Minerva Urecal


    Starbirth:
    September 20, 1894
    Supernova:
    February 26, 1966
    Birthplace:
    Eureka, California, USA
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Overview

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.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
That Funny Feeling Woman at Phone Booth 1965
7 Faces of Dr. Lao Kate Lindquist 1964
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Brenda 1962
Sudden Danger Mrs. Kelly 1955
A Man Alone Mrs. Maule (uncredited) 1955
Double Jeopardy Mrs. Kreesy 1955
Marty Mrs. Rosari (uncredited) 1955
Two Gun Marshal Mama Antonelli 1953
Woman They Almost Lynched Mrs. Stuart 1953
She's Back on Broadway Cleaning Lady 1953
Niagara Mrs. McGrand 1953
Lost in Alaska Mrs. McGillicuddy 1952
Gobs and Gals Mrs. Pursell 1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick Mrs. Peabody 1952
Oklahoma Annie Lottie Fling 1952
Harem Girl Aniseh 1952
The Raging Tide Johnnie Mae Swanson 1951
Dear Brat Neighbor (uncredited) 1951
The Awful Sleuth 1951
Stop That Cab Lucy's Mother 1951
The Jackpot Woman Trying On Hats 1950
The Arizona Cowboy Cactus Kate Millican 1950
Quicksand Landlady 1950
Side Street Landlady 1950
His Baiting Beauty Harry's Mother-in-Law 1950
Master Minds Mrs. Hoskins 1949
Holiday in Havana Mama Valdez 1949
Take One False Step Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) 1949
Outcasts of the Trail Abbie Rysen 1949
The Lovable Cheat Virginie 1949
Family Honeymoon Mrs. Webb (uncredited) 1948
Sundown in Santa Fe Ella Mae Watson 1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane Nellie Carter 1948
Good Sam Mrs. Nelson 1948
Variety Time Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage) 1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited) 1948
Marshal of Amarillo Mrs. Henry Pettigrew 1948
Secret Service Investigator Mrs McGiven 1948
The Noose Hangs High Husky Woman (uncredited) 1948
April Showers Landlady (uncredited) 1948
Sitting Pretty Mrs. Maypole (uncredited) 1948
Bowery Buckaroos Kate T. Barlow 1947
The Lost Moment Maria 1947
Cynthia Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited) 1947
Hired Husband Aunt Jessie 1947
Undercover Maisie Cafe Cook 1947
Undercover Maisie Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited) 1947
California Emma 1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride 1947
Apache Rose Felicia 1947
Andy Plays Hookey Andy's Mother-in-Law 1946
Wake Up and Dream Edna Lucash 1946
The Trap Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper 1946
Sioux City Sue Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited) 1946
The Well Groomed Bride Woman in Ticket Line 1946
Without Reservations Sue (uncredited) 1946
Rainbow Over Texas Mama Lolita 1946
The Virginian 1946
The Dark Corner Client Wife (uncredited) 1946
Partners in Time Miss Abernathy (uncredited) 1946
Breakfast in Hollywood Miss Mullins (uncredited) 1946
The Bells of St. Mary's Landlady (uncredited) 1945
Voice of the Whistler Georgie's Wife (uncredited) 1945
Sensation Hunters Edna Rogers 1945
Men in Her Diary Mrs. Braun 1945
State Fair Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited) 1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again Nora Brown 1945
A Bell for Adano Italian Woman 1945
Wanderer of the Wasteland Mama Rafferty 1945
A Medal for Benny Mrs. Chavez (uncredited) 1945
Salty O'Rourke Saleslady (uncredited) 1945
The Kid Sister Mrs. Wiggins 1945
Crazy Knights Mrs. Benson 1944
One Mysterious Night Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited) 1944
The Mark of the Whistler Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited) 1944
Moonlight and Cactus Abigail 1944
When Strangers Marry Landlady 1944
Block Busters Amelia Rogiet 1944
Louisiana Hayride Ma Crocker 1944
Man from Frisco Mrs. Allison 1944
Mr. Skeffington Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited) 1944
Bachelor Daze Abigail O'Rourke 1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited) 1944
Dangerous Blondes Mrs. Swanson-Housekeeper 1943
Pitchin' in the Kitchen Miss Clabber (uncredited) 1943
So This Is Washington Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited) 1943
Ghosts on the Loose Hilda 1943
Hit the Ice Wife at Hospital (uncredited) 1943
Quiet Please, Murder Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron 1943
Dixie Dugan Mrs. Wilson (uncredited) 1943
The Ape Man Agatha Brewster 1943
Keep 'Em Slugging Miss Billings 1943
Something to Shout About Mrs. Starretton 1943
Kid Dynamite Judge 1943
The Powers Girl Maggie (uncredited) 1943
Shadow of a Doubt Mrs. Henderson (uncredited) 1943
They Stooge to Conga Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited) 1943
That Other Woman Mrs. MacReady 1942
Riding Through Nevada Widow Humbolt 1942
The Daring Young Man Nurse 1942
The Man in the Trunk Peggy's Landlady (uncredited) 1942
The Living Ghost Delia Phillips 1942
Sweater Girl Melinda 1942
Sons of the Pioneers Ellie Bixby 1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon Wife at Circus (uncredited) 1942
Henry and Dizzy Mrs. Kilmer 1942
In Old California Mrs. Carson 1942
The Corpse Vanishes Fagah 1942
My Favorite Blonde Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited) 1942
A Tragedy at Midnight Housekeeper (uncredited) 1942
Lady for a Night Spinster in Audience (uncredited) 1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter Elevator Passenger 1941
They Died with Their Boots On Nurse (uncredited) 1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break The Cleaning Lady 1941
Dressed to Kill Landlady 1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg Head of Reform School 1941
Accent on Love Teresa Lombroso 1941
Murder by Invitation Maxine Denham 1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde Murphy 1941
A Man Betrayed Librarian (uncredited) 1941
Murder Among Friends Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited) 1941
Golden Hoofs Myrt 1941
Arkansas Judge Miranda Wolfson 1941
San Francisco Docks Landlady 1940
No, No, Nanette Woman in Airport 1940
The Ape Townswoman 1940
Wildcat Bus Old Maid (uncredited) 1940
Boys of the City Agnes 1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife Mrs. Doolittle 1940
The Sagebrush Family Trails West Widow Gail 1940
Missing Evidence Amy, Housewife 1939
Destry Rides Again Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited) 1939
Sabotage (uncredited) 1939
Dancing Co-Ed Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited) 1939
Maid to Order Mail-Order Bride 1939
No Place to Go Miss Rice 1939
Golden Boy Grocery Customer 1939
Second Fiddle Miss Bland, the School Principal 1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave 1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited) 1939
Four Girls in White Miss Perch - a Nurse 1939
Dramatic School Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited) 1938
Frontier Scout Helen 1938
City Streets Mrs. Grimley (uncredited) 1938
The Devil's Party Maria 1938
Air Devils Margaret Price 1938
The Lady in the Morgue Mrs. Horn (uncredited) 1938
Start Cheering Miss Grimley 1938
Prison Nurse Sutherland 1938
Exiled to Shanghai Claire 1937
She Loved a Fireman Nurse Purdy 1937
Life Begins with Love Mrs. Murphy 1937
Behind the Mike Mrs. Reilly 1937
Ever Since Eve Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited) 1937
The Go-Getter Cappy Ricks 'secretary 1937
Mountain Justice Ella Crippen 1937
Oh, Doctor Death Watch Mary Mackleforth 1937
Her Husband's Secretary Miss Baldwin 1937
Fury Fanny (uncredited) 1936
Three Godfathers Parishioner (uncredited) 1936
Love on a Bet Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary 1936
His Night Out Wife (uncredited) 1935
Here Comes the Band Italian Wife (uncredited) 1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited) 1935
Student Tour Wife 1934
Meet the Baron Downstairs Maid (uncredited) 1933
Bombshell Autograph Seeker (uncredited) 1933
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Perry Mason Landlady <mt>
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Peter Gunn Mother <mt>
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The Adventures of Tugboat Annie <blank> <mt>
The Adventures of Jim Bowie Ma Bowie <mt>
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok <blank> <mt>
Cavalcade of America <blank> <mt>
Perry Mason Martha Glenhorn <mt>
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Petticoat Junction Martha Griffin <mt>
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