Birthday:
Sep 20, 1894
Place of Birth: Eureka, California, USA
Place of Birth: Eureka, California, USA
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Salty O'Rourke | Saleslady (uncredited) | 1945 |
| State Fair | Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | Mama Rafferty | 1945 |
| The Corpse Vanishes | Fagah | 1942 |
| The Living Ghost | Delia Phillips | 1942 |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Cleaning Lady | 1941 |
| Lady for a Night | Spinster in Audience (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Double Jeopardy | Mrs. Kreesy | 1955 |
| 7 Faces of Dr. Lao | Kate Lindquist | 1964 |
| A Man Betrayed | Librarian (uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Ape Man | Agatha Brewster | 1943 |
| Without Reservations | Sue (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Bowery Blitzkrieg | Head of Reform School (uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Trap | Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper | 1946 |
| Three Godfathers | Parishioner (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Sioux City Sue | Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Niagara | Mrs. McGrand | 1953 |
| The Lovable Cheat | Virginie | 1949 |
| The Lost Moment | Maria | 1947 |
| The Jackpot | Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Sudden Danger | Mrs. Kelly | 1955 |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Pitchin' in the Kitchen | Miss Clabber (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Frontier Scout | Helen | 1938 |
| Murder Among Friends | Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited) | 1941 |
| The Arizona Cowboy | Cactus Kate Millican | 1950 |
| The Raging Tide | Johnnie Mae Swanson | 1951 |
| A Tragedy at Midnight | Housekeeper (uncredited) | 1942 |
| They Stooge to Conga | Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Dear Brat | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Love on a Bet | Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary | 1936 |
| Accent on Love | Teresa Lombroso | 1941 |
| Harem Girl | Aniseh | 1952 |
| The Kid Sister | Mrs. Wiggins | 1945 |
| No Place to Go | Miss Rice | 1939 |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Wake Up and Dream | Edna Lucash | 1946 |
| Oklahoma Annie | Lottie Fling | 1952 |
| Sweater Girl | Melinda | 1942 |
| Exiled to Shanghai | Claire | 1937 |
| Family Honeymoon | Mrs. Webb (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Side Street | Landlady | 1950 |
| Dramatic School | Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Nora Brown | 1945 |
| Cynthia | Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited) | 1947 |
| My Favorite Blonde | Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Louisiana Hayride | Ma Crocker | 1944 |
| His Night Out | Wife (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Prison Nurse | Sutherland | 1938 |
| Air Devils | Margaret Price | 1938 |
| The Lady in the Morgue | Mrs. Horn (uncredited) | 1938 |
| She's Back on Broadway | Cleaning Lady | 1953 |
| That Other Woman | Mrs. MacReady | 1942 |
| Andy Plays Hookey | Andy's Mother-in-Law | 1946 |
| Stop That Cab | Lucy's Mother | 1951 |
| The Cowboy and the Blonde | Murphy | 1941 |
| Bachelor Daze | Abigail O'Rourke | 1944 |
| The Powers Girl | Maggie (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Awful Sleuth | Bert's Mother-In-Law | 1951 |
| Arkansas Judge | Miranda Wolfson | 1941 |
| Ever Since Eve | Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Daring Young Man | Nurse | 1942 |
| So This Is Washington | Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Four Girls in White | Miss Perch - a Nurse | 1939 |
| A Medal for Benny | Mrs. Chavez (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Virginian | 1946 | |
| Start Cheering | Miss Grimley | 1938 |
| Here Comes the Band | Italian Wife (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Mountain Justice | Ella Crippen | 1937 |
| Henry and Dizzy | Mrs. Kilmer | 1942 |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Mrs. Stuart | 1953 |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Second Fiddle | Miss Bland, the School Principal | 1939 |
| Golden Boy | Grocery Customer | 1939 |
| Her Husband's Secretary | Miss Baldwin | 1937 |
| Sitting Pretty | Mrs. Maypole (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Bombshell | Autograph Seeker (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Destry Rides Again | Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Missing Evidence | Amy, Housewife | 1939 |
| Dancing Co-Ed | Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Apache Rose | Felicia | 1947 |
| San Francisco Docks | Landlady | 1940 |
| Fury | Fanny (uncredited) | 1936 |
| She Loved a Fireman | Nurse Purdy | 1937 |
| Marty | Mrs. Rosari (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Two Gun Marshal | Mama Antonelli | 1953 |
| Gobs and Gals | Mrs. Pursell | 1952 |
| The Bells of St. Mary's | Landlady (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Sensation Hunters | Edna Rogers | 1945 |
| The Man in the Trunk | Peggy's Landlady (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Mrs. Henderson (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Crazy Knights | Mrs. Benson | 1944 |
| Breakfast in Hollywood | Miss Mullins (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Partners in Time | Miss Abernathy (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Dixie Dugan | Mrs. Wilson (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Wife at Circus (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Boys of the City | Agnes | 1940 |
| Dressed to Kill | Landlady | 1941 |
| April Showers | Landlady (uncredited) | 1948 |
| City Streets | Mrs. Grimley (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Holiday in Havana | Mama Valdez | 1949 |
| Bowery Buckaroos | Kate T. Barlow | 1947 |
| The Mark of the Whistler | Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Voice of the Whistler | Georgie's Wife (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Oh, Doctor | Death Watch Mary Mackleforth | 1937 |
| The Sagebrush Family Trails West | Widow Gail | 1940 |
| Moonlight and Cactus | Abigail | 1944 |
| Student Tour | Wife | 1934 |
| Man from Frisco | Mrs. Allison | 1944 |
| The Ape | Townswoman | 1940 |
| No, No, Nanette | Woman in Airport | 1940 |
| Mr. Skeffington | Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Master Minds | Mrs. Hoskins | 1949 |
| Wildcat Bus | Old Maid (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Meet the Baron | Downstairs Maid (uncredited) | 1933 |
| That Funny Feeling | Woman at Phone Booth | 1965 |
| Sabotage | (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Keep 'Em Slugging | Miss Billings | 1943 |
| Riding Through Nevada | Widow Humbolt | 1942 |
| Sons of the Pioneers | Ellie Bixby | 1942 |
| Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick | Mrs. Peabody | 1952 |
| Rainbow Over Texas | Mama Lolita | 1946 |
| Sundown in Santa Fe | Ella Mae Watson | 1948 |
| Marshal of Amarillo | Mrs. Henry Pettigrew | 1948 |
| You Can't Fool Your Wife | Mrs. Doolittle | 1940 |
| In Old California | Mrs. Carson | 1942 |
| Outcasts of the Trail | Abbie Rysen | 1949 |
| Undercover Maisie | Cafe Cook | 1947 |
| Lost in Alaska | Mrs. McGillicuddy | 1952 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Nurse (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Murder by Invitation | Maxine Denham | 1941 |
| One Mysterious Night | Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited) | 1944 |
| Good Sam | Mrs. Nelson | 1948 |
| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Brenda | 1962 |
| The Strange Mrs. Crane | Nellie Carter | 1948 |
| Golden Hoofs | Myrt | 1941 |
| S.O.S Tidal Wave | 1939 | |
| Life Begins with Love | Mrs. Murphy | 1937 |
| Dangerous Blondes | Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Go-Getter | Cappy Ricks 'secretary | 1937 |
| Quiet Please, Murder | Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron | 1943 |
| Variety Time | Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage) | 1948 |
| Quicksand | Landlady | 1950 |
| The Devil's Party | Maria | 1938 |
| Men in Her Diary | Mrs. Braun | 1945 |
| The Well Groomed Bride | Woman in Ticket Line | 1946 |
| Kid Dynamite | Judge | 1943 |
| Block Busters | Amelia Rogiet | 1944 |
| Something to Shout About | Mrs. Starretton | 1943 |
| Ghosts on the Loose | Hilda | 1943 |
| Behind the Mike | Mrs. Reilly | 1937 |
| Maid to Order | Mail-Order Bride | 1939 |
| Hit the Ice | Wife at Hospital (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Devil Thumbs a Ride | 1947 | |
| Take One False Step | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) | 1949 |
| A Bell for Adano | Italian Woman | 1945 |
| The Noose Hangs High | Husky Woman (uncredited) | 1948 |
| His Baiting Beauty | Harry's Mother-in-Law | 1950 |
| California | Emma (uncredited) | 1947 |
| When Strangers Marry | Landlady (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Undercover Maisie | Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited) | 1947 |
| A Man Alone | Mrs. Maule (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Secret Service Investigator | Mrs McGiven | 1948 |
| The Dark Corner | Client Wife (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Hired Husband | Aunt Jessie | 1947 |
| Marry the Boss's Daughter | Elevator Passenger | 1941 |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma | Train Passenger (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Heartaches | Charwoman (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Sadie McKee | Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited) | 1934 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Petticoat Junction | Martha Winslow | 1963 |
| Perry Mason | Landlady | 1957 |
| Angel | 1960 | |
| The Adventures of Tugboat Annie | 1958 | |
| The Gene Autry Show | 1950 | |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Ma Bowie | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1951 | |
| Cavalcade of America | 1952 | |
| The Roy Rogers Show | 1951 | |
| Meet Mr. McNutley | 1953 | |
| Peter Gunn | Mother | 1958 |
| Petticoat Junction | Martha Griffin | 1963 |
| Perry Mason | Martha Glenhorn | 1957 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Busybody | 1955 |
