Minerva Urecal
Known for: Acting
Born: September 20, 1894
Died: February 26, 1966
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.
Known for
Bachelor Daze
1944
Hired Husband
1947
Happy Go Wacky
1952
Sudden Danger
1955
The Arizona Cowboy
1950
The Awful Sleuth
1951
Maid to Order
1939
The Corpse Vanishes
1942
The Ape Man
1943
Harem Girl
1952
Holiday in Havana
1949
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
Love in a Bungalow
1937
They Stooge to Conga
1943
Louisiana Hayride
1944
Air Devils
1938
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941
The Daring Young Man
1942
Two Gun Marshal
1953
His Baiting Beauty
1950
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945
The Living Ghost
1942
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
Accent on Love
1941
The Kid Sister
1945
Oklahoma Annie
1952
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
That Other Woman
1942
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
Crazy Knights
1944
Riding Through Nevada
1942
Murder by Invitation
1941
The Lost Moment
1947
Stop That Cab
1951
Apache Rose
1947
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
Life Begins with Love
1937
Variety Time
1948
Double Jeopardy
1955
The Raging Tide
1951
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
Prison Nurse
1938
Sensation Hunters
1945
Boys of the City
1940
Bowery Buckaroos
1947
Oh, Doctor
1937
Marshal of Amarillo
1948
Good Sam
1948
She's Back on Broadway
1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
Lost in Alaska
1952
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
The Devil's Party
1938
Sioux City Sue
1946
The Lovable Cheat
1949
Sweater Girl
1942
San Francisco Docks
1940
Gobs and Gals
1952
Man from Frisco
1944
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
One Mysterious Night
1944
Quicksand
1950
Block Busters
1944
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
The Jackpot
1950
Frontier Scout
1938
The Trap
1946
Arkansas Judge
1941
Henry and Dizzy
1942
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
Master Minds
1949
That Funny Feeling
1965
Undercover Maisie
1947
Golden Hoofs
1941
Secret Service Investigator
1948
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
Murder Among Friends
1941
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Wake Up and Dream
1946
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
Behind the Mike
1937
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
No Place to Go
1939
Bombshell
1933
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
Partners in Time
1946
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
The Go-Getter
1937
Kid Dynamite
1943
Dear Brat
1951
City Streets
1938
Men in Her Diary
1945
State Fair
1945
Cynthia
1947
April Showers
1948
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
His Night Out
1935
The Powers Girl
1943
Dressed to Kill
1941
When Strangers Marry
1944
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Heartaches
1947
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
The Man in the Trunk
1942
Side Street
1950
Start Cheering
1938
Voice of the Whistler
1945
Family Honeymoon
1948
Dramatic School
1938
So This Is Washington
1943
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
The Ape
1940
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Missing Evidence
1939
California
1947
Lady for a Night
1942
Marty
1955
The Noose Hangs High
1948
A Medal for Benny
1945
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
Salty O'Rourke
1945
Three Godfathers
1936
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Hit the Ice
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
Niagara
1953
Love on a Bet
1936
She Loved a Fireman
1937
Dixie Dugan
1943
Something to Shout About
1943
Sabotage
1939
The Dark Corner
1946
Music in Manhattan
1944
A Man Alone
1955
Wildcat Bus
1940
Take One False Step
1949
Sitting Pretty
1948
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Ever Since Eve
1937
Four Girls in White
1939
Mountain Justice
1937
Mr. Skeffington
1944
Dangerous Blondes
1943
No, No, Nanette
1940
Meet the Baron
1933
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
Sadie McKee
1934
Here Comes the Band
1935
The Virginian
1946
Golden Boy
1939
A Man Betrayed
1941
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Destry Rides Again
1939
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
A Bell for Adano
1945
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
Student Tour
1934
In Old California
1942
Fury
1936
Without Reservations
1946
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Second Fiddle
1939
Petticoat Junction
1963
Perry Mason
1957
Angel
1960
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
The Gene Autry Show
1950
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953
Peter Gunn
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Danny Thomas Show
1953