Minerva Urecal
Acting
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.
Filmography 188
Movies (174)
Halloween Monster Bash1991Fagah (archive footage)
That Funny Feeling1965Woman at Phone Booth
7 Faces of Dr. Lao1964Kate Lindquist
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation1962Brenda
Sudden Danger1955Mrs. Kelly
A Man Alone1955Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Double Jeopardy1955Mrs. Kreesy
Marty1955Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Two Gun Marshal1953Mama Antonelli
Woman They Almost Lynched1953Mrs. Stuart
She's Back on Broadway1953Cleaning Lady
Niagara1953Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
Lost in Alaska1952Mrs. McGillicuddy
Gobs and Gals1952Mrs. Pursell
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick1952Mrs. Peabody
Oklahoma Annie1952Lottie Fling- Happy Go Wacky1952
Harem Girl1952Aniseh
The Raging Tide1951Johnnie Mae Swanson
Dear Brat1951Neighbor (uncredited)
The Awful Sleuth1951Bert's Mother-In-Law
Stop That Cab1951Lucy's Mother
The Jackpot1950Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
The Arizona Cowboy1950Cactus Kate Millican
Quicksand1950Landlady
Side Street1950Landlady
His Baiting Beauty1950Harry's Mother-in-Law
Master Minds1949Mrs. Hoskins
Holiday in Havana1949Mama Valdez
Take One False Step1949Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Shows (14)
Petticoat Junction1963Martha Winslow
Angel1960
Peter Gunn1958Mother
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie1958
Perry Mason1957Landlady
The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956Ma Bowie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955Busybody
The Danny Thomas Show1953Mrs. Enright- Meet Mr. McNutley1953
The Abbott and Costello Show1952Indian Woman
Cavalcade of America1952
The Roy Rogers Show1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
The Gene Autry Show1950