BeamFlip Logo
User
Minerva Urecal

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.

Born

Sep 20, 1894

Eureka, California, USA

Died

Feb 26, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

175 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.1

movie

Known For

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Niagara

Niagara

1953

as Mrs. McGrand
Marty

Marty

1955

as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Fury

Fury

1936

as Fanny (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Nurse (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945

as Landlady (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1939

as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
One Mysterious Night
One Mysterious Night
1944 • as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
★ 6.2
Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 • as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Niagara
Niagara
1953 • as Mrs. McGrand
★ 6.8
Marty
Marty
1955 • as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Fury
Fury
1936 • as Fanny (uncredited)
★ 7.5
The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner
1946 • as Client Wife (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 • as Brenda
★ 6.5
California
California
1947 • as Emma (uncredited)
★ 6.8
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 • as Kate Lindquist
★ 6.9
Mr. Skeffington
Mr. Skeffington
1944 • as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
★ 6.8
They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 • as Nurse (uncredited)
★ 6.7
State Fair
State Fair
1945 • as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Side Street
Side Street
1950 • as Landlady
★ 6.5
The Bells of St. Mary's
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 • as Landlady (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Ape
The Ape
1940 • as Townswoman
★ 4.8
In Old California
In Old California
1942 • as Mrs. Carson
★ 5.3
S.O.S Tidal Wave
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
★ 6.8
Golden Boy
Golden Boy
1939 • as Grocery Customer
★ 6.5
Bombshell
Bombshell
1933 • as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Undercover Maisie
Undercover Maisie
1947 • as Cafe Cook
★ 8.0
Undercover Maisie
Undercover Maisie
1947 • as Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Dramatic School
Dramatic School
1938 • as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again
1939 • as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Sadie McKee
Sadie McKee
1934 • as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Doolins of Oklahoma
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 • as Train Passenger (uncredited)
★ 6.8
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano
1945 • as Italian Woman
★ 6.0
Without Reservations
Without Reservations
1946 • as Sue (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Second Fiddle
Second Fiddle
1939 • as Miss Bland, the School Principal
★ 5.1
Sitting Pretty
Sitting Pretty
1948 • as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Dangerous Blondes
Dangerous Blondes
1943 • as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Crazy Knights
Crazy Knights
1944 • as Mrs. Benson
★ 5.2
Three Godfathers
Three Godfathers
1936 • as Parishioner (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946
★ 6.2
Start Cheering
Start Cheering
1938 • as Miss Grimley
★ 6.9
Voice of the Whistler
Voice of the Whistler
1945 • as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Raging Tide
The Raging Tide
1951 • as Johnnie Mae Swanson
★ 5.1
My Favorite Blonde
My Favorite Blonde
1942 • as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Salty O'Rourke
Salty O'Rourke
1945 • as Saleslady (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 • as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
★ 6.9
Dixie Dugan
Dixie Dugan
1943 • as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Life Begins with Love
Life Begins with Love
1937 • as Mrs. Murphy
★ 6.7
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 • as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Good Sam
Good Sam
1948 • as Mrs. Nelson
★ 6.3
April Showers
April Showers
1948 • as Landlady (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Heartaches
Heartaches
1947 • as Charwoman (uncredited)
★ 5.3
The Mark of the Whistler
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 • as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus
1940 • as Old Maid (uncredited)
★ 5.5
A Man Alone
A Man Alone
1955 • as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Sabotage
Sabotage
1939 • as (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Wake Up and Dream
Wake Up and Dream
1946 • as Edna Lucash
★ 7.4
A Medal for Benny
A Medal for Benny
1945 • as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
★ 5.6
The Jackpot
The Jackpot
1950 • as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Dancing Co-Ed
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 • as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Hit the Ice
Hit the Ice
1943 • as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
★ 6.0
A Tragedy at Midnight
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942 • as Housekeeper (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Keep 'Em Slugging
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 • as Miss Billings
★ 5.8
Cynthia
Cynthia
1947 • as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
★ 6.3
Dear Brat
Dear Brat
1951 • as Neighbor (uncredited)
★ 4.5
Student Tour
Student Tour
1934 • as Wife
★ 6.7
Meet the Baron
Meet the Baron
1933 • as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Golden Hoofs
Golden Hoofs
1941 • as Myrt
★ 8.0
Sudden Danger
Sudden Danger
1955 • as Mrs. Kelly
★ 5.7
Take One False Step
Take One False Step
1949 • as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
★ 5.4
The Go-Getter
The Go-Getter
1937 • as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
★ 6.2
Oh, Doctor
Oh, Doctor
1937 • as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
★ 7.0
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 • as Mrs. Stuart
★ 6.5
The Man in the Trunk
The Man in the Trunk
1942 • as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
★ 9.0
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy
1955 • as Mrs. Kreesy
★ 5.2
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 • as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 • as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Trap
The Trap
1946 • as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
★ 6.8
Here Comes the Band
Here Comes the Band
1935 • as Italian Wife (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Mountain Justice
Mountain Justice
1937 • as Ella Crippen
★ 6.3
Kid Dynamite
Kid Dynamite
1943 • as Judge
★ 6.7
The Devil's Party
The Devil's Party
1938 • as Maria
★ 5.4
Quicksand
Quicksand
1950 • as Landlady
★ 6.1
Oklahoma Annie
Oklahoma Annie
1952 • as Lottie Fling
★ 8.7
Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska
1952 • as Mrs. McGillicuddy
★ 6.1
Bowery Buckaroos
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 • as Kate T. Barlow
★ 6.6
Exiled to Shanghai
Exiled to Shanghai
1937 • as Claire
★ 5.5
Prison Nurse
Prison Nurse
1938 • as Sutherland
★ 5.6
Family Honeymoon
Family Honeymoon
1948 • as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Master Minds
Master Minds
1949 • as Mrs. Hoskins
★ 6.5
Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue
1946 • as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Frontier Scout
Frontier Scout
1938 • as Helen
★ 6.0
The Noose Hangs High
The Noose Hangs High
1948 • as Husky Woman (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Behind the Mike
Behind the Mike
1937 • as Mrs. Reilly
★ 8.0
Love on a Bet
Love on a Bet
1936 • as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
★ 7.0
She Loved a Fireman
She Loved a Fireman
1937 • as Nurse Purdy
★ 7.5
Sweater Girl
Sweater Girl
1942 • as Melinda
★ 5.3
Lady for a Night
Lady for a Night
1942 • as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
★ 5.5
That Other Woman
That Other Woman
1942 • as Mrs. MacReady
★ 6.7
Missing Evidence
Missing Evidence
1939 • as Amy, Housewife
★ 6.5
Men in Her Diary
Men in Her Diary
1945 • as Mrs. Braun
★ 9.0
That Funny Feeling
That Funny Feeling
1965 • as Woman at Phone Booth
★ 6.3
A Man Betrayed
A Man Betrayed
1941 • as Librarian (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Ghosts on the Loose
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 • as Hilda
★ 4.3
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 • as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Murder Among Friends
Murder Among Friends
1941 • as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
★ 7.0
They Stooge to Conga
They Stooge to Conga
1943 • as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
★ 7.4
No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette
1940 • as Woman in Airport
★ 6.2
The Living Ghost
The Living Ghost
1942 • as Delia Phillips
★ 4.3
Arkansas Judge
Arkansas Judge
1941 • as Miranda Wolfson
★ 8.0
Music in Manhattan
Music in Manhattan
1944 • as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948 • as Nellie Carter
★ 6.3
Her Husband's Secretary
Her Husband's Secretary
1937 • as Miss Baldwin
★ 6.0
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 • as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952 • as Mrs. Peabody
★ 7.0
The Cowboy and the Blonde
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941 • as Murphy
★ 7.0
Partners in Time
Partners in Time
1946 • as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 • as The Cleaning Lady
★ 7.0
City Streets
City Streets
1938 • as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Breakfast in Hollywood
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946 • as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
★ 6.6
When Strangers Marry
When Strangers Marry
1944 • as Landlady (uncredited)
★ 6.2
No Place to Go
No Place to Go
1939 • as Miss Rice
★ 8.0
Quiet Please, Murder
Quiet Please, Murder
1943 • as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
★ 7.0
Block Busters
Block Busters
1944 • as Amelia Rogiet
★ 8.0
Accent on Love
Accent on Love
1941 • as Teresa Lombroso
★ 7.5
You Can't Fool Your Wife
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 • as Mrs. Doolittle
★ 5.6
Boys of the City
Boys of the City
1940 • as Agnes
★ 5.2
Henry and Dizzy
Henry and Dizzy
1942 • as Mrs. Kilmer
★ 9.0
Ever Since Eve
Ever Since Eve
1937 • as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Lost Moment
The Lost Moment
1947 • as Maria
★ 6.2
Something to Shout About
Something to Shout About
1943 • as Mrs. Starretton
★ 6.5
The Ape Man
The Ape Man
1943 • as Agatha Brewster
★ 4.4
His Night Out
His Night Out
1935 • as Wife (uncredited)
★ 7.0
movie
Andy Plays Hookey
1946 • as Andy's Mother-in-Law
★ 10.0
Secret Service Investigator
Secret Service Investigator
1948 • as Mrs McGiven
★ 7.5
Sundown in Santa Fe
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948 • as Ella Mae Watson
★ 10.0
Man from Frisco
Man from Frisco
1944 • as Mrs. Allison
★ 6.5
Four Girls in White
Four Girls in White
1939 • as Miss Perch - a Nurse
★ 7.3
Louisiana Hayride
Louisiana Hayride
1944 • as Ma Crocker
★ 7.5
Two Gun Marshal
Two Gun Marshal
1953 • as Mama Antonelli
★ 9.0
The Lovable Cheat
The Lovable Cheat
1949 • as Virginie
★ 6.0
The Corpse Vanishes
The Corpse Vanishes
1942 • as Fagah
★ 4.3
Air Devils
Air Devils
1938 • as Margaret Price
★ 4.3
The Kid Sister
The Kid Sister
1945 • as Mrs. Wiggins
★ 7.0
The Powers Girl
The Powers Girl
1943 • as Maggie (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Rainbow Over Texas
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 • as Mama Lolita
★ 7.3
Sensation Hunters
Sensation Hunters
1945 • as Edna Rogers
★ 4.8
The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man
1942 • as Nurse
★ 5.0
San Francisco Docks
San Francisco Docks
1940 • as Landlady
★ 7.3
Riding Through Nevada
Riding Through Nevada
1942 • as Widow Humbolt
★ 7.0
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 • as Nora Brown
★ 7.0
The Well Groomed Bride
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 • as Woman in Ticket Line
★ 5.7
Apache Rose
Apache Rose
1947 • as Felicia
★ 6.4
movie
Maid to Order
1939 • as Mail-Order Bride
★ 10.0
Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers
1942 • as Ellie Bixby
★ 9.0
So This Is Washington
So This Is Washington
1943 • as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill
1941 • as Landlady
★ 6.3
The Awful Sleuth
The Awful Sleuth
1951 • as Bert's Mother-In-Law
★ 10.0
She's Back on Broadway
She's Back on Broadway
1953 • as Cleaning Lady
★ 6.0
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943 • as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Arizona Cowboy
The Arizona Cowboy
1950 • as Cactus Kate Millican
★ 10.0
His Baiting Beauty
His Baiting Beauty
1950 • as Harry's Mother-in-Law
★ 7.5
movie
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941 • as Elevator Passenger
★ 9.0
Murder by Invitation
Murder by Invitation
1941 • as Maxine Denham
★ 6.0
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 • as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Holiday in Havana
Holiday in Havana
1949 • as Mama Valdez
★ 5.6
Marshal of Amarillo
Marshal of Amarillo
1948 • as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
★ 9.0
Harem Girl
Harem Girl
1952 • as Aniseh
★ 6.5
Moonlight and Cactus
Moonlight and Cactus
1944 • as Abigail
★ 5.5
Stop That Cab
Stop That Cab
1951 • as Lucy's Mother
★ 9.0
movie
Love in a Bungalow
1937 • as Mrs. Kester
★ 10.0
Gobs and Gals
Gobs and Gals
1952 • as Mrs. Pursell
★ 7.0
Variety Time
Variety Time
1948 • as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The Lady in the Morgue
The Lady in the Morgue
1938 • as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940 • as Widow Gail
★ 7.0
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945 • as Mama Rafferty
★ 7.7
Outcasts of the Trail
Outcasts of the Trail
1949 • as Abbie Rysen
★ 9.0
Hired Husband
Hired Husband
1947 • as Aunt Jessie
★ 8.0
movie
Bachelor Daze
1944 • as Abigail O'Rourke
★ 8.0
movie
Happy Go Wacky
1952
★ 9.0
Halloween Monster Bash
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 • as Fagah (archive footage)