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