Actor
Minerva Urecal
September 20, 1894 · Eureka, California, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
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Mary Field
3 titles together
The Dark Corner, Sitting Pretty, The Ape
Joseph Cotten
2 titles together
Shadow of a Doubt, Niagara
Henry Travers
2 titles together
Shadow of a Doubt, The Bells of St. Mary's
Wallace Ford
2 titles together
Shadow of a Doubt, The Ape Man
Irving Bacon
2 titles together
Shadow of a Doubt, They Died with Their Boots On
Virginia Brissac
2 titles together
Shadow of a Doubt, Destry Rides Again
Full filmography · 150
Halloween Monster Bash
as Fagah (archive footage)
1991
That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
19656.3
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
19646.9
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
19626.5
Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly
1955
A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
19555.8
Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy
1955
Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
19557.5
Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli
1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart
19536.6
She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady
1953
Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
19536.8