Minerva Urecal

Born: 1894-09-20 in Eureka, California, USA

Died: 1966-02-26

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1991

Halloween Monster Bash as Fagah (archive footage)

1965

That Funny Feeling as Woman at Phone Booth

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Kate Lindquist

1963

Petticoat Junction as Martha Winslow

1957

Perry Mason as Landlady

1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Ma Bowie

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Busybody
Marty as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
A Man Alone as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Double Jeopardy as Mrs. Kreesy
Sudden Danger as Mrs. Kelly

1953

The Danny Thomas Show as Mrs. Enright
Niagara as Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
Meet Mr. McNutley
Woman They Almost Lynched as Mrs. Stuart
She's Back on Broadway as Cleaning Lady
Two Gun Marshal as Mama Antonelli

1952

The Abbott and Costello Show as Indian Woman
Cavalcade of America
Lost in Alaska as Mrs. McGillicuddy
Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling
Happy Go Wacky
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody
Gobs and Gals as Mrs. Pursell
Harem Girl as Aniseh

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Roy Rogers Show
The Raging Tide as Johnnie Mae Swanson
Dear Brat as Neighbor (uncredited)
The Awful Sleuth as Bert's Mother-In-Law
Stop That Cab as Lucy's Mother

1950

The Gene Autry Show
Quicksand as Landlady
The Jackpot as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
Side Street as Landlady
The Arizona Cowboy as Cactus Kate Millican
His Baiting Beauty as Harry's Mother-in-Law

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Take One False Step as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Master Minds as Mrs. Hoskins
Holiday in Havana as Mama Valdez
The Lovable Cheat as Virginie
Outcasts of the Trail as Abbie Rysen

1948

Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson
Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High as Husky Woman (uncredited)
Secret Service Investigator as Mrs McGiven
April Showers as Landlady (uncredited)
Marshal of Amarillo as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Variety Time as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Sundown in Santa Fe as Ella Mae Watson
The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nellie Carter

1947

Undercover Maisie as Cafe Cook
California as Emma (uncredited)
The Lost Moment as Maria
Cynthia as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Bowery Buckaroos as Kate T. Barlow
Heartaches as Charwoman (uncredited)
Apache Rose as Felicia
Hired Husband as Aunt Jessie

1946

The Dark Corner as Client Wife (uncredited)
The Virginian
Without Reservations as Sue (uncredited)
The Trap as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
Breakfast in Hollywood as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
The Well Groomed Bride as Woman in Ticket Line
Rainbow Over Texas as Mama Lolita
Sioux City Sue as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey as Andy's Mother-in-Law
Wake Up and Dream as Edna Lucash
Partners in Time as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)

1945

A Bell for Adano as Italian Woman
The Bells of St. Mary's as Landlady (uncredited)
State Fair as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke as Saleslady (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
The Kid Sister as Mrs. Wiggins
Sensation Hunters as Edna Rogers
Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Nora Brown
A Medal for Benny as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
Men in Her Diary as Mrs. Braun
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mama Rafferty

1944

Mr. Skeffington as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Bachelor Daze as Abigail O'Rourke
The Mark of the Whistler as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry as Landlady (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
One Mysterious Night as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Crazy Knights as Mrs. Benson
Moonlight and Cactus as Abigail
Man from Frisco as Mrs. Allison
Louisiana Hayride as Ma Crocker
Block Busters as Amelia Rogiet

1943

Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Hit the Ice as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose as Hilda
Keep 'Em Slugging as Miss Billings
Dangerous Blondes as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
Kid Dynamite as Judge
Something to Shout About as Mrs. Starretton
They Stooge to Conga as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Powers Girl as Maggie (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
The Ape Man as Agatha Brewster
Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
So This Is Washington as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron

1942

The Sons of the Pioneers as Ellie Bixby
In Old California as Mrs. Carson
The Corpse Vanishes as Fagah
Lady for a Night as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Sweater Girl as Melinda
My Favorite Blonde as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
That Other Woman as Mrs. MacReady
Henry and Dizzy as Mrs. Kilmer
The Living Ghost as Delia Phillips
The Man in the Trunk as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight as Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man as Nurse
Riding Through Nevada as Widow Humbolt

1941

They Died with Their Boots On as Nurse (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed as Librarian (uncredited)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Cleaning Lady
Bowery Blitzkrieg as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill as Landlady
Murder Among Friends as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Blonde as Murphy
Murder by Invitation as Maxine Denham
Golden Hoofs as Myrt
Accent on Love as Teresa Lombroso
Arkansas Judge as Miranda Wolfson
Marry the Boss's Daughter as Elevator Passenger

1940

The Ape as Townswoman
No, No, Nanette as Woman in Airport
Boys of the City as Agnes
Wildcat Bus as Old Maid (uncredited)
San Francisco Docks as Landlady
You Can't Fool Your Wife as Mrs. Doolittle
The Sagebrush Family Trails West as Widow Gail

1939

Destry Rides Again as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Second Fiddle as Miss Bland, the School Principal
Golden Boy as Grocery Customer
Dancing Co-Ed as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Sabotage as (uncredited)
Missing Evidence as Amy, Housewife
Four Girls in White as Miss Perch - a Nurse
No Place to Go as Miss Rice
Maid to Order as Mail-Order Bride

1938

Start Cheering as Miss Grimley
City Streets as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
Air Devils as Margaret Price
Dramatic School as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
Prison Nurse as Sutherland
Frontier Scout as Helen
The Devil's Party as Maria
The Lady in the Morgue as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)

1937

Oh, Doctor as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
The Go-Getter as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
Mountain Justice as Ella Crippen
Exiled to Shanghai as Claire
Her Husband's Secretary as Miss Baldwin
Life Begins with Love as Mrs. Murphy
Ever Since Eve as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Behind the Mike as Mrs. Reilly
She Loved a Fireman as Nurse Purdy
Love in a Bungalow as Mrs. Kester

1936

Fury as Fanny (uncredited)
Three Godfathers as Parishioner (uncredited)
Love on a Bet as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

1935

His Night Out as Wife (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band as Italian Wife (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)

1934

Sadie McKee as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
Student Tour as Wife

1933

Meet the Baron as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
Bombshell as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)