Minerva Urecal
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.
Filmography
The Arizona Cowboy
1950 · 10.0
Maid to Order
1939 · 10.0
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948 · 10.0
Love in a Bungalow
1937 · 10.0
Variety Time
1948 · 10.0
Sioux City Sue
1946 · 10.0
The Awful Sleuth
1951 · 10.0
Andy Plays Hookey
1946 · 10.0
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958 · 9.0
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942 · 9.0
Outcasts of the Trail
1949 · 9.0
Men in Her Diary
1945 · 9.0
The Man in the Trunk
1942 · 9.0
Henry and Dizzy
1942 · 9.0
Happy Go Wacky
1952 · 9.0
Marshal of Amarillo
1948 · 9.0
Stop That Cab
1951 · 9.0
Two Gun Marshal
1953 · 9.0
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941 · 9.0
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · 8.7
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953 · 8.5
Undercover Maisie
1947 · 8.0
Bachelor Daze
1944 · 8.0
No Place to Go
1939 · 8.0
Golden Hoofs
1941 · 8.0
Arkansas Judge
1941 · 8.0
Block Busters
1944 · 8.0
Behind the Mike
1937 · 8.0
Hired Husband
1947 · 8.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8
Perry Mason
1957 · 7.7
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945 · 7.7
His Baiting Beauty
1950 · 7.5
Secret Service Investigator
1948 · 7.5
She Loved a Fireman
1937 · 7.5
Accent on Love
1941 · 7.5
Louisiana Hayride
1944 · 7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · 7.5
Fury
1936 · 7.5
Marty
1955 · 7.5
Wake Up and Dream
1946 · 7.4
San Francisco Docks
1940 · 7.3
Rainbow Over Texas
1946 · 7.3
Destry Rides Again
1939 · 7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · 7.2
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949 · 7.2
Four Girls in White
1939 · 7.2
Sitting Pretty
1948 · 7.1
Oh, Doctor
1937 · 7.0
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943 · 7.0
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941 · 7.0
His Night Out
1935 · 7.0
Gobs and Gals
1952 · 7.0
The Powers Girl
1943 · 7.0
The Kid Sister
1945 · 7.0
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · 7.0
Sadie McKee
1934 · 7.0
The Jackpot
1950 · 7.0
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 · 7.0
Here Comes the Band
1935 · 7.0
Love on a Bet
1936 · 7.0
Murder Among Friends
1941 · 7.0
The Lady in the Morgue
1938 · 7.0
Quiet Please, Murder
1943 · 7.0
Partners in Time
1946 · 7.0
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940 · 7.0
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952 · 7.0
Riding Through Nevada
1942 · 7.0
Start Cheering
1938 · 6.9
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · 6.9
They Stooge to Conga
1943 · 6.9
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · 6.9
Three Godfathers
1936 · 6.9
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 · 6.9
The Noose Hangs High
1948 · 6.9
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · 6.9
The Roy Rogers Show
1951 · 6.8
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · 6.8
Niagara
1953 · 6.8
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 · 6.8
California
1947 · 6.8
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · 6.8
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 · 6.8
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · 6.7
The Trap
1946 · 6.7
That Other Woman
1942 · 6.7
Life Begins with Love
1937 · 6.7
Kid Dynamite
1943 · 6.7
Student Tour
1934 · 6.7
Peter Gunn
1958 · 6.6
Golden Boy
1939 · 6.6
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · 6.6
The Dark Corner
1946 · 6.6
State Fair
1945 · 6.6
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947 · 6.6
Sabotage
1939 · 6.6
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · 6.6
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · 6.5
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · 6.5
Something to Shout About
1943 · 6.5
Side Street
1950 · 6.5
Bombshell
1933 · 6.5
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · 6.5
Dixie Dugan
1943 · 6.5
Missing Evidence
1939 · 6.5
Dramatic School
1938 · 6.5
April Showers
1948 · 6.5
Man from Frisco
1944 · 6.5
Master Minds
1949 · 6.5
Harem Girl
1952 · 6.5
Dressed to Kill
1941 · 6.4
Good Sam
1948 · 6.3
Without Reservations
1946 · 6.3
That Funny Feeling
1965 · 6.3
The Lost Moment
1947 · 6.3
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · 6.3
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · 6.3
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · 6.3
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948 · 6.3
Mountain Justice
1937 · 6.3
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · 6.2
Family Honeymoon
1948 · 6.2
The Go-Getter
1937 · 6.2
No, No, Nanette
1940 · 6.2
Lost in Alaska
1952 · 6.2
When Strangers Marry
1944 · 6.2
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · 6.2
Cynthia
1947 · 6.2
Apache Rose
1947 · 6.2
One Mysterious Night
1944 · 6.2
Quicksand
1950 · 6.1
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · 6.1
Hit the Ice
1943 · 6.1
Her Husband's Secretary
1937 · 6.0
City Streets
1938 · 6.0
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946 · 6.0
Salty O'Rourke
1945 · 6.0
The Virginian
1946 · 6.0
A Bell for Adano
1945 · 6.0
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 · 6.0
She's Back on Broadway
1953 · 6.0
Music in Manhattan
1944 · 6.0
Murder by Invitation
1941 · 6.0
The Lovable Cheat
1949 · 6.0
Frontier Scout
1938 · 6.0
Petticoat Junction
1963 · 5.9
A Man Alone
1955 · 5.8
Voice of the Whistler
1945 · 5.8
Ever Since Eve
1937 · 5.8
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · 5.8
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 · 5.7
A Medal for Benny
1945 · 5.6
Dear Brat
1951 · 5.6
Prison Nurse
1938 · 5.6
Holiday in Havana
1949 · 5.6
Take One False Step
1949 · 5.5
Lady for a Night
1942 · 5.5
A Man Betrayed
1941 · 5.5
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · 5.5
Sudden Danger
1955 · 5.5
Exiled to Shanghai
1937 · 5.5
Moonlight and Cactus
1944 · 5.5
The Devil's Party
1938 · 5.4
Wildcat Bus
1940 · 5.4
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · 5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · 5.3
Sweater Girl
1942 · 5.3
In Old California
1942 · 5.3
So This Is Washington
1943 · 5.3
Meet the Baron
1933 · 5.3
Boys of the City
1940 · 5.3
Heartaches
1947 · 5.3
Double Jeopardy
1955 · 5.2
Crazy Knights
1944 · 5.2
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942 · 5.2
The Raging Tide
1951 · 5.1
Second Fiddle
1939 · 5.1
The Daring Young Man
1942 · 5.0
The Ape
1940 · 4.9
Sensation Hunters
1945 · 4.8
The Gene Autry Show
1950 · 4.7
Cavalcade of America
1952 · 4.6
The Ape Man
1943 · 4.4
The Corpse Vanishes
1942 · 4.3
Angel
1960 · 4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · 4.2
The Living Ghost
1942 · 4.2
Air Devils
1938 · 4.2
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · 3.0