Minerva Urecal
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.
Acting
1965
Woman at Phone Booth
1964
Kate Lindquist
1963
Martha Griffin
1963
Martha Winslow
1962
1960
Unknown
1958
Mother
1958
1957
Martha Glenhorn
1957
Landlady
1955
Busybody
1955
Mrs. Kreesy
1955
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1953
Unknown
1953
Mrs. Stuart
1953
Cleaning Lady
1953
Mrs. McGrand
1952
Indian Woman
1952
Singing Student
1952
Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952
Unknown
1952
Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952
Mrs. Pursell
1951
Unknown
1951
Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951
1950
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950
Landlady
1950
Landlady
1949
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1948
Ella Mae Watson
1948
Mrs. Nelson
1948
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948
Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948
Landlady (uncredited)
1948
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1947
Maria
1947
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947
Cafe Cook
1947
Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1947
Unknown
1947
Felicia
1946
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946
Sue (uncredited)
1946
Unknown
1946
Client Wife (uncredited)
1945
Landlady (uncredited)
1945
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945
Italian Woman
1945
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945
Saleslady (uncredited)
1944
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944
Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
1944
Landlady (uncredited)
1944
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1943
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943
Hilda
1943
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943
Agatha Brewster
1943
Miss Billings
1943
Mrs. Starretton
1943
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942
Nurse
1942
Melinda
1942
Mrs. Carson
1942
Fagah
1942
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1941
Nurse (uncredited)
1941
The Cleaning Lady
1941
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941
Maxine Denham
1941
1941
Librarian (uncredited)
1941
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941
Miranda Wolfson
1940
Woman in Airport
1940
Old Maid (uncredited)
1940
Mrs. Doolittle
1940
Widow Gail
1939
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939
(uncredited)
1939
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939
Miss Rice
1939
Grocery Customer
1939
Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1938
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Sutherland
1937
Claire
1937
Nurse Purdy
1937
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937
Ella Crippen
1937
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937
Miss Baldwin
1936
Fanny (uncredited)
1936
Parishioner (uncredited)
1934
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1933
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Infos
Minerva Urecal
Female
9/20/1894
2/26/1966
Florence Minerva Dunnuck