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
| Birth Location | Eureka, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1894-09-20 |
| Died | 1966-02-26 |
Movies
That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
1965
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
1964
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
1962
Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly
1955
A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955
Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy
1955
Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1955
Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli
1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart
1953
She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady
1953
Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand
1953
Lost in Alaska
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952
Gobs and Gals
as Mrs. Pursell
1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Mrs. Peabody
1952
Oklahoma Annie
as Lottie Fling
1952
Harem Girl
as Aniseh
1952
The Raging Tide
as Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951
Dear Brat
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1951
1951
Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Mother
1951
The Jackpot
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950
The Arizona Cowboy
as Cactus Kate Millican
1950
Quicksand
as Landlady
1950
Side Street
as Landlady
1950
His Baiting Beauty
as Harry's Mother-in-Law
1950
Master Minds
as Mrs. Hoskins
1949
Holiday in Havana
as Mama Valdez
1949
Take One False Step
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949
Outcasts of the Trail
as Abbie Rysen
1949
The Lovable Cheat
as Virginie
1949
Family Honeymoon
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Ella Mae Watson
1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nellie Carter
1948
Good Sam
as Mrs. Nelson
1948
Variety Time
as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948
Marshal of Amarillo
as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948
Secret Service Investigator
as Mrs McGiven
1948
The Noose Hangs High
as Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948
April Showers
as Landlady (uncredited)
1948
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1948
Bowery Buckaroos
as Kate T. Barlow
1947
The Lost Moment
as Maria
1947
Cynthia
as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947
Hired Husband
as Aunt Jessie
1947
Undercover Maisie
as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1947
Undercover Maisie
as Cafe Cook
1947
California
as Emma
1947
Apache Rose
as Felicia
1947
Andy Plays Hookey
as Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946
Wake Up and Dream
as Edna Lucash
1946
The Trap
as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946
Sioux City Sue
as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946
The Well Groomed Bride
as Woman in Ticket Line
1946
Without Reservations
as Sue (uncredited)
1946
Rainbow Over Texas
as Mama Lolita
1946
1946
The Dark Corner
as Client Wife (uncredited)
1946
Partners in Time
as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1946
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Landlady (uncredited)
1945
Voice of the Whistler
as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945
Sensation Hunters
as Edna Rogers
1945
Men in Her Diary
as Mrs. Braun
1945
State Fair
as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Nora Brown
1945
A Bell for Adano
as Italian Woman
1945
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mama Rafferty
1945
A Medal for Benny
as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945
Salty O'Rourke
as Saleslady (uncredited)
1945
The Kid Sister
as Mrs. Wiggins
1945
Crazy Knights
as Mrs. Benson
1944
One Mysterious Night
as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944
The Mark of the Whistler
as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944
Moonlight and Cactus
as Abigail
1944
When Strangers Marry
as Landlady
1944
Block Busters
as Amelia Rogiet
1944
Louisiana Hayride
as Ma Crocker
1944
Man from Frisco
as Mrs. Allison
1944
Mr. Skeffington
as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944
Bachelor Daze
as Abigail O'Rourke
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1944
Dangerous Blondes
as Mrs. Swanson-Housekeeper
1943
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943
So This Is Washington
as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as Hilda
1943
Hit the Ice
as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943
Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943
The Ape Man
as Agatha Brewster
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Miss Billings
1943
Something to Shout About
as Mrs. Starretton
1943
Kid Dynamite
as Judge
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943
The Powers Girl
as Maggie (uncredited)
1943
They Stooge to Conga
as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
That Other Woman
as Mrs. MacReady
1942
Riding Through Nevada
as Widow Humbolt
1942
The Daring Young Man
as Nurse
1942
The Man in the Trunk
as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
The Living Ghost
as Delia Phillips
1942
Sweater Girl
as Melinda
1942
Sons of the Pioneers
as Ellie Bixby
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942
Henry and Dizzy
as Mrs. Kilmer
1942
In Old California
as Mrs. Carson
1942
The Corpse Vanishes
as Fagah
1942
My Favorite Blonde
as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942
Lady for a Night
as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Elevator Passenger
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Cleaning Lady
1941
Dressed to Kill
as Landlady
1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Head of Reform School
1941
Accent on Love
as Teresa Lombroso
1941
Murder by Invitation
as Maxine Denham
1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Murphy
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Librarian (uncredited)
1941
Murder Among Friends
as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941
Golden Hoofs
as Myrt
1941
Arkansas Judge
as Miranda Wolfson
1941
San Francisco Docks
as Landlady
1940
No, No, Nanette
as Woman in Airport
1940
The Ape
as Townswoman
1940
Wildcat Bus
as Old Maid (uncredited)
1940
Boys of the City
as Agnes
1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Mrs. Doolittle
1940
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as Widow Gail
1940
Missing Evidence
as Amy, Housewife
1939
Destry Rides Again
as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
1939
Dancing Co-Ed
as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Maid to Order
as Mail-Order Bride
1939
No Place to Go
as Miss Rice
1939
Golden Boy
as Grocery Customer
1939
Second Fiddle
as Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939
Four Girls in White
as Miss Perch - a Nurse
1939
Dramatic School
as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Frontier Scout
as Helen
1938
City Streets
as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938
The Devil's Party
as Maria
1938
Air Devils
as Margaret Price
1938
The Lady in the Morgue
as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938
Start Cheering
as Miss Grimley
1938
Prison Nurse
as Sutherland
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
as Claire
1937
She Loved a Fireman
as Nurse Purdy
1937
Life Begins with Love
as Mrs. Murphy
1937
Behind the Mike
as Mrs. Reilly
1937
Ever Since Eve
as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937
The Go-Getter
as Cappy Ricks 'secretary
1937
Mountain Justice
as Ella Crippen
1937
Oh, Doctor
as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937
Her Husband's Secretary
as Miss Baldwin
1937
Fury
as Fanny (uncredited)
1936
Three Godfathers
as Parishioner (uncredited)
1936
Love on a Bet
as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1936
His Night Out
as Wife (uncredited)
1935
Here Comes the Band
as Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1935
Student Tour
as Wife
1934
Meet the Baron
as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933
Bombshell
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1933
Minerva Urecal hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
