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