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