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.
188 acting credits
Acting · 188
Perry Mason
1957
Petticoat Junction
1963
Peter Gunn
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
The Gene Autry Show
1950
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Angel
1960
Marty
1955
Niagara
1953
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Fury
1936
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953
Destry Rides Again
1939
The Go-Getter
1937
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
California
1947
Mr. Skeffington
1944
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
Without Reservations
1946
Sadie McKee
1934
State Fair
1945
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Golden Boy
1939
Quicksand
1950
Side Street
1950
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
The Dark Corner
1946
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948
Four Girls in White
1939
The Virginian
1946
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
Bombshell
1933
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
A Man Alone
1955
Good Sam
1948
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Sitting Pretty
1948
A Bell for Adano
1945
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
Sabotage
1939
Dangerous Blondes
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
That Funny Feeling
1965
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
In Old California
1942
The Raging Tide
1951
Take One False Step
1949
The Ape
1940
The Jackpot
1950
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
Family Honeymoon
1948
Hit the Ice
1943
Dixie Dugan
1943
Three Godfathers
1936
A Man Betrayed
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
The Noose Hangs High
1948
When Strangers Marry
1944
Here Comes the Band
1935
Kid Dynamite
1943
Lady for a Night
1942
Dear Brat
1951
Life Begins with Love
1937
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
The Ape Man
1943
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
Meet the Baron
1933
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
No, No, Nanette
1940
City Streets
1938
April Showers
1948
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
Missing Evidence
1939
Murder by Invitation
1941
Ever Since Eve
1937
Undercover Maisie
1947
The Lost Moment
1947
Golden Hoofs
1941
The Corpse Vanishes
1942
Master Minds
1949
Start Cheering
1938
Air Devils
1938
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Double Jeopardy
1955
Wildcat Bus
1940
Accent on Love
1941
The Lovable Cheat
1949
Oklahoma Annie
1952
The Devil's Party
1938
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Marshal of Amarillo
1948
So This Is Washington
1943
His Night Out
1935
Heartaches
1947
Apache Rose
1947
Love on a Bet
1936
Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
Salty O'Rourke
1945
Harem Girl
1952
Second Fiddle
1939
The Living Ghost
1942
Mountain Justice
1937
Frontier Scout
1938
The Trap
1946
Student Tour
1934
Lost in Alaska
1952
A Medal for Benny
1945
Wake Up and Dream
1946
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
The Powers Girl
1943
Henry and Dizzy
1942
One Mysterious Night
1944
The Awful Sleuth
1951
Something to Shout About
1943
Secret Service Investigator
1948
The Daring Young Man
1942
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
Cynthia
1947
Music in Manhattan
1944
She's Back on Broadway
1953
Man from Frisco
1944
San Francisco Docks
1940
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
The Kid Sister
1945
No Place to Go
1939
Partners in Time
1946
Dramatic School
1938
Love in a Bungalow
1937
Men in Her Diary
1945
Two Gun Marshal
1953
Sensation Hunters
1945
Bowery Buckaroos
1947
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
That Other Woman
1942
Sudden Danger
1955
Behind the Mike
1937
The Man in the Trunk
1942
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
Arkansas Judge
1941
Crazy Knights
1944
Dressed to Kill
1941
Prison Nurse
1938
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
Holiday in Havana
1949
Variety Time
1948
She Loved a Fireman
1937
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
Oh, Doctor
1937
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940
Stop That Cab
1951
Gobs and Gals
1952
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Sweater Girl
1942
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
Louisiana Hayride
1944
Bachelor Daze
1944
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
Block Busters
1944
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
Sioux City Sue
1946
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
Riding Through Nevada
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
They Stooge to Conga
1943
Boys of the City
1940
Murder Among Friends
1941
His Baiting Beauty
1950
Hired Husband
1947
Happy Go Wacky
1952
Maid to Order
1939
The Arizona Cowboy
1950