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Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Actor · Born 1894-09-20 · Eureka, California, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
  2. Marty (1955) — Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
  3. Niagara (1953) — Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
  4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Busybody
  5. Fury (1936) — Fanny (uncredited)
  6. Destry Rides Again (1939) — Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
  7. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) — Landlady (uncredited)
  8. Perry Mason (1957) — Landlady
  9. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — Nurse (uncredited)
  10. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) — Kate Lindquist
  11. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) — Brenda
  12. The Corpse Vanishes (1942) — Fagah
  13. Mr. Skeffington (1944) — Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
  14. State Fair (1945) — Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
  15. The Dark Corner (1946) — Client Wife (uncredited)
  16. Bombshell (1933) — Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
  17. Sitting Pretty (1948) — Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
  18. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) — Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
  19. Side Street (1950) — Landlady
  20. The Ape Man (1943) — Agatha Brewster
  21. The Ape (1940) — Townswoman
  22. Petticoat Junction (1963) — Martha Winslow
  23. Quicksand (1950) — Landlady
  24. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) — The Cleaning Lady
  25. In Old California (1942) — Mrs. Carson
  26. A Man Alone (1955) — Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
  27. Golden Boy (1939) — Grocery Customer
  28. Ghosts on the Loose (1943) — Hilda
  29. When Strangers Marry (1944) — Landlady (uncredited)
  30. Hit the Ice (1943) — Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
  31. Dressed to Kill (1941) — Landlady
  32. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) — Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
  33. The Lost Moment (1947) — Maria
  34. Peter Gunn (1958) — Mother
  35. The Virginian (1946)
  36. Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) — Mrs. Stuart
  37. The Noose Hangs High (1948) — Husky Woman (uncredited)
  38. Sadie McKee (1934) — Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
  39. That Funny Feeling (1965) — Woman at Phone Booth
  40. California (1947) — Emma (uncredited)