Minerva Urecal
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.
Born: 20 September 1894 • Died: 26 February 1966
Played In
Halloween Monster Bash
Fagah (archive footage)
That Funny Feeling
Woman at Phone Booth
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Kate Lindquist
Petticoat Junction
Martha Winslow
Petticoat Junction
Martha Griffin
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Brenda
Angel
Peter Gunn
Mother
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
Perry Mason
Landlady
Perry Mason
Martha Glenhorn
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Ma Bowie
Sudden Danger
Mrs. Kelly
A Man Alone
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Busybody
Double Jeopardy
Mrs. Kreesy
Marty
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Two Gun Marshal
Mama Antonelli
The Danny Thomas Show
Mrs. Enright
Meet Mr. McNutley
Woman They Almost Lynched
Mrs. Stuart
She's Back on Broadway
Cleaning Lady
Niagara
Mrs. McGrand
The Abbott and Costello Show
Indian Woman
The Abbott and Costello Show
Singing Student
The Abbott and Costello Show
Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
Cavalcade of America
Lost in Alaska
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Gobs and Gals
Mrs. Pursell
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Mrs. Peabody
Oklahoma Annie
Lottie Fling
Happy Go Wacky
Harem Girl
Aniseh
The Roy Rogers Show
The Raging Tide
Johnnie Mae Swanson
Dear Brat
Neighbor (uncredited)
The Awful Sleuth
Bert's Mother-In-Law
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Stop That Cab
Lucy's Mother
The Jackpot
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
The Arizona Cowboy
Cactus Kate Millican
Quicksand
Landlady
Side Street
Landlady
His Baiting Beauty
Harry's Mother-in-Law
Master Minds
Mrs. Hoskins
Holiday in Havana
Mama Valdez
Take One False Step
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Outcasts of the Trail
Abbie Rysen
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Lovable Cheat
Virginie
Family Honeymoon
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Sundown in Santa Fe
Ella Mae Watson
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Nellie Carter
Good Sam
Mrs. Nelson
Variety Time
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
Marshal of Amarillo
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Secret Service Investigator
Mrs McGiven
The Noose Hangs High
Husky Woman (uncredited)
April Showers
Landlady (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Bowery Buckaroos
Kate T. Barlow
The Lost Moment
Maria
Cynthia
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Heartaches
Charwoman (uncredited)
Hired Husband
Aunt Jessie
Undercover Maisie
Cafe Cook
Undercover Maisie
Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
California
Emma (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Apache Rose
Felicia
Andy Plays Hookey
Andy's Mother-in-Law
Wake Up and Dream
Edna Lucash
The Trap
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
Sioux City Sue
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Well Groomed Bride
Woman in Ticket Line
Without Reservations
Sue (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Texas
Mama Lolita
The Virginian
The Dark Corner
Client Wife (uncredited)
Partners in Time
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood
Miss Mullins (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
Landlady (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
Edna Rogers
Men in Her Diary
Mrs. Braun
State Fair
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Nora Brown
A Bell for Adano
Italian Woman
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mama Rafferty
A Medal for Benny
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
Saleslady (uncredited)
The Kid Sister
Mrs. Wiggins
Crazy Knights
Mrs. Benson
One Mysterious Night
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
Moonlight and Cactus
Abigail
When Strangers Marry
Landlady (uncredited)
Block Busters
Amelia Rogiet
Louisiana Hayride
Ma Crocker
Man from Frisco
Mrs. Allison
Mr. Skeffington
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Bachelor Daze
Abigail O'Rourke
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Miss Clabber (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
Hilda
Hit the Ice
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
Dixie Dugan
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
The Ape Man
Agatha Brewster
Keep 'Em Slugging
Miss Billings
Something to Shout About
Mrs. Starretton
Kid Dynamite
Judge
The Powers Girl
Maggie (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
They Stooge to Conga
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
That Other Woman
Mrs. MacReady
Riding Through Nevada
Widow Humbolt
The Daring Young Man
Nurse
The Man in the Trunk
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
The Living Ghost
Delia Phillips
Sweater Girl
Melinda
The Sons of the Pioneers
Ellie Bixby
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Wife at Circus (uncredited)
Henry and Dizzy
Mrs. Kilmer
In Old California
Mrs. Carson
The Corpse Vanishes
Fagah
My Favorite Blonde
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Elevator Passenger
They Died with Their Boots On
Nurse (uncredited)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Cleaning Lady
Dressed to Kill
Landlady
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Accent on Love
Teresa Lombroso
Murder by Invitation
Maxine Denham
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Murphy
A Man Betrayed
Librarian (uncredited)
Murder Among Friends
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs
Myrt
Arkansas Judge
Miranda Wolfson
San Francisco Docks
Landlady
No, No, Nanette
Woman in Airport
The Ape
Townswoman
Wildcat Bus
Old Maid (uncredited)
Boys of the City
Agnes
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Mrs. Doolittle
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Widow Gail
Missing Evidence
Amy, Housewife
Destry Rides Again
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Sabotage
(uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Maid to Order
Mail-Order Bride
No Place to Go
Miss Rice
Golden Boy
Grocery Customer
Second Fiddle
Miss Bland, the School Principal
S.O.S Tidal Wave
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
Miss Perch - a Nurse
Dramatic School
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
Frontier Scout
Helen
City Streets
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
The Devil's Party
Maria
Air Devils
Margaret Price
The Lady in the Morgue
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
Start Cheering
Miss Grimley
Prison Nurse
Sutherland
Exiled to Shanghai
Claire
She Loved a Fireman
Nurse Purdy
Life Begins with Love
Mrs. Murphy
Behind the Mike
Mrs. Reilly
Ever Since Eve
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Love in a Bungalow
Mrs. Kester
The Go-Getter
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
Mountain Justice
Ella Crippen
Oh, Doctor
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
Her Husband's Secretary
Miss Baldwin
Fury
Fanny (uncredited)
Three Godfathers
Parishioner (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
His Night Out
Wife (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Italian Wife (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
Student Tour
Wife
Sadie McKee
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
Bombshell
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)