trunk — Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
• 1942The Sons of the Pioneers — Ellie Bixby
• 1941A Man Betrayed — Librarian (uncredited)
• 1941Accent on Love — Teresa Lombroso
• 1941Arkansas Judge — Miranda Wolfson
• 1941Bowery Blitzkrieg — Head of Reform School (uncredited)
• 1941Dressed to Kill — Landlady
• 1941Golden Hoofs — Myrt
• 1941Marry the Boss's Daughter — Elevator Passenger
• 1941Murder Among Friends — Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
• 1941Murder by Invitation — Maxine Denham
• 1941Never Give a Sucker an Even Break — The Cleaning Lady
• 1941The Cowboy and the Blonde — Murphy
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Nurse (uncredited)
• 1940Boys of the City — Agnes
• 1940No, No, Nanette — Woman in Airport
• 1940San Francisco Docks — Landlady
• 1940The Ape — Townswoman
• 1940The Sagebrush Family Trails West — Widow Gail
• 1940Wildcat Bus — Old Maid (uncredited)
• 1940You Can't Fool Your Wife — Mrs. Doolittle
• 1939Dancing Co-Ed — Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
• 1939Destry Rides Again — Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
• 1939Four Girls in White — Miss Perch - a Nurse
• 1939Golden Boy — Grocery Customer
• 1939Maid to Order — Mail-Order Bride
• 1939Missing Evidence — Amy, Housewife
• 1939No Place to Go — Miss Rice
• 1939S.O.S Tidal Wave
• 1939Sabotage — (uncredited)
• 1939Second Fiddle — Miss Bland, the School Principal
• 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man — Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
• 1938Air Devils — Margaret Price
• 1938City Streets — Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
• 1938Dramatic School — Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1938Frontier Scout — Helen
• 1938Prison Nurse — Sutherland
• 1938Start Cheering — Miss Grimley
• 1938The Devil's Party — Maria
• 1938The Lady in the Morgue — Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
• 1937Behind the Mike — Mrs. Reilly
• 1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics — Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
• 1937Ever Since Eve — Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
• 1937Exiled to Shanghai — Claire
• 1937Her Husband's Secretary — Miss Baldwin
• 1937Life Begins with Love — Mrs. Murphy
• 1937Love in a Bungalow — Mrs. Kester
• 1937Mountain Justice — Ella Crippen
• 1937Oh, Doctor — Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
• 1937She Loved a Fireman — Nurse Purdy
• 1937The Go-Getter — Cappy Ricks' Secretary
• 1936Fury — Fanny (uncredited)
• 1936Love on a Bet — Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
• 1936Three Godfathers — Parishioner (uncredited)
• 1935Here Comes the Band — Italian Wife (uncredited)
• 1935His Night Out — Wife (uncredited)
• 1935Man on the Flying Trapeze — Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
• 1934Sadie McKee — Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
• 1934Student Tour — Wife
• 1933Bombshell — Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
• 1933Meet the Baron — Downstairs Maid (uncredited)