Cast
Minerva Urecal
Acting
Cast
Minerva Urecal
Known for
Acting
Born
1894-09-20
From
Eureka, California, USA
Died
1966-02-26
Also known as Florence Minerva Dunnuck
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.
★6.9
MOVIE1938
Start Cheering
as Miss Grimley
★6.8
MOVIE1953
Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1944
Mr. Skeffington
as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1948
Good Sam
as Mrs. Nelson
★7.5
MOVIE1955
Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Bachelor Daze
as Abigail O'Rourke
★5.2
MOVIE1955
Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy
★6.3
MOVIE1948
Family Honeymoon
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1947
Undercover Maisie
as Cafe Cook
★8.0
MOVIE1947
Undercover Maisie
as Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1946
The Trap
as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
★6.8
MOVIE1945
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Landlady (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1946
The Virginian
★6.0
MOVIE1945
A Bell for Adano
as Italian Woman
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Hit the Ice
as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1951
The Raging Tide
as Johnnie Mae Swanson
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Dressed to Kill
as Landlady
★6.0
MOVIE1946
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Destry Rides Again
as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1943
They Stooge to Conga
as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1940
No, No, Nanette
as Woman in Airport
★6.6
MOVIE1946
The Dark Corner
as Client Wife (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1955
A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Salty O'Rourke
as Saleslady (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1947
The Lost Moment
as Maria
★7.1
MOVIE1948
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1937
The Go-Getter
as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
★9.0
MOVIE1942
The Sons of the Pioneers
as Ellie Bixby
★5.3
MOVIE1942
In Old California
as Mrs. Carson
★7.0
MOVIE1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Her Husband's Secretary
as Miss Baldwin
★7.5
MOVIE1936
Fury
as Fanny (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1945
Men in Her Diary
as Mrs. Braun
★6.8
MOVIE1948
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Golden Boy
as Grocery Customer
★6.7
MOVIE1942
That Other Woman
as Mrs. MacReady
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Without Reservations
as Sue (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1942
Sweater Girl
as Melinda
★6.6
MOVIE1945
State Fair
as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1944
When Strangers Marry
as Landlady (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Gobs and Gals
as Mrs. Pursell
★4.3
MOVIE1942
The Corpse Vanishes
as Fagah
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Quicksand
as Landlady
★6.0
MOVIE1938
City Streets
as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1949
Outcasts of the Trail
as Abbie Rysen
★7.0
MOVIE1950
The Jackpot
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Dangerous Blondes
as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Side Street
as Landlady
★5.6
MOVIE1941
A Man Betrayed
as Librarian (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1946
The Well Groomed Bride
as Woman in Ticket Line
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Murder Among Friends
as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1940
The Ape
as Townswoman
★7.5
MOVIE1950
His Baiting Beauty
as Harry's Mother-in-Law
★6.3
MOVIE1965
That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Murphy
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Lady for a Night
as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1947
California
as Emma (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Oh, Doctor
as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
★5.6
MOVIE1945
A Medal for Benny
as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Four Girls in White
as Miss Perch - a Nurse
★6.8
MOVIE1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
★6.2
MOVIE1952
Lost in Alaska
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Second Fiddle
as Miss Bland, the School Principal
★6.1
MOVIE1941
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Dramatic School
as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Mountain Justice
as Ella Crippen
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Missing Evidence
as Amy, Housewife
★6.5
MOVIE1962
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
★6.4
MOVIE1942
My Favorite Blonde
as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Powers Girl
as Maggie (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1948
April Showers
as Landlady (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1945
The Kid Sister
as Mrs. Wiggins
★6.8
MOVIE1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Kid Dynamite
as Judge
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Something to Shout About
as Mrs. Starretton
★8.7
MOVIE1952
Oklahoma Annie
as Lottie Fling
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Exiled to Shanghai
as Claire
★4.2
MOVIE1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as Hilda
★9.0
MOVIE1942
The Man in the Trunk
as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1945
Voice of the Whistler
as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1935
His Night Out
as Wife (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1939
Dancing Co-Ed
as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1940
San Francisco Docks
as Landlady
★5.5
MOVIE1944
Moonlight and Cactus
as Abigail
★5.8
MOVIE1937
Ever Since Eve
as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Frontier Scout
as Helen
★6.9
MOVIE1936
Three Godfathers
as Parishioner (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1955
Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Sadie McKee
as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1939
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Block Busters
as Amelia Rogiet
★5.2
MOVIE1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Bombshell
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nellie Carter
★5.4
MOVIE1949
Take One False Step
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1944
The Mark of the Whistler
as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1949
The Lovable Cheat
as Virginie
★10.0
MOVIE1950
The Arizona Cowboy
as Cactus Kate Millican
★5.3
MOVIE1933
Meet the Baron
as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1946
Rainbow Over Texas
as Mama Lolita
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Golden Hoofs
as Myrt
★6.5
MOVIE1944
Man from Frisco
as Mrs. Allison
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Miss Billings
MOVIE1991
Halloween Monster Bash
as Fagah (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1939
Maid to Order
as Mail-Order Bride
★6.2
MOVIE1944
One Mysterious Night
as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1948
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Ella Mae Watson
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Boys of the City
as Agnes
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Behind the Mike
as Mrs. Reilly
★6.0
MOVIE1953
She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady
★4.3
MOVIE1942
The Living Ghost
as Delia Phillips
★7.5
MOVIE1944
Louisiana Hayride
as Ma Crocker
★6.7
MOVIE1934
Student Tour
as Wife
★6.5
MOVIE1952
Harem Girl
as Aniseh
★9.0
MOVIE1942
Henry and Dizzy
as Mrs. Kilmer
★5.5
MOVIE1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Mrs. Doolittle
★5.4
MOVIE1938
The Devil's Party
as Maria
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Happy Go Wacky
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Quiet Please, Murder
as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
★6.6
MOVIE1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart
★7.4
MOVIE1946
Wake Up and Dream
as Edna Lucash
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Love on a Bet
as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Lady in the Morgue
as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1948
Marshal of Amarillo
as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
★6.7
MOVIE1937
Life Begins with Love
as Mrs. Murphy
★5.6
MOVIE1938
Prison Nurse
as Sutherland
★5.5
MOVIE1940
Wildcat Bus
as Old Maid (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Riding Through Nevada
as Widow Humbolt
★7.5
MOVIE1937
She Loved a Fireman
as Nurse Purdy
★6.9
MOVIE1948
The Noose Hangs High
as Husky Woman (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1951
Dear Brat
as Neighbor (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1943
So This Is Washington
as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1948
Variety Time
as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Partners in Time
as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Arkansas Judge
as Miranda Wolfson
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Sioux City Sue
as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1944
Crazy Knights
as Mrs. Benson
★6.6
MOVIE1947
Bowery Buckaroos
as Kate T. Barlow
★7.7
MOVIE1945
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mama Rafferty
★10.0
MOVIE1951
The Awful Sleuth
as Bert's Mother-In-Law
★4.4
MOVIE1943
The Ape Man
as Agatha Brewster
★8.0
MOVIE1939
No Place to Go
as Miss Rice
★6.6
MOVIE1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
★4.8
MOVIE1945
Sensation Hunters
as Edna Rogers
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1951
Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Mother
★7.5
MOVIE1948
Secret Service Investigator
as Mrs McGiven
★5.0
MOVIE1942
The Daring Young Man
as Nurse
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Master Minds
as Mrs. Hoskins
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Cleaning Lady
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Cynthia
as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Murder by Invitation
as Maxine Denham
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Mrs. Peabody
★6.3
MOVIE1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Here Comes the Band
as Italian Wife (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1941
Accent on Love
as Teresa Lombroso
★7.0
MOVIE1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Nora Brown
★4.3
MOVIE1938
Air Devils
as Margaret Price
★9.0
MOVIE1941
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Elevator Passenger
★10.0
MOVIE1946
Andy Plays Hookey
as Andy's Mother-in-Law
★5.3
MOVIE1947
Heartaches
as Charwoman (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1953
Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli
★5.6
MOVIE1949
Holiday in Havana
as Mama Valdez
★6.4
MOVIE1947
Apache Rose
as Felicia
★8.0
MOVIE1947
Hired Husband
as Aunt Jessie
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Love in a Bungalow
as Mrs. Kester
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as Widow Gail