Minerva Urecal
175 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 20, 1894
- Died
- Feb 26, 1966 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Eureka, California, USA
- Also known as
- Florence Minerva Dunnuck
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.
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Known for
Minerva Urecal: movies and TV shows
Acting (189)
- 1991 Halloween Monster Bash
as Fagah (archive footage)
- 1965 That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
- 1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
- 1963
- 1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
- 1960
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955 Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly
- 1955 A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
- 1955
- 1955 Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy
- 1955 Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
- 1953 Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart
- 1953 She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady
- 1953 Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
- 1952 The Abbott and Costello Show · TV
as Indian Woman / Singing Student / Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment · 3 episodes
- 1952
- 1952 Lost in Alaska
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
- 1952 Gobs and Gals
as Mrs. Pursell
- 1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Mrs. Peabody
- 1952 Oklahoma Annie
as Lottie Fling
- 1952
- 1952 Harem Girl
as Aniseh
- 1951
- 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
- 1951 Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Mother
- 1950 The Jackpot
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
- 1950
- 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
- 1949 Down to the Sea in Ships
as Mother (uncredited)
- 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') (archive footage)
- 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 / Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
- 1947 California
as Emma (uncredited)
- 1947
- 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 (uncredited)
- 1946 The Well Groomed Bride
as Woman in Ticket Line
- 1946 Without Reservations
as Sue (uncredited)
- 1946 Rainbow Over Texas
as Mama Lolita
- 1946
- 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 (uncredited)
- 1945 Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Nora Brown
- 1945 A Bell for Adano
as Italian Woman (uncredited)
- 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 Ghosts on the Loose
as Hilda
- 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 (uncredited)
- 1942 That Other Woman
as Mrs. MacReady
- 1942 Riding Through Nevada
as Widow Humbolt
- 1942 The Daring Young Man
as Nurse
- 1942 The Man in the Trunk
as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
- 1942 The Living Ghost
as Delia Phillips
- 1942 Sweater Girl
as Melinda
- 1942 The 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 The Corpse Vanishes
as Fagah
- 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 The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Murphy
- 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
- 1940 The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as Widow Gail
- 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
- 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)