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
Gobs and Gals as Mrs. Pursell
Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody
Harem Girl as Aniseh
Happy Go Wacky

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson
Family Honeymoon as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High as Husky Woman (uncredited)
April Showers as Landlady (uncredited)
Sundown in Santa Fe as Ella Mae Watson
Variety Time as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Marshal of Amarillo as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Secret Service Investigator as Mrs McGiven
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)
Apache Rose as Felicia
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Bowery Buckaroos as Kate T. Barlow
Heartaches as Charwoman (uncredited)
Hired Husband as Aunt Jessie

1946

Without Reservations as Sue (uncredited)
The Virginian
The Dark Corner as Client Wife (uncredited)
The Trap as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
Breakfast in Hollywood as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Wake Up and Dream as Edna Lucash
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)
Partners in Time as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey as Andy's Mother-in-Law

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

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

1934

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

1933

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