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.

Cast

Saleslady (uncredited)

Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)

Wanderer of the Wasteland

The Corpse Vanishes

The Living Ghost

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

The Cleaning Lady

Lady for a Night

Spinster in Audience (uncredited)

Double Jeopardy

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Librarian (uncredited)

Agatha Brewster

Without Reservations

Sue (uncredited)

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Head of Reform School (uncredited)

Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

Three Godfathers

Parishioner (uncredited)

Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)

The Lovable Cheat

The Lost Moment

Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Miss Clabber (uncredited)

Murder Among Friends

Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)

The Arizona Cowboy

Cactus Kate Millican

The Raging Tide

Johnnie Mae Swanson

A Tragedy at Midnight

Housekeeper (uncredited)

They Stooge to Conga

Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)

Neighbor (uncredited)

Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

Teresa Lombroso

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)

Wake Up and Dream

Exiled to Shanghai

Family Honeymoon

Mrs. Webb (uncredited)

Dramatic School

Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

My Favorite Blonde

Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)

Louisiana Hayride

Wife (uncredited)

The Lady in the Morgue

Mrs. Horn (uncredited)

She's Back on Broadway

That Other Woman

Andy Plays Hookey

Andy's Mother-in-Law

The Cowboy and the Blonde

Abigail O'Rourke

The Powers Girl

Maggie (uncredited)

The Awful Sleuth

Bert's Mother-In-Law

Miranda Wolfson

Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)

The Daring Young Man

So This Is Washington

Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)

Four Girls in White

Miss Perch - a Nurse

A Medal for Benny

Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)

Here Comes the Band

Italian Wife (uncredited)

Mountain Justice

Henry and Dizzy

Woman They Almost Lynched

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Miss Bland, the School Principal

Grocery Customer

Her Husband's Secretary

Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Destry Rides Again

Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

Missing Evidence

Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

San Francisco Docks

Fanny (uncredited)

She Loved a Fireman

Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Two Gun Marshal

The Bells of St. Mary's

Landlady (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)

The Man in the Trunk

Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

Breakfast in Hollywood

Miss Mullins (uncredited)

Partners in Time

Miss Abernathy (uncredited)

Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Wife at Circus (uncredited)

Boys of the City

Dressed to Kill

Landlady (uncredited)

Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)

Holiday in Havana

Bowery Buckaroos

Voice of the Whistler

Georgie's Wife (uncredited)

The Mark of the Whistler

Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)

Death Watch Mary Mackleforth

The Sagebrush Family Trails West

Moonlight and Cactus

Man from Frisco

No, No, Nanette

Woman in Airport

Mr. Skeffington

Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)

Old Maid (uncredited)

Downstairs Maid (uncredited)

That Funny Feeling

Woman at Phone Booth

Keep 'Em Slugging

Riding Through Nevada

Sons of the Pioneers

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

Rainbow Over Texas

Sundown in Santa Fe

Ella Mae Watson

Marshal of Amarillo

Mrs. Henry Pettigrew

You Can't Fool Your Wife

In Old California

Outcasts of the Trail

Undercover Maisie

Cafe Cook, Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)

Mrs. McGillicuddy

They Died with Their Boots On

Nurse (uncredited)

Murder by Invitation

One Mysterious Night

Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

The Strange Mrs. Crane

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Life Begins with Love

Dangerous Blondes

Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

Cappy Ricks' Secretary

Quiet Please, Murder

Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron

Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

The Devil's Party

Men in Her Diary

The Well Groomed Bride

Woman in Ticket Line

Something to Shout About

Mrs. Starretton

Ghosts on the Loose

Behind the Mike

Mail-Order Bride

Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Take One False Step

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

A Bell for Adano

The Noose Hangs High

Husky Woman (uncredited)

His Baiting Beauty

Harry's Mother-in-Law

Emma (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry

Landlady (uncredited)

Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

Secret Service Investigator

The Dark Corner

Client Wife (uncredited)

Marry the Boss's Daughter

Elevator Passenger

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Charwoman (uncredited)

Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron

Love in a Bungalow

Music in Manhattan

Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)