Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

20/09/1894

Day of Death

26/02/1966
(72) years old

Place of Birth

Eureka, California, USA

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1965

That Funny Feeling

as Woman at Phone Booth

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Kate Lindquist

1955

Sudden Danger

as Mrs. Kelly

1955

A Man Alone

as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

1955

Double Jeopardy

as Mrs. Kreesy

1955

Marty

as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

1953

Two Gun Marshal

as Mama Antonelli

1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

as Mrs. Stuart

1953

She's Back on Broadway

as Cleaning Lady

1953

Niagara

as Mrs. McGrand

1952

Lost in Alaska

as Mrs. McGillicuddy

1952

Gobs and Gals

as Mrs. Pursell

1952

Oklahoma Annie

as Lottie Fling

1952

Harem Girl

as Aniseh

1951

The Raging Tide

as Johnnie Mae Swanson

1951

Dear Brat

as Neighbor (uncredited)

1951

The Awful Sleuth

as Bert's Mother-In-Law

1951

Stop That Cab

as Lucy's Mother

1950

The Jackpot

as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

1950

The Arizona Cowboy

as Cactus Kate Millican

1950

Quicksand

as Landlady

1950

Side Street

as Landlady

1950

His Baiting Beauty

as Harry's Mother-in-Law

1949

Master Minds

as Mrs. Hoskins

1949

Holiday in Havana

as Mama Valdez

1949

Take One False Step

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1949

Outcasts of the Trail

as Abbie Rysen

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1949

The Lovable Cheat

as Virginie

1948

Family Honeymoon

as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)

1948

Sundown in Santa Fe

as Ella Mae Watson

1948

The Strange Mrs. Crane

as Nellie Carter

1948

Good Sam

as Mrs. Nelson

1948

Variety Time

as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband...

1948

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)

1948

Marshal of Amarillo

as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew

1948

Secret Service Investigator

as Mrs McGiven

1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Husky Woman (uncredited)

1948

April Showers

as Landlady (uncredited)

1948

Sitting Pretty

as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

1947

Bowery Buckaroos

as Kate T. Barlow

1947

The Lost Moment

as Maria

1947

Cynthia

as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

1947

Heartaches

as Charwoman (uncredited)

1947

Hired Husband

as Aunt Jessie

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Cafe Cook

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)

1947

California

as Emma (uncredited)

1947

Apache Rose

as Felicia

1946

Andy Plays Hookey

as Andy's Mother-in-Law

1946

Wake Up and Dream

as Edna Lucash

1946

The Trap

as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

1946

Sioux City Sue

as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (...

1946

The Well Groomed Bride

as Woman in Ticket Line

1946

Without Reservations

as Sue (uncredited)

1946

Rainbow Over Texas

as Mama Lolita

1946

The Dark Corner

as Client Wife (uncredited)

1946

Partners in Time

as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)

1946

Breakfast in Hollywood

as Miss Mullins (uncredited)

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's

as Landlady (uncredited)

1945

Voice of the Whistler

as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)

1945

Sensation Hunters

as Edna Rogers

1945

Men in Her Diary

as Mrs. Braun

1945

State Fair

as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncre...

1945

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

as Nora Brown

1945

A Bell for Adano

as Italian Woman

1945

Wanderer of the Wasteland

as Mama Rafferty

1945

A Medal for Benny

as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)

1945

Salty O'Rourke

as Saleslady (uncredited)

1945

The Kid Sister

as Mrs. Wiggins

1944

Crazy Knights

as Mrs. Benson

1944

One Mysterious Night

as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

1944

The Mark of the Whistler

as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)

1944

Music in Manhattan

as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)

1944

Moonlight and Cactus

as Abigail

1944

When Strangers Marry

as Landlady (uncredited)

1944

Block Busters

as Amelia Rogiet

1944

Louisiana Hayride

as Ma Crocker

1944

Man from Frisco

as Mrs. Allison

1944

Mr. Skeffington

as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)

1944

Bachelor Daze

as Abigail O'Rourke

1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)

1943

Dangerous Blondes

as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

1943

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

as Miss Clabber (uncredited)

1943

So This Is Washington

as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)

1943

Hit the Ice

as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

1943

Quiet Please, Murder

as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron

1943

Dixie Dugan

as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)

1943

The Ape Man

as Agatha Brewster

1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

as Miss Billings

1943

Something to Shout About

as Mrs. Starretton

1943

Kid Dynamite

as Judge

1943

The Powers Girl

as Maggie (uncredited)

1943

Shadow of a Doubt

as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

1943

They Stooge to Conga

as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredite...

1942

That Other Woman

as Mrs. MacReady

1942

Riding Through Nevada

as Widow Humbolt

1942

The Man in the Trunk

as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)

1942

The Living Ghost

as Delia Phillips

1942

Sweater Girl

as Melinda

1942

Sons of the Pioneers

as Ellie Bixby

1942

Beyond the Blue Horizon

as Wife at Circus (uncredited)

1942

Henry and Dizzy

as Mrs. Kilmer

1942

In Old California

as Mrs. Carson

1942

My Favorite Blonde

as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)

1942

A Tragedy at Midnight

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1942

Lady for a Night

as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)

1941

Marry the Boss's Daughter

as Elevator Passenger

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Nurse (uncredited)

1941

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

as The Cleaning Lady

1941

Dressed to Kill

as Landlady

1941

Bowery Blitzkrieg

as Head of Reform School (uncredited)

1941

Accent on Love

as Teresa Lombroso

1941

Murder by Invitation

as Maxine Denham

1941

A Man Betrayed

as Librarian (uncredited)

1941

Murder Among Friends

as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)

1941

Golden Hoofs

as Myrt

1941

Arkansas Judge

as Miranda Wolfson

1940

San Francisco Docks

as Landlady

1940

No, No, Nanette

as Woman in Airport

1940

The Ape

as Townswoman

1940

Wildcat Bus

as Old Maid (uncredited)

1940

Boys of the City

as Agnes

1940

You Can't Fool Your Wife

as Mrs. Doolittle

1939

Missing Evidence

as Amy, Housewife

1939

Destry Rides Again

as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

1939

Sabotage

as (uncredited)

1939

Dancing Co-Ed

as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

1939

Maid to Order

as Mail-Order Bride

1939

No Place to Go

as Miss Rice

1939

Golden Boy

as Grocery Customer

1939

Second Fiddle

as Miss Bland, the School Principal

1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited...

1939

Four Girls in White

as Miss Perch - a Nurse

1938

Dramatic School

as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)

1938

Frontier Scout

as Helen

1938

City Streets

as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)

1938

The Devil's Party

as Maria

1938

Air Devils

as Margaret Price

1938

The Lady in the Morgue

as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)

1938

Start Cheering

as Miss Grimley

1938

Prison Nurse

as Sutherland

1937

Exiled to Shanghai

as Claire

1937

She Loved a Fireman

as Nurse Purdy

1937

Life Begins with Love

as Mrs. Murphy

1937

Behind the Mike

as Mrs. Reilly

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)

1937

Love in a Bungalow

as Mrs. Kester

1937

The Go-Getter

as Cappy Ricks' Secretary

1937

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron

1937

Mountain Justice

as Ella Crippen

1937

Oh, Doctor

as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth

1937

Her Husband's Secretary

as Miss Baldwin

1936

Fury

as Fanny (uncredited)

1936

Three Godfathers

as Parishioner (uncredited)

1936

Love on a Bet

as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

1935

His Night Out

as Wife (uncredited)

1935

Here Comes the Band

as Italian Wife (uncredited)

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)

1934

Student Tour

as Wife

1934

Sadie McKee

as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)

1933

Meet the Baron

as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)

1933

Bombshell

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)