Minerva Urecal
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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Movies (37)
That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
1965
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
1964
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
1962
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)
1955
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
1953
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
Harem Girl
as Aniseh
1952
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
1951
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
1950
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
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
TV Shows (13)
Petticoat Junction
as Martha Winslow
1963
Angel
1960
Peter Gunn
as Mother
1958
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
Perry Mason
as Landlady
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Ma Bowie
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Busybody
1955
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Indian Woman
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Gene Autry Show
1950