Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Deceased · Born: Sep 20, 1894 · Died: Feb 26, 1966

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Personal Details

Born Sep 20, 1894 Eureka, California, USA

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.

Career

1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Kate Lindquist
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1959
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn as Mother
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1957
Perry Mason
Perry Mason as Landlady
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1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Busybody
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1955
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy as Mrs. Kreesy
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Sudden Danger
Sudden Danger as Mrs. Kelly
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1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched as Mrs. Stuart
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She's Back on Broadway
She's Back on Broadway as Cleaning Lady
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1952
Harem Girl
Harem Girl as Aniseh
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Lost in Alaska
Lost in Alaska as Mrs. McGillicuddy
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Oklahoma Annie
Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody
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1951
The Raging Tide
The Raging Tide as Johnnie Mae Swanson
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Stop That Cab
Stop That Cab as Lucy's Mother
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The Roy Rogers Show
1950
The Arizona Cowboy
The Arizona Cowboy as Cactus Kate Millican
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1949
Outcasts of the Trail
Outcasts of the Trail as Abbie Rysen
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Holiday in Havana
Holiday in Havana as Mama Valdez
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1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nellie Carter
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Good Sam
Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson
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Variety Time
Variety Time as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
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Marshal of Amarillo
Marshal of Amarillo as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
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1947
Apache Rose
Apache Rose as Felicia
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Bowery Buckaroos
Bowery Buckaroos as Kate T. Barlow
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The Lost Moment
The Lost Moment as Maria
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1946
Rainbow Over Texas
Rainbow Over Texas as Mama Lolita
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1945
The Kid Sister
The Kid Sister as Mrs. Wiggins
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Sensation Hunters
Sensation Hunters as Edna Rogers
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Who's Guilty?
Who's Guilty? as Mrs. Dill
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Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Nora Brown
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Wanderer of the Wasteland
Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mama Rafferty
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1944
Louisiana Hayride
Louisiana Hayride as Ma Crocker
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Crazy Knights
Crazy Knights as Mrs. Benson
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1943
The Ape Man
The Ape Man as Agatha Brewster
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They Stooge to Conga
They Stooge to Conga as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
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1942
That Other Woman
That Other Woman as Mrs. MacReady
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The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man as Nurse
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The Living Ghost
The Living Ghost as Delia Phillips
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Riding Through Nevada
Riding Through Nevada as Widow Humbolt
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The Corpse Vanishes
The Corpse Vanishes as Fagah
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1941
Murder by Invitation
Murder by Invitation as Maxine Denham
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Accent on Love
Accent on Love as Teresa Lombroso
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Man at Large
Man at Large as Mrs. Jones, Nervous Man's Wife
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The Cowboy and the Blonde
The Cowboy and the Blonde as Murphy
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1940
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
The Sagebrush Family Trails West as Widow Gail
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Boys of the City
Boys of the City as Agnes
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1938
The Devil's Party
The Devil's Party as Maria
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Prison Nurse
Prison Nurse as Sutherland
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Air Devils
Air Devils as Margaret Price
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1937
Exiled to Shanghai
Exiled to Shanghai as Claire
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Her Husband's Secretary
Her Husband's Secretary as Miss Baldwin
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