Minerva Urecal
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.
Known For
Acting
1945
asSaleslady (uncredited)
1945
asWoman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945
asMama Rafferty
1942
asFagah
1942
asDelia Phillips
1941
asThe Cleaning Lady
1942
asSpinster in Audience (uncredited)
1955
asMrs. Kreesy
1964
asKate Lindquist
1941
asLibrarian (uncredited)
1943
asAgatha Brewster
1946
asSue (uncredited)
1941
asHead of Reform School (uncredited)
1946
asMiss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1936
asParishioner (uncredited)
1946
asMrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1953
asMrs. McGrand
1949
asVirginie
1947
asMaria
1950
asWoman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1955
asMrs. Kelly
1944
asUncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1943
asMiss Clabber (uncredited)
1938
asHelen
1941
asMrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1950
asCactus Kate Millican
1951
asJohnnie Mae Swanson
1942
asHousekeeper (uncredited)
1943
asMarsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1951
asNeighbor (uncredited)
1936
asMiss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1941
asTeresa Lombroso
1952
asAniseh
1945
asMrs. Wiggins
1939
asMiss Rice
1935
asItalian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1946
asEdna Lucash
1952
asLottie Fling
1942
asMelinda
1937
asClaire
1948
asMrs. Webb (uncredited)
1950
asLandlady
1938
asRose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1945
asNora Brown
1947
asAgnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1942
asStone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1944
asMa Crocker
1935
asWife (uncredited)
1938
asSutherland
1938
asMargaret Price
1938
asMrs. Horn (uncredited)
1953
asCleaning Lady
1942
asMrs. MacReady
1946
asAndy's Mother-in-Law
1951
asLucy's Mother
1941
asMurphy
1944
asAbigail O'Rourke
1943
asMaggie (uncredited)
1951
asBert's Mother-In-Law
1941
asMiranda Wolfson
1937
asBellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
asNurse
1943
asMrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1939
asMiss Perch - a Nurse
1945
asMrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1946
as
1938
asMiss Grimley
1935
asItalian Wife (uncredited)
1937
asElla Crippen
1942
asMrs. Kilmer
1953
asMrs. Stuart
1939
asScreaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939
asMiss Bland, the School Principal
1939
asGrocery Customer
1937
asMiss Baldwin
1948
asMrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1933
asAutograph Seeker (uncredited)
1939
asMrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939
asAmy, Housewife
1939
asWoman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1947
asFelicia
1940
asLandlady
1936
asFanny (uncredited)
1937
asNurse Purdy
1955
asMrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1953
asMama Antonelli
1952
asMrs. Pursell
1945
asLandlady (uncredited)
1945
asEdna Rogers
1942
asPeggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1948
asElderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1943
asMrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1944
asMrs. Benson
1946
asMiss Mullins (uncredited)
1946
asMiss Abernathy (uncredited)
1943
asMrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1942
asWife at Circus (uncredited)
1940
asAgnes
1941
asLandlady
1948
asLandlady (uncredited)
1938
asMrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1949
asMama Valdez
1947
asKate T. Barlow
1944
asWoman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1945
asGeorgie's Wife (uncredited)
1937
asDeath Watch Mary Mackleforth
1940
asWidow Gail
1944
asAbigail
1934
asWife
1944
asMrs. Allison
1940
asTownswoman
1940
asWoman in Airport
1944
asWoman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1949
asMrs. Hoskins
1940
asOld Maid (uncredited)
1933
asDownstairs Maid (uncredited)
1965
asWoman at Phone Booth
1939
as(uncredited)
1943
asMiss Billings
1942
asWidow Humbolt
1942
asEllie Bixby
1952
asMrs. Peabody
1946
asMama Lolita
1948
asElla Mae Watson
1948
asMrs. Henry Pettigrew
1940
asMrs. Doolittle
1942
asMrs. Carson
1949
asAbbie Rysen
1947
asCafe Cook
1952
asMrs. McGillicuddy
1941
asNurse (uncredited)
1941
asMaxine Denham
1944
asMiss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1948
asMrs. Nelson
1962
asBrenda
1948
asNellie Carter
1941
asMyrt
1939
as
1937
asMrs. Murphy
1943
asMrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1937
asCappy Ricks' Secretary
1943
asCookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1948
asAunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1950
asLandlady
1938
asMaria
1945
asMrs. Braun
1946
asWoman in Ticket Line
1943
asJudge
1944
asAmelia Rogiet
1943
asMrs. Starretton
1943
asHilda
1937
asMrs. Reilly
1939
asMail-Order Bride
1943
asWife at Hospital (uncredited)
1947
as
1949
asGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1945
asItalian Woman
1948
asHusky Woman (uncredited)
1950
asHarry's Mother-in-Law
1947
asEmma (uncredited)
1944
asLandlady (uncredited)
1947
asDelicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1955
asMrs. Maule (uncredited)
1948
asMrs McGiven
1946
asClient Wife (uncredited)
1947
asAunt Jessie
1941
asElevator Passenger
1949
asTrain Passenger (uncredited)
1947
asCharwoman (uncredited)
1934
asBrennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1937
asGang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937
asMrs. Kester
asMartha Winslow
asLandlady
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asMother
asMartha Griffin
asMartha Glenhorn
asBusybody
asIndian Woman
asSinging Student
asWoman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
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