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Minerva Urecal

Born: 1894-09-20

From: Eureka, California, USA

About: 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.

Film credits:

Salty O'Rourke

Saleslady (uncredited)

State Fair

Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Mama Rafferty

The Corpse Vanishes

Fagah

The Living Ghost

Delia Phillips

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

The Cleaning Lady

Lady for a Night

Spinster in Audience (uncredited)

Double Jeopardy

Mrs. Kreesy

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Kate Lindquist

A Man Betrayed

Librarian (uncredited)

The Ape Man

Agatha Brewster

Without Reservations

Sue (uncredited)

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Head of Reform School (uncredited)

The Trap

Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

Three Godfathers

Parishioner (uncredited)

Sioux City Sue

Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Niagara

Mrs. McGrand

The Lovable Cheat

Virginie

The Lost Moment

Maria

The Jackpot

Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

Sudden Danger

Mrs. Kelly

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Miss Clabber (uncredited)

Frontier Scout

Helen

Murder Among Friends

Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)

The Arizona Cowboy

Cactus Kate Millican

The Raging Tide

Johnnie Mae Swanson

A Tragedy at Midnight

Housekeeper (uncredited)

They Stooge to Conga

Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)

Dear Brat

Neighbor (uncredited)

Love on a Bet

Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

Accent on Love

Teresa Lombroso

Harem Girl

Aniseh

The Kid Sister

Mrs. Wiggins

No Place to Go

Miss Rice

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)

Wake Up and Dream

Edna Lucash

Oklahoma Annie

Lottie Fling

Sweater Girl

Melinda

Exiled to Shanghai

Claire

Family Honeymoon

Mrs. Webb (uncredited)

Side Street

Landlady

Dramatic School

Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Nora Brown

Cynthia

Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

My Favorite Blonde

Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)

Louisiana Hayride

Ma Crocker

His Night Out

Wife (uncredited)

Prison Nurse

Sutherland

Air Devils

Margaret Price

The Lady in the Morgue

Mrs. Horn (uncredited)

She's Back on Broadway

Cleaning Lady

That Other Woman

Mrs. MacReady

Andy Plays Hookey

Andy's Mother-in-Law

Stop That Cab

Lucy's Mother

The Cowboy and the Blonde

Murphy

Bachelor Daze

Abigail O'Rourke

The Powers Girl

Maggie (uncredited)

The Awful Sleuth

Bert's Mother-In-Law

Arkansas Judge

Miranda Wolfson

Ever Since Eve

Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)

The Daring Young Man

Nurse

So This Is Washington

Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)

Four Girls in White

Miss Perch - a Nurse

A Medal for Benny

Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)

The Virginian

Start Cheering

Miss Grimley

Here Comes the Band

Italian Wife (uncredited)

Mountain Justice

Ella Crippen

Henry and Dizzy

Mrs. Kilmer

Woman They Almost Lynched

Mrs. Stuart

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Second Fiddle

Miss Bland, the School Principal

Golden Boy

Grocery Customer

Her Husband's Secretary

Miss Baldwin

Sitting Pretty

Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Bombshell

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Destry Rides Again

Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

Missing Evidence

Amy, Housewife

Dancing Co-Ed

Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Apache Rose

Felicia

San Francisco Docks

Landlady

Fury

Fanny (uncredited)

She Loved a Fireman

Nurse Purdy

Marty

Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Two Gun Marshal

Mama Antonelli

Gobs and Gals

Mrs. Pursell

The Bells of St. Mary's

Landlady (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

Edna Rogers

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)

The Man in the Trunk

Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

Crazy Knights

Mrs. Benson

Breakfast in Hollywood

Miss Mullins (uncredited)

Partners in Time

Miss Abernathy (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Wife at Circus (uncredited)

Boys of the City

Agnes

Dressed to Kill

Landlady

April Showers

Landlady (uncredited)

City Streets

Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)

Holiday in Havana

Mama Valdez

Bowery Buckaroos

Kate T. Barlow

Voice of the Whistler

Georgie's Wife (uncredited)

The Mark of the Whistler

Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)

Oh, Doctor

Death Watch Mary Mackleforth

The Sagebrush Family Trails West

Widow Gail

Moonlight and Cactus

Abigail

Student Tour

Wife

Man from Frisco

Mrs. Allison

The Ape

Townswoman

No, No, Nanette

Woman in Airport

Master Minds

Mrs. Hoskins

Mr. Skeffington

Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus

Old Maid (uncredited)

Meet the Baron

Downstairs Maid (uncredited)

That Funny Feeling

Woman at Phone Booth

Sabotage

(uncredited)

Keep 'Em Slugging

Miss Billings

Riding Through Nevada

Widow Humbolt

Sons of the Pioneers

Ellie Bixby

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

Mrs. Peabody

Rainbow Over Texas

Mama Lolita

Sundown in Santa Fe

Ella Mae Watson

Marshal of Amarillo

Mrs. Henry Pettigrew

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Mrs. Doolittle

In Old California

Mrs. Carson

Outcasts of the Trail

Abbie Rysen

Undercover Maisie

Cafe Cook

Lost in Alaska

Mrs. McGillicuddy

They Died with Their Boots On

Nurse (uncredited)

Murder by Invitation

Maxine Denham

One Mysterious Night

Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

Good Sam

Mrs. Nelson

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Brenda

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Nellie Carter

Golden Hoofs

Myrt

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Life Begins with Love

Mrs. Murphy

Dangerous Blondes

Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

Cappy Ricks' Secretary

Quiet Please, Murder

Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron

Variety Time

Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Quicksand

Landlady

The Devil's Party

Maria

Men in Her Diary

Mrs. Braun

The Well Groomed Bride

Woman in Ticket Line

Kid Dynamite

Judge

Block Busters

Amelia Rogiet

Something to Shout About

Mrs. Starretton

Ghosts on the Loose

Hilda

Behind the Mike

Mrs. Reilly

Maid to Order

Mail-Order Bride

Hit the Ice

Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Take One False Step

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

A Bell for Adano

Italian Woman

The Noose Hangs High

Husky Woman (uncredited)

His Baiting Beauty

Harry's Mother-in-Law

California

Emma (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry

Landlady (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie

Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)

A Man Alone

Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

Secret Service Investigator

Mrs McGiven

The Dark Corner

Client Wife (uncredited)

Hired Husband

Aunt Jessie

Marry the Boss's Daughter

Elevator Passenger

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Heartaches

Charwoman (uncredited)

Sadie McKee

Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron

Love in a Bungalow

Mrs. Kester

Music in Manhattan

Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)