Minerva Urecal
Acting
🎂 1894-09-20
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.
Cast credits(189)
Landlady
1957
Martha Glenhorn
1957
Martha Winslow
1963
Martha Griffin
1963
Mother
1958
Busybody
1955
Ma Bowie
1956
1950
Indian Woman
1952
Singing Student
1952
Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952
1952
1951
Mrs. McGrand
1953
Maria
1947
1951
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943
Abigail
1944
1960
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1955
Old Maid (uncredited)
1940
Mrs. Stuart
1953
Teresa Lombroso
1941
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948
Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Sutherland
1938
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950
Emma (uncredited)
1947
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944
Kate T. Barlow
1947
Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948
Librarian (uncredited)
1941
Mrs. Kester
1937
Kate Lindquist
1964
Edna Rogers
1945
Mrs. Kreesy
1955
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937
Abbie Rysen
1949
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948
Landlady
1950
Nellie Carter
1948
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955
Mrs. Doolittle
1940
Brenda
1962
Melinda
1942
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1944
Felicia
1947
Client Wife (uncredited)
1946
Mrs. Kelly
1955
Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939
Cleaning Lady
1953
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944
Lottie Fling
1952
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933
Mrs. Nelson
1948
Lucy's Mother
1951
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938
Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1942
Parishioner (uncredited)
1936
Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952
Miss Perch - a Nurse
1939
Woman at Phone Booth
1965
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Mrs. Starretton
1943
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943
Charwoman (uncredited)
1947
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943
Mrs. Carson
1942
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945
Aniseh
1952
Nurse
1942
Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948
Mrs. Peabody
1952
Sue (uncredited)
1946
Italian Woman
1945
Woman in Ticket Line
1946
1946
Margaret Price
1938
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946
Mama Rafferty
1945
Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Mrs McGiven
1948
Mrs. Braun
1945
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949
Landlady (uncredited)
1945
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943
Ellie Bixby
1942
1939
Grocery Customer
1939
Maria
1938
Mrs. Pursell
1952
Hilda
1943
Mama Lolita
1946
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1936
Murphy
1941
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939
Edna Lucash
1946
Saleslady (uncredited)
1945
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1934
Mrs. Wiggins
1945
Bert's Mother-In-Law
1951
Ella Crippen
1937
Mrs. Hoskins
1949
Fagah
1942
Mama Antonelli
1953
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937
Mrs. Kilmer
1942
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942
Fanny (uncredited)
1936
Myrt
1941
Neighbor (uncredited)
1951
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944
(uncredited)
1939
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945
Wife (uncredited)
1935
Amy, Housewife
1939
Mrs. Allison
1944
1947
Claire
1937
Mrs. Murphy
1937
Landlady
1941
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1933
Harry's Mother-in-Law
1950
Delia Phillips
1942
Ella Mae Watson
1948
Maxine Denham
1941
Mrs. Benson
1944
Landlady
1940
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937
Woman in Airport
1940
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
Miss Rice
1939
Agnes
1940
Mama Valdez
1949
Cactus Kate Millican
1950
The Cleaning Lady
1941
1953
Widow Gail
1940
Landlady
1950
Wife
1934
Ma Crocker
1944
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1935
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
Amelia Rogiet
1944
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938
Nora Brown
1945
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1948
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945
Miss Grimley
1938
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946
Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951
Landlady (uncredited)
1944
Townswoman
1940
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941
Nurse Purdy
1937
Cafe Cook
1947
Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1947
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946
Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946
Miranda Wolfson
1941
Miss Baldwin
1937
Helen
1938
Mrs. Reilly
1937
Maggie (uncredited)
1943
Miss Billings
1943
Agatha Brewster
1943
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943
Widow Humbolt
1942
1958
Elevator Passenger
1941
Judge
1943
Mrs. MacReady
1942
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1946
Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943
Landlady (uncredited)
1948
Abigail O'Rourke
1944
Mail-Order Bride
1939
Virginie
1949
Aunt Jessie
1947