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.

All movies available from Minerva Urecal

Poster movie Arkansas Judge

Arkansas Judge

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Poster movie Henry and Dizzy

Henry and Dizzy

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Poster movie Missing Evidence

Missing Evidence

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Poster movie San Francisco Docks

San Francisco Docks

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Poster movie Keep 'Em Slugging

Keep 'Em Slugging

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Poster movie Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacatio

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Poster movie Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Tv series
Poster movie Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Tv series
Poster movie Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Tv series

Movies unavailable from Minerva Urecal

Salty O'Rourke

Saleslady (uncredited)

Movie 1945

State Fair

Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)

Movie 1945

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Mama Rafferty

Movie 1945

The Corpse Vanishes

Fagah

Movie 1942

The Living Ghost

Delia Phillips

Movie 1942

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

The Cleaning Lady

Movie 1941

Lady for a Night

Spinster in Audience (uncredited)

Movie 1942

Double Jeopardy

Mrs. Kreesy

Movie 1955

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Kate Lindquist

Movie 1964

A Man Betrayed

Librarian (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Ape Man

Agatha Brewster

Movie 1943

Without Reservations

Sue (uncredited)

Movie 1946

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Head of Reform School (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Trap

Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

Movie 1946

Three Godfathers

Parishioner (uncredited)

Movie 1936

Sioux City Sue

Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Movie 1946

Niagara

Mrs. McGrand

Movie 1953

The Lost Moment

Maria

Movie 1947

The Lovable Cheat

Virginie

Movie 1949

The Jackpot

Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Sudden Danger

Mrs. Kelly

Movie 1955

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Miss Clabber (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Frontier Scout

Helen

Movie 1938

Murder Among Friends

Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Arizona Cowboy

Cactus Kate Millican

Movie 1950

The Raging Tide

Johnnie Mae Swanson

Movie 1951

A Tragedy at Midnight

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Movie 1942

They Stooge to Conga

Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Dear Brat

Neighbor (uncredited)

Movie 1951

Love on a Bet

Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

Movie 1936

Accent on Love

Teresa Lombroso

Movie 1941

Harem Girl

Aniseh

Movie 1952

The Kid Sister

Mrs. Wiggins

Movie 1945

No Place to Go

Miss Rice

Movie 1939

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Wake Up and Dream

Edna Lucash

Movie 1946

Oklahoma Annie

Lottie Fling

Movie 1952

Sweater Girl

Melinda

Movie 1942

Exiled to Shanghai

Claire

Movie 1937

Family Honeymoon

Mrs. Webb (uncredited)

Movie 1948

Side Street

Landlady

Movie 1950

Dramatic School

Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Nora Brown

Movie 1945

Cynthia

Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

Movie 1947

My Favorite Blonde

Stone-Faced Woman

Movie 1942

Louisiana Hayride

Ma Crocker

Movie 1944

His Night Out

Wife (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Prison Nurse

Sutherland

Movie 1938

Air Devils

Margaret Price

Movie 1938

The Lady in the Morgue

Mrs. Horn (uncredited)

Movie 1938

She's Back on Broadway

Cleaning Lady

Movie 1953

That Other Woman

Mrs. MacReady

Movie 1942

Andy Plays Hookey

Andy's Mother-in-Law

Movie 1946

Stop That Cab

Lucy's Mother

Movie 1951

The Cowboy and the Blonde

Murphy

Movie 1941

Bachelor Daze

Abigail O'Rourke

Movie 1944

The Powers Girl

Maggie (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Awful Sleuth

Bert's Mother-In-Law

Movie 1951

Ever Since Eve

Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)

Movie 1937

The Daring Young Man

Nurse

Movie 1942

So This Is Washington

Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Four Girls in White

Miss Perch - a Nurse

Movie 1939

A Medal for Benny

Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)

Movie 1945

The Virginian

Movie 1946

Start Cheering

Miss Grimley

Movie 1938

Here Comes the Band

Italian Wife (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Mountain Justice

Ella Crippen

Movie 1937

Woman They Almost Lynched

Mrs. Stuart

Movie 1953

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Second Fiddle

Miss Bland, the School Principal

Movie 1939

Golden Boy

Grocery Customer

Movie 1939

Her Husband's Secretary

Miss Baldwin

Movie 1937

Sitting Pretty

Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Movie 1948

Bombshell

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Movie 1933

Destry Rides Again

Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Dancing Co-Ed

Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Apache Rose

Felicia

Movie 1947

Fury

Fanny (uncredited)

Movie 1936

She Loved a Fireman

Nurse Purdy

Movie 1937

Marty

Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Movie 1955

Two Gun Marshal

Mama Antonelli

Movie 1953

Gobs and Gals

Mrs. Pursell

Movie 1952

The Bells of St. Mary's

Landlady (uncredited)

Movie 1945

Sensation Hunters

Edna Rogers

Movie 1945

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)

Movie 1948

The Man in the Trunk

Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)

Movie 1942

Shadow of a Doubt

Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Crazy Knights

Mrs. Benson

Movie 1944

Breakfast in Hollywood

Miss Mullins (uncredited)

Movie 1946

Partners in Time

Miss Abernathy (uncredited)

Movie 1946

Dixie Dugan

Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Wife at Circus (uncredited)

Movie 1942

Boys of the City

Agnes

Movie 1940

Dressed to Kill

Landlady

Movie 1941

April Showers

Landlady (uncredited)

Movie 1948

City Streets

Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Holiday in Havana

Mama Valdez

Movie 1949

Bowery Buckaroos

Kate T. Barlow

Movie 1947

The Mark of the Whistler

Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Voice of the Whistler

Georgie's Wife (uncredited)

Movie 1945

Oh, Doctor

Death Watch Mary Mackleforth

Movie 1937

The Sagebrush Family Trails West

Widow Gail

Movie 1940

Moonlight and Cactus

Abigail

Movie 1944

Student Tour

Wife

Movie 1934

Man from Frisco

Mrs. Allison

Movie 1944

The Ape

Townswoman

Movie 1940

No, No, Nanette

Woman in Airport

Movie 1940

Master Minds

Mrs. Hoskins

Movie 1949

Mr. Skeffington

Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Wildcat Bus

Old Maid (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Meet the Baron

Downstairs Maid (uncredited)

Movie 1933

That Funny Feeling

Woman at Phone Booth

Movie 1965

Sabotage

(uncredited)

Movie 1939

Riding Through Nevada

Widow Humbolt

Movie 1942

Sons of the Pioneers

Ellie Bixby

Movie 1942

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick

Mrs. Peabody

Movie 1952

Rainbow Over Texas

Mama Lolita

Movie 1946

Sundown in Santa Fe

Ella Mae Watson

Movie 1948

Marshal of Amarillo

Mrs. Henry Pettigrew

Movie 1948

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Mrs. Doolittle

Movie 1940

In Old California

Mrs. Carson

Movie 1942

Outcasts of the Trail

Abbie Rysen

Movie 1949

Undercover Maisie

Cafe Cook

Movie 1947

Lost in Alaska

Mrs. McGillicuddy

Movie 1952

They Died with Their Boots On

Nurse (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Murder by Invitation

Maxine Denham

Movie 1941

One Mysterious Night

Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

Movie 1944

Good Sam

Mrs. Nelson

Movie 1948

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Nellie Carter

Movie 1948

Golden Hoofs

Myrt

Movie 1941

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Movie 1939

Life Begins with Love

Mrs. Murphy

Movie 1937

Dangerous Blondes

Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Go-Getter

Cappy Ricks 'secretary

Movie 1937

Quiet Please, Murder

Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron

Movie 1943

Variety Time

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

Movie 1948

Quicksand

Landlady

Movie 1950

The Devil's Party

Maria

Movie 1938

Men in Her Diary

Mrs. Braun

Movie 1945

The Well Groomed Bride

Woman in Ticket Line

Movie 1946

Block Busters

Amelia Rogiet

Movie 1944

Kid Dynamite

Judge

Movie 1943

Something to Shout About

Mrs. Starretton

Movie 1943

Ghosts on the Loose

Hilda

Movie 1943

Behind the Mike

Mrs. Reilly

Movie 1937

Maid to Order

Mail-Order Bride

Movie 1939

Hit the Ice

Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Movie 1947

Take One False Step

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Movie 1949

A Bell for Adano

Italian Woman

Movie 1945

The Noose Hangs High

Husky Woman (uncredited)

Movie 1948

His Baiting Beauty

Harry's Mother-in-Law

Movie 1950

California

Emma (uncredited)

Movie 1947

When Strangers Marry

Landlady (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Undercover Maisie

Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)

Movie 1947

A Man Alone

Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

Movie 1955

Secret Service Investigator

Mrs McGiven

Movie 1948

The Dark Corner

Client Wife (uncredited)

Movie 1946

Hired Husband

Aunt Jessie

Movie 1947

Marry the Boss's Daughter

Elevator Passenger

Movie 1941

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Movie 1949

Heartaches

Charwoman (uncredited)

Movie 1947

Sadie McKee

Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)

Movie 1934

Tv series unavailable from Minerva Urecal

Petticoat Junction

Martha Winslow

Tv 1963

Angel

Tv 1960

The Adventures of Tugboat Annie

Tv 1958

The Gene Autry Show

Tv 1950

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Ma Bowie

Tv 1956

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Tv 1951

Cavalcade of America

Tv 1952

The Roy Rogers Show

Tv 1951

Meet Mr. McNutley

Tv 1953

Peter Gunn

Mother

Tv 1958

Petticoat Junction

Martha Griffin

Tv 1963