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.
Acted in 184
1990s
- 1991
Halloween Monster Bash
Fagah (archive footage)
1960s
- 1965
That Funny Feeling
Woman at Phone Booth
- 1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Kate Lindquist
- 1963
- 1962
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Brenda
- 1960
Angel
TV
1950s
- 1958
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
TV
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
Sudden Danger
Mrs. Kelly
A Man Alone
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Double Jeopardy
Mrs. Kreesy
- 1953
Two Gun Marshal
Mama Antonelli
Woman They Almost Lynched
Mrs. Stuart
She's Back on Broadway
Cleaning Lady
- 1952
Lost in Alaska
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Gobs and Gals
Mrs. Pursell
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Mrs. Peabody
Harem Girl
Aniseh
- 1951
The Raging Tide
Johnnie Mae Swanson
Dear Brat
Neighbor (uncredited)
The Awful Sleuth
Bert's Mother-In-Law
- 1950
The Jackpot
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
The Arizona Cowboy
Cactus Kate Millican
Side Street
Landlady
His Baiting Beauty
Harry's Mother-in-Law
1940s
- 1949
Master Minds
Mrs. Hoskins
Holiday in Havana
Mama Valdez
Take One False Step
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Outcasts of the Trail
Abbie Rysen
The Lovable Cheat
Virginie
Down to the Sea in Ships
Mother (uncredited)
- 1948
Family Honeymoon
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Sundown in Santa Fe
Ella Mae Watson
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Nellie Carter
Variety Time
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Marshal of Amarillo
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Secret Service Investigator
Mrs McGiven
April Showers
Landlady (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
- 1947
Bowery Buckaroos
Kate T. Barlow
The Lost Moment
Maria
Cynthia
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Heartaches
Charwoman (uncredited)
High Conquest
Miss Woodley - replaced by Mary Field (scenes deleted)
Hired Husband
Aunt Jessie
Undercover Maisie
Cafe Cook, Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
California
Emma (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Movie
Apache Rose
Felicia
- 1946
Wake Up and Dream
Edna Lucash
Sioux City Sue
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Well Groomed Bride
Woman in Ticket Line
Rainbow Over Texas
Mama Lolita
The Virginian
Movie
Partners in Time
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
- 1945
Voice of the Whistler
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
Edna Rogers
Men in Her Diary
Mrs. Braun
State Fair
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Nora Brown
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Mama Rafferty
A Medal for Benny
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
Saleslady (uncredited)
The Kid Sister
Mrs. Wiggins
- 1944
Crazy Knights
Mrs. Benson
One Mysterious Night
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
The Mark of the Whistler
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
Moonlight and Cactus
Abigail
When Strangers Marry
Landlady (uncredited)
Block Busters
Amelia Rogiet
Louisiana Hayride
Ma Crocker
Man from Frisco
Mrs. Allison
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
- 1943
Dangerous Blondes
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Miss Clabber (uncredited)
So This Is Washington
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Hit the Ice
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
Dixie Dugan
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
The Ape Man
Agatha Brewster
Keep 'Em Slugging
Miss Billings
Something to Shout About
Mrs. Starretton
Kid Dynamite
Judge
The Powers Girl
Maggie (uncredited)
They Stooge to Conga
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1942
That Other Woman
Mrs. MacReady
Riding Through Nevada
Widow Humbolt
The Daring Young Man
Nurse
The Man in the Trunk
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
The Living Ghost
Delia Phillips
Sweater Girl
Melinda
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Wife at Circus (uncredited)
Henry and Dizzy
Mrs. Kilmer
My Favorite Blonde
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
- 1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Cleaning Lady
Dressed to Kill
Landlady
Bowery Blitzkrieg
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Accent on Love
Teresa Lombroso
Murder by Invitation
Maxine Denham
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Murphy
A Man Betrayed
Librarian (uncredited)
Murder Among Friends
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs
Myrt
Arkansas Judge
Miranda Wolfson
- 1940
San Francisco Docks
Landlady
The Ape
Townswoman
Wildcat Bus
Old Maid (uncredited)
Boys of the City
Agnes
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Mrs. Doolittle
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Widow Gail
1930s
- 1939
Missing Evidence
Amy, Housewife
Destry Rides Again
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Sabotage
(uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
No Place to Go
Miss Rice
Golden Boy
Grocery Customer
Second Fiddle
Miss Bland, the School Principal
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Movie
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
Miss Perch - a Nurse
- 1938
Dramatic School
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
Frontier Scout
Helen
City Streets
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
The Devil's Party
Maria
Air Devils
Margaret Price
The Lady in the Morgue
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
Prison Nurse
Sutherland
- 1937
Exiled to Shanghai
Claire
She Loved a Fireman
Nurse Purdy
Life Begins with Love
Mrs. Murphy
Behind the Mike
Mrs. Reilly
Ever Since Eve
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Love in a Bungalow
Mrs. Kester
The Go-Getter
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
Mountain Justice
Ella Crippen
Oh, Doctor
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
Her Husband's Secretary
Miss Baldwin
- 1936
Fury
Fanny (uncredited)
Three Godfathers
Parishioner (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
- 1935
His Night Out
Wife (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Italian Wife (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
- 1934
Student Tour
Wife
Sadie McKee
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
- 1933
Meet the Baron
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
