Minerva Urecal
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Landlady
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Martha Glenhorn
1957
Series
Petticoat Junction
Martha Winslow
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Martha Griffin
1963
Series
Peter Gunn
Mother
1958
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Busybody
1955
Series
The Danny Thomas Show
Mrs. Enright
1953
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Ma Bowie
1956
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Indian Woman
1952
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Singing Student
1952
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952
Series
Cavalcade of America
1952
Series
The Gene Autry Show
1950
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Series
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Film
Niagara
Mrs. McGrand
1953
Series
Angel
1960
Film
Marty
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1955
Film
Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953
Film
The Go-Getter
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937
Film
Mr. Skeffington
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944
Film
Fury
Fanny (uncredited)
1936
Film
Start Cheering
Miss Grimley
1938
Film
The Virginian
1946
Film
California
Emma (uncredited)
1947
Film
Without Reservations
Sue (uncredited)
1946
Film
Dressed to Kill
Landlady
1941
Film
The Jackpot
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950
Film
Cynthia
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947
Film
Dear Brat
Neighbor (uncredited)
1951
Film
Golden Hoofs
Myrt
1941
Film
Oh, Doctor
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937
Film
Wildcat Bus
Old Maid (uncredited)
1940
Film
Student Tour
Wife
1934
Film
Side Street
Landlady
1950
Film
City Streets
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Raging Tide
Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951
Film
They Died with Their Boots On
Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Film
Life Begins with Love
Mrs. Murphy
1937
Film
State Fair
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945
Film
Outcasts of the Trail
Abbie Rysen
1949
Film
Good Sam
Mrs. Nelson
1948
Film
Voice of the Whistler
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945
Film
Lady for a Night
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1942
Film
Second Fiddle
Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939
Film
Destry Rides Again
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939
Film
Men in Her Diary
Mrs. Braun
1945
Film
Family Honeymoon
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Dark Corner
Client Wife (uncredited)
1946
Film
Sensation Hunters
Edna Rogers
1945
Film
Kid Dynamite
Judge
1943
Film
In Old California
Mrs. Carson
1942
Film
Golden Boy
Grocery Customer
1939
Film
Three Godfathers
Parishioner (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Trap
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946
Film
Ever Since Eve
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937
Film
Gobs and Gals
Mrs. Pursell
1952
Film
Bombshell
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1933
Film
Sadie McKee
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1934
Film
No, No, Nanette
Woman in Airport
1940
Film
A Medal for Benny
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945
Film
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1935
Film
April Showers
Landlady (uncredited)
1948
Film
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Brenda
1962
Film
A Bell for Adano
Italian Woman
1945
Film
Quicksand
Landlady
1950
Film
Prison Nurse
Sutherland
1938
Film
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Kate Lindquist
1964
Film
Dangerous Blondes
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
Film
Mountain Justice
Ella Crippen
1937
Film
San Francisco Docks
Landlady
1940
Film
Missing Evidence
Amy, Housewife
1939
Film
Take One False Step
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949
Film
So This Is Washington
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Bells of St. Mary's
Landlady (uncredited)
1945
Film
Air Devils
Margaret Price
1938
Film
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941
Film
Hit the Ice
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943
Film
Quiet Please, Murder
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943
Film
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949
Film
His Night Out
Wife (uncredited)
1935
Film
Sudden Danger
Mrs. Kelly
1955
Film
Undercover Maisie
Cafe Cook
1947
Film
Undercover Maisie
Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Living Ghost
Delia Phillips
1942
Film
Heartaches
Charwoman (uncredited)
1947
Film
Man from Frisco
Mrs. Allison
1944
Film
Lost in Alaska
Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952
Film
The Powers Girl
Maggie (uncredited)
1943
Film
Accent on Love
Teresa Lombroso
1941
Film
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1948
Film
Keep 'Em Slugging
Miss Billings
1943
Film
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942
Film
Salty O'Rourke
Saleslady (uncredited)
1945
Film
Dramatic School
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Film
Sabotage
(uncredited)
1939
Film
The Lovable Cheat
Virginie
1949
Film
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948
Film
Dancing Co-Ed
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Film
That Funny Feeling
Woman at Phone Booth
1965
Film
Double Jeopardy
Mrs. Kreesy
1955
Film
Murder by Invitation
Maxine Denham
1941
Film
Henry and Dizzy
Mrs. Kilmer
1942
Film
My Favorite Blonde
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Arizona Cowboy
Cactus Kate Millican
1950
Film
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Cleaning Lady
1941
Film
The Kid Sister
Mrs. Wiggins
1945
Film
A Man Alone
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955
Film
The Noose Hangs High
Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
Film
Ghosts on the Loose
Hilda
1943
Film
A Man Betrayed
Librarian (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Devil's Party
Maria
1938
Film
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939
Film
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937
Film
The Mark of the Whistler
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Corpse Vanishes
Fagah
1942
Film
The Ape
Townswoman
1940
Film
Block Busters
Amelia Rogiet
1944
Film
When Strangers Marry
Landlady (uncredited)
1944
Film
Marshal of Amarillo
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948
Film
Sweater Girl
Melinda
1942
Film
Holiday in Havana
Mama Valdez
1949
Film
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mama Rafferty
1945
Film
Here Comes the Band
Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935
Film
Four Girls in White
Miss Perch - a Nurse
1939
Film
Behind the Mike
Mrs. Reilly
1937
Film
No Place to Go
Miss Rice
1939
Film
Woman They Almost Lynched
Mrs. Stuart
1953
Film
The Lost Moment
Maria
1947
Love in a Bungalow
Mrs. Kester
1937
Film
Oklahoma Annie
Lottie Fling
1952
Film
Halloween Monster Bash
Fagah (archive footage)
1991
Film
The Daring Young Man
Nurse
1942
Film
Master Minds
Mrs. Hoskins
1949
Series
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
Film
Hired Husband
Aunt Jessie
1947
Film
Variety Time
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948
Film
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Widow Gail
1940
Film
The Well Groomed Bride
Woman in Ticket Line
1946
Film
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Mrs. Doolittle
1940
Film
Love on a Bet
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1936
Film
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Mrs. Peabody
1952
Film
The Lady in the Morgue
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938
Film
They Stooge to Conga
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
Film
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
Film
Exiled to Shanghai
Claire
1937
Film
The Ape Man
Agatha Brewster
1943
Film
Apache Rose
Felicia
1947
Maid to Order
Mail-Order Bride
1939
Film
Rainbow Over Texas
Mama Lolita
1946
Film
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Nora Brown
1945
Film
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Murphy
1941
Film
Dixie Dugan
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943
Film
Stop That Cab
Lucy's Mother
1951
Film
Breakfast in Hollywood
Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1946
Film
Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
1944
Film
She Loved a Fireman
Nurse Purdy
1937
Film
Something to Shout About
Mrs. Starretton
1943
Film
That Other Woman
Mrs. MacReady
1942
Film
The Man in the Trunk
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
Film
One Mysterious Night
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944
Film
Meet the Baron
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933
Film
A Tragedy at Midnight
Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942
Film
Boys of the City
Agnes
1940
Film
Frontier Scout
Helen
1938
Film
Arkansas Judge
Miranda Wolfson
1941
Film
Harem Girl
Aniseh
1952
Film
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1944
Film
Her Husband's Secretary
Miss Baldwin
1937
Film
She's Back on Broadway
Cleaning Lady
1953
Film
Sons of the Pioneers
Ellie Bixby
1942
Film
Partners in Time
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946
Film
Secret Service Investigator
Mrs McGiven
1948
Film
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Nellie Carter
1948
Film
Murder Among Friends
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941
Film
Crazy Knights
Mrs. Benson
1944
Film
Riding Through Nevada
Widow Humbolt
1942
Film
Louisiana Hayride
Ma Crocker
1944
Film
The Awful Sleuth
Bert's Mother-In-Law
1951
Film
Moonlight and Cactus
Abigail
1944
Bachelor Daze
Abigail O'Rourke
1944
Film
Bowery Buckaroos
Kate T. Barlow
1947
Film
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943
Film
Wake Up and Dream
Edna Lucash
1946
Film
Sundown in Santa Fe
Ella Mae Watson
1948
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Elevator Passenger
1941
Film
His Baiting Beauty
Harry's Mother-in-Law
1950
Film
Sioux City Sue
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946
Andy Plays Hookey
Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946
Film
Two Gun Marshal
Mama Antonelli
1953
Happy Go Wacky
1952