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
Meet Mr. McNutley
Niagara as Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
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
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody
Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling
Gobs and Gals as Mrs. Pursell
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
Side Street as Landlady
Quicksand as Landlady
The Jackpot as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
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)
Down to the Sea in Ships as Mother (uncredited)
Take One False Step as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Outcasts of the Trail as Abbie Rysen
Master Minds as Mrs. Hoskins
The Lovable Cheat as Virginie
Holiday in Havana as Mama Valdez

1948

Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson
Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High as Husky Woman (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nellie Carter
Sundown in Santa Fe as Ella Mae Watson
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)

1947

The Lost Moment as Maria
Undercover Maisie as Cafe Cook
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
California as Emma (uncredited)
Cynthia as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
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)
Wake Up and Dream as Edna Lucash
The Well Groomed Bride as Woman in Ticket Line
The Trap as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
Breakfast in Hollywood as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Sioux City Sue as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Texas as Mama Lolita
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)
A Bell for Adano as Italian Woman (uncredited)
Men in Her Diary as Mrs. Braun
Voice of the Whistler as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
State Fair as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mama Rafferty
Salty O'Rourke as Saleslady (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Nora Brown
The Kid Sister as Mrs. Wiggins
Sensation Hunters as Edna Rogers

1944

Mr. Skeffington as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry as Landlady (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)
Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (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)
Something to Shout About as Mrs. Starretton
Ghosts on the Loose as Hilda
They Stooge to Conga as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
So This Is Washington as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Powers Girl as Maggie (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Slugging as Miss Billings
Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
Kid Dynamite as Judge
The Ape Man as Agatha Brewster

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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