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