Minerva Urecal

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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.

Known For

Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

Marty

Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Niagara

Mrs. McGrand

Fury

Fanny (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Busybody

Destry Rides Again

Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

The Bells of St. Mary's

Landlady (uncredited)

Perry Mason

Landlady

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1965	That Funny Feeling MOVIE	Woman at Phone Booth
1964	7 Faces of Dr. Lao MOVIE	Kate Lindquist
1963	Petticoat Junction TV	Martha Winslow
1963	Petticoat Junction TV	Martha Griffin
1962	Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation MOVIE	Brenda
1960	Angel TV	Self
1958	Peter Gunn TV	Mother
1958	The Adventures of Tugboat Annie TV	Self
1957	Perry Mason TV	Landlady
1957	Perry Mason TV	Martha Glenhorn
1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie TV	Ma Bowie
1955	Sudden Danger MOVIE	Mrs. Kelly
1955	A Man Alone MOVIE	Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Busybody
1955	Double Jeopardy MOVIE	Mrs. Kreesy
1955	Marty MOVIE	Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1953	Two Gun Marshal MOVIE	Mama Antonelli
1953	Meet Mr. McNutley TV	Self
1953	Woman They Almost Lynched MOVIE	Mrs. Stuart
1953	She's Back on Broadway MOVIE	Cleaning Lady
1953	Niagara MOVIE	Mrs. McGrand
1952	The Abbott and Costello Show TV	Indian Woman
1952	The Abbott and Costello Show TV	Singing Student
1952	The Abbott and Costello Show TV	Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952	Cavalcade of America TV	Self
1952	Lost in Alaska MOVIE	Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952	Gobs and Gals MOVIE	Mrs. Pursell
1952	Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick MOVIE	Mrs. Peabody
1952	Oklahoma Annie MOVIE	Lottie Fling
1952	Harem Girl MOVIE	Aniseh
1951	The Roy Rogers Show TV	Self
1951	The Raging Tide MOVIE	Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951	Dear Brat MOVIE	Neighbor (uncredited)
1951	The Awful Sleuth MOVIE	Bert's Mother-In-Law
1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV	Self
1951	Stop That Cab MOVIE	Lucy's Mother
1950	The Jackpot MOVIE	Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950	The Gene Autry Show TV	Self
1950	The Arizona Cowboy MOVIE	Cactus Kate Millican
1950	Quicksand MOVIE	Landlady
1950	Side Street MOVIE	Landlady
1950	His Baiting Beauty MOVIE	Harry's Mother-in-Law
1949	Master Minds MOVIE	Mrs. Hoskins
1949	Holiday in Havana MOVIE	Mama Valdez
1949	Take One False Step MOVIE	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949	Outcasts of the Trail MOVIE	Abbie Rysen
1949	The Doolins of Oklahoma MOVIE	Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949	The Lovable Cheat MOVIE	Virginie
1948	Family Honeymoon MOVIE	Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948	Sundown in Santa Fe MOVIE	Ella Mae Watson
1948	The Strange Mrs. Crane MOVIE	Nellie Carter
1948	Good Sam MOVIE	Mrs. Nelson
1948	Variety Time MOVIE	Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948	Night Has a Thousand Eyes MOVIE	Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948	Marshal of Amarillo MOVIE	Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948	Secret Service Investigator MOVIE	Mrs McGiven
1948	The Noose Hangs High MOVIE	Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948	April Showers MOVIE	Landlady (uncredited)
1948	Sitting Pretty MOVIE	Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1947	Bowery Buckaroos MOVIE	Kate T. Barlow
1947	The Lost Moment MOVIE	Maria
1947	Cynthia MOVIE	Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947	Heartaches MOVIE	Charwoman (uncredited)
1947	Hired Husband MOVIE	Aunt Jessie
1947	Undercover Maisie MOVIE	Cafe Cook
1947	Undercover Maisie MOVIE	Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
1947	California MOVIE	Emma (uncredited)
1947	The Devil Thumbs a Ride MOVIE	Self
1947	Apache Rose MOVIE	Felicia
1946	Andy Plays Hookey MOVIE	Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946	Wake Up and Dream MOVIE	Edna Lucash
1946	The Trap MOVIE	Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946	Sioux City Sue MOVIE	Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946	The Well Groomed Bride MOVIE	Woman in Ticket Line
1946	Without Reservations MOVIE	Sue (uncredited)
1946	Rainbow Over Texas MOVIE	Mama Lolita
1946	The Virginian MOVIE	Self
1946	The Dark Corner MOVIE	Client Wife (uncredited)
1946	Partners in Time MOVIE	Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946	Breakfast in Hollywood MOVIE	Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1945	The Bells of St. Mary's MOVIE	Landlady (uncredited)
1945	Voice of the Whistler MOVIE	Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945	Sensation Hunters MOVIE	Edna Rogers
1945	Men in Her Diary MOVIE	Mrs. Braun
1945	State Fair MOVIE	Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945	Mr. Muggs Rides Again MOVIE	Nora Brown
1945	A Bell for Adano MOVIE	Italian Woman
1945	Wanderer of the Wasteland MOVIE	Mama Rafferty
1945	A Medal for Benny MOVIE	Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945	Salty O'Rourke MOVIE	Saleslady (uncredited)
1945	The Kid Sister MOVIE	Mrs. Wiggins
1944	Crazy Knights MOVIE	Mrs. Benson
1944	One Mysterious Night MOVIE	Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944	The Mark of the Whistler MOVIE	Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944	Music in Manhattan MOVIE	Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
1944	Moonlight and Cactus MOVIE	Abigail
1944	When Strangers Marry MOVIE	Landlady (uncredited)
1944	Block Busters MOVIE	Amelia Rogiet
1944	Louisiana Hayride MOVIE	Ma Crocker
1944	Man from Frisco MOVIE	Mrs. Allison
1944	Mr. Skeffington MOVIE	Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944	Bachelor Daze MOVIE	Abigail O'Rourke
1944	The Bridge of San Luis Rey MOVIE	Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1943	Dangerous Blondes MOVIE	Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943	Pitchin' in the Kitchen MOVIE	Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943	So This Is Washington MOVIE	Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943	Ghosts on the Loose MOVIE	Hilda
1943	Hit the Ice MOVIE	Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943	Quiet Please, Murder MOVIE	Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943	Dixie Dugan MOVIE	Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943	The Ape Man MOVIE	Agatha Brewster
1943	Keep 'Em Slugging MOVIE	Miss Billings
1943	Something to Shout About MOVIE	Mrs. Starretton
1943	Kid Dynamite MOVIE	Judge
1943	The Powers Girl MOVIE	Maggie (uncredited)
1943	Shadow of a Doubt MOVIE	Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943	They Stooge to Conga MOVIE	Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942	That Other Woman MOVIE	Mrs. MacReady
1942	Riding Through Nevada MOVIE	Widow Humbolt
1942	The Daring Young Man MOVIE	Nurse
1942	The Man in the Trunk MOVIE	Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942	The Living Ghost MOVIE	Delia Phillips
1942	Sweater Girl MOVIE	Melinda
1942	Sons of the Pioneers MOVIE	Ellie Bixby
1942	Beyond the Blue Horizon MOVIE	Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942	Henry and Dizzy MOVIE	Mrs. Kilmer
1942	In Old California MOVIE	Mrs. Carson
1942	The Corpse Vanishes MOVIE	Fagah
1942	My Favorite Blonde MOVIE	Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942	A Tragedy at Midnight MOVIE	Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942	Lady for a Night MOVIE	Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1941	Marry the Boss's Daughter MOVIE	Elevator Passenger
1941	They Died with Their Boots On MOVIE	Nurse (uncredited)
1941	Never Give a Sucker an Even Break MOVIE	The Cleaning Lady
1941	Dressed to Kill MOVIE	Landlady
1941	Bowery Blitzkrieg MOVIE	Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941	Accent on Love MOVIE	Teresa Lombroso
1941	Murder by Invitation MOVIE	Maxine Denham
1941	The Cowboy and the Blonde MOVIE	Murphy
1941	A Man Betrayed MOVIE	Librarian (uncredited)
1941	Murder Among Friends MOVIE	Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941	Golden Hoofs MOVIE	Myrt
1941	Arkansas Judge MOVIE	Miranda Wolfson
1940	San Francisco Docks MOVIE	Landlady
1940	No, No, Nanette MOVIE	Woman in Airport
1940	The Ape MOVIE	Townswoman
1940	Wildcat Bus MOVIE	Old Maid (uncredited)
1940	Boys of the City MOVIE	Agnes
1940	You Can't Fool Your Wife MOVIE	Mrs. Doolittle
1940	The Sagebrush Family Trails West MOVIE	Widow Gail
1939	Missing Evidence MOVIE	Amy, Housewife
1939	Destry Rides Again MOVIE	Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939	Sabotage MOVIE	(uncredited)
1939	Dancing Co-Ed MOVIE	Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939	Maid to Order MOVIE	Mail-Order Bride
1939	No Place to Go MOVIE	Miss Rice
1939	Golden Boy MOVIE	Grocery Customer
1939	Second Fiddle MOVIE	Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939	S.O.S Tidal Wave MOVIE	Self
1939	You Can't Cheat an Honest Man MOVIE	Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939	Four Girls in White MOVIE	Miss Perch - a Nurse
1938	Dramatic School MOVIE	Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938	Frontier Scout MOVIE	Helen
1938	City Streets MOVIE	Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938	The Devil's Party MOVIE	Maria
1938	Air Devils MOVIE	Margaret Price
1938	The Lady in the Morgue MOVIE	Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938	Start Cheering MOVIE	Miss Grimley
1938	Prison Nurse MOVIE	Sutherland
1937	Exiled to Shanghai MOVIE	Claire
1937	She Loved a Fireman MOVIE	Nurse Purdy
1937	Life Begins with Love MOVIE	Mrs. Murphy
1937	Behind the Mike MOVIE	Mrs. Reilly
1937	Ever Since Eve MOVIE	Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937	Love in a Bungalow MOVIE	Mrs. Kester
1937	The Go-Getter MOVIE	Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937	Charlie Chan at the Olympics MOVIE	Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937	Mountain Justice MOVIE	Ella Crippen
1937	Oh, Doctor MOVIE	Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937	Her Husband's Secretary MOVIE	Miss Baldwin
1936	Fury MOVIE	Fanny (uncredited)
1936	Three Godfathers MOVIE	Parishioner (uncredited)
1936	Love on a Bet MOVIE	Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1935	His Night Out MOVIE	Wife (uncredited)
1935	Here Comes the Band MOVIE	Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935	Man on the Flying Trapeze MOVIE	Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1934	Student Tour MOVIE	Wife
1934	Sadie McKee MOVIE	Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1933	Meet the Baron MOVIE	Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933	Bombshell MOVIE	Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

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