Minerva Urecal
September 20, 1894 (130 years old) in Eureka, California, USA
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
Credits
- 1965 · That Funny Feeling as Woman at Phone Booth
- 1964 · 7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Kate Lindquist
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as Martha Winslow
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as Martha Griffin
- 1962 · Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Brenda
- 1960 · Angel as
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as Mother
- 1958 · The Adventures of Tugboat Annie as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Landlady
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Martha Glenhorn
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Ma Bowie
- 1955 · Sudden Danger as Mrs. Kelly
- 1955 · A Man Alone as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Busybody
- 1955 · Double Jeopardy as Mrs. Kreesy
- 1955 · Marty as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
- 1953 · Two Gun Marshal as Mama Antonelli
- 1953 · Meet Mr. McNutley as
- 1953 · Woman They Almost Lynched as Mrs. Stuart
- 1953 · She's Back on Broadway as Cleaning Lady
- 1953 · Niagara as Mrs. McGrand
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as
- 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 · Harem Girl as Aniseh
- 1951 · The Roy Rogers Show as
- 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 · The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
- 1951 · Stop That Cab as Lucy's Mother
- 1950 · The Jackpot as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Gene Autry Show as
- 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
- 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
- 1947 · Undercover Maisie as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
- 1947 · California as Emma (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Devil Thumbs a Ride as
- 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 · The Virginian as
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
- 1943 · The Powers Girl as Maggie (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 · 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 · S.O.S Tidal Wave as
- 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 · The Go-Getter as Cappy Ricks 'secretary
- 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 · Love on a Bet as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
- 1936 · Three Godfathers as Parishioner (uncredited)
- 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)