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