Minerva Urecal
Acting
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.
As actor 188
Perry Mason
1957
Peter Gunn
1958
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Gene Autry Show
1950
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
Angel
1960
Niagara
1953
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Mr. Skeffington
1944
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953
Stop That Cab
1951
Marty
1955
Without Reservations
1946
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Start Cheering
1938
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Fury
1936
Three Godfathers
1936
Good Sam
1948
The Virginian
1946
A Man Alone
1955
State Fair
1945
Hit the Ice
1943
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Destry Rides Again
1939
Undercover Maisie
1947
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
Quicksand
1950
The Trap
1946
Golden Boy
1939
In Old California
1942
Here Comes the Band
1935
Sitting Pretty
1948
The Dark Corner
1946
Double Jeopardy
1955
Bombshell
1933
Bachelor Daze
1944
Cynthia
1947
The Man in the Trunk
1942
Second Fiddle
1939
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
The Lost Moment
1947
California
1947
Salty O'Rourke
1945
Block Busters
1944
Master Minds
1949
Louisiana Hayride
1944
She Loved a Fireman
1937
Side Street
1950
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948
Lost in Alaska
1952
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
Dressed to Kill
1941
My Favorite Blonde
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Family Honeymoon
1948
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942
The Raging Tide
1951
That Funny Feeling
1965
They Stooge to Conga
1943
A Bell for Adano
1945
Oklahoma Annie
1952
City Streets
1938
Voice of the Whistler
1945
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
Take One False Step
1949
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
Love on a Bet
1936
Sadie McKee
1934
Life Begins with Love
1937
Sweater Girl
1942
The Go-Getter
1937
His Night Out
1935
A Man Betrayed
1941
Dear Brat
1951
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
Music in Manhattan
1944
Dixie Dugan
1943
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
The Powers Girl
1943
Dangerous Blondes
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
The Corpse Vanishes
1942
Kid Dynamite
1943
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
She's Back on Broadway
1953
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Golden Hoofs
1941
The Jackpot
1950
Riding Through Nevada
1942
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
Wake Up and Dream
1946
Gobs and Gals
1952
Dramatic School
1938
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
The Arizona Cowboy
1950
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
San Francisco Docks
1940
The Ape Man
1943
Men in Her Diary
1945
Prison Nurse
1938
A Medal for Benny
1945
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
Sabotage
1939
The Awful Sleuth
1951
That Other Woman
1942
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941
One Mysterious Night
1944
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Frontier Scout
1938
When Strangers Marry
1944
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
Something to Shout About
1943
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Henry and Dizzy
1942
Happy Go Wacky
1952
Secret Service Investigator
1948
Heartaches
1947
Four Girls in White
1939
No, No, Nanette
1940
Sioux City Sue
1946
The Ape
1940
Murder by Invitation
1941
Mountain Justice
1937
Oh, Doctor
1937
The Lovable Cheat
1949
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
Bowery Buckaroos
1947
The Noose Hangs High
1948
Student Tour
1934
Sensation Hunters
1945
Wildcat Bus
1940
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
The Daring Young Man
1942
The Kid Sister
1945
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
So This Is Washington
1943
Meet the Baron
1933
Apache Rose
1947
Maid to Order
1939
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945
Two Gun Marshal
1953
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
April Showers
1948
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
Boys of the City
1940
The Living Ghost
1942
Sudden Danger
1955
Behind the Mike
1937
Ever Since Eve
1937
Harem Girl
1952
Man from Frisco
1944
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
Murder Among Friends
1941
Missing Evidence
1939
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
Lady for a Night
1942
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
Arkansas Judge
1941
Partners in Time
1946
His Baiting Beauty
1950
Air Devils
1938
Crazy Knights
1944
Marshal of Amarillo
1948
Love in a Bungalow
1937
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940
The Devil's Party
1938
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
Accent on Love
1941
Variety Time
1948
Holiday in Havana
1949
No Place to Go
1939
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
Hired Husband
1947