Shadow of a Doubt1943
As Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Minerva Urecal
Born
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.
Filmography (174)
Niagara1953
As Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Marty1955
As Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mr. Skeffington1944
As Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Destry Rides Again1939
As Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Fury1936
As Fanny (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
They Died with Their Boots On1941
As Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hit the Ice1943
As Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
7 Faces of Dr. Lao1964
As Kate Lindquist
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Bells of St. Mary's1945
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Night Has a Thousand Eyes1948
As Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Good Sam1948
As Mrs. Nelson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lost in Alaska1952
As Mrs. McGillicuddy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation1962
As Brenda
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Double Jeopardy1955
As Mrs. Kreesy
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Golden Boy1939
As Grocery Customer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Without Reservations1946
As Sue (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Man Alone1955
As Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Woman They Almost Lynched1953
As Mrs. Stuart
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Three Godfathers1936
As Parishioner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Mark of the Whistler1944
As Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Start Cheering1938
As Miss Grimley
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Lady for a Night1942
As Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Undercover Maisie1947
As Cafe Cook, Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Dark Corner1946
As Client Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sadie McKee1934
As Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lost Moment1947
As Maria
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Sons of the Pioneers1942
As Ellie Bixby
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Bell for Adano1945
As Italian Woman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Side Street1950
As Landlady
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Trap1946
As Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Men in Her Diary1945
As Mrs. Braun
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Virginian1946
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Charlie Chan at the Olympics1937
As Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
TMDb 6.8 / 10
City Streets1938
As Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Doolins of Oklahoma1949
As Train Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Noose Hangs High1948
As Husky Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Voice of the Whistler1945
As Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
When Strangers Marry1944
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sweater Girl1942
As Melinda
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Bridge of San Luis Rey1944
As Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
S.O.S Tidal Wave1939
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Raging Tide1951
As Johnnie Mae Swanson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Take One False Step1949
As Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
They Stooge to Conga1943
As Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Bombshell1933
As Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
State Fair1945
As Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
In Old California1942
As Mrs. Carson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Corpse Vanishes1942
As Fagah
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Dangerous Blondes1943
As Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bachelor Daze
Bachelor Daze1944
As Abigail O'Rourke
TMDb 8.0 / 10
My Favorite Blonde1942
As Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Medal for Benny1945
As Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Outcasts of the Trail1949
As Abbie Rysen
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Quicksand1950
As Landlady
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Man Betrayed1941
As Librarian (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Beyond the Blue Horizon1942
As Wife at Circus (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Second Fiddle1939
As Miss Bland, the School Principal
TMDb 5.1 / 10
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man1939
As Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Devil Thumbs a Ride1947
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Devil's Party1938
As Maria
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Jackpot1950
As Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sitting Pretty1948
As Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Salty O'Rourke1945
As Saleslady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Oh, Doctor1937
As Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wake Up and Dream1946
As Edna Lucash
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Cynthia1947
As Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Daring Young Man1942
As Nurse
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Man on the Flying Trapeze1935
As Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
California1947
As Emma (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Go-Getter1937
As Cappy Ricks' Secretary
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Arizona Cowboy1950
As Cactus Kate Millican
TMDb 10.0 / 10
She's Back on Broadway1953
As Cleaning Lady
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Something to Shout About1943
As Mrs. Starretton
TMDb 6.5 / 10
No, No, Nanette1940
As Woman in Airport
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ever Since Eve1937
As Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
That Funny Feeling1965
As Woman at Phone Booth
TMDb 6.3 / 10
So This Is Washington1943
As Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Ghosts on the Loose1943
As Hilda
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Family Honeymoon1948
As Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sundown in Santa Fe1948
As Ella Mae Watson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Lady in the Morgue1938
As Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Her Husband's Secretary1937
As Miss Baldwin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sudden Danger1955
As Mrs. Kelly
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dancing Co-Ed1939
As Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break1941
As The Cleaning Lady
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick1952
As Mrs. Peabody
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Life Begins with Love1937
As Mrs. Murphy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Man in the Trunk1942
As Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Wildcat Bus1940
As Old Maid (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dressed to Kill1941
As Landlady
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Rainbow Over Texas1946
As Mama Lolita
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Riding Through Nevada1942
As Widow Humbolt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Ape1940
As Townswoman
TMDb 4.8 / 10
A Tragedy at Midnight1942
As Housekeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Master Minds1949
As Mrs. Hoskins
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Love on a Bet1936
As Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
TMDb 7.0 / 10
San Francisco Docks1940
As Landlady
TMDb 7.3 / 10
She Loved a Fireman1937
As Nurse Purdy
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Four Girls in White1939
As Miss Perch - a Nurse
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Strange Mrs. Crane1948
As Nellie Carter
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wanderer of the Wasteland1945
As Mama Rafferty
TMDb 7.7 / 10
April Showers1948
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Here Comes the Band1935
As Italian Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Murder by Invitation1941
As Maxine Denham
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Living Ghost1942
As Delia Phillips
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Missing Evidence1939
As Amy, Housewife
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bowery Buckaroos1947
As Kate T. Barlow
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Gobs and Gals1952
As Mrs. Pursell
TMDb 7.0 / 10
No Place to Go1939
As Miss Rice
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Harem Girl1952
As Aniseh
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Frontier Scout1938
As Helen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Ape Man1943
As Agatha Brewster
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Well Groomed Bride1946
As Woman in Ticket Line
TMDb 5.7 / 10
You Can't Fool Your Wife1940
As Mrs. Doolittle
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Arkansas Judge1941
As Miranda Wolfson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Halloween Monster Bash1991
As Fagah (archive footage)
Sabotage1939
As (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Lovable Cheat1949
As Virginie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Secret Service Investigator1948
As Mrs McGiven
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Marshal of Amarillo1948
As Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Powers Girl1943
As Maggie (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Love in a Bungalow1937
As Mrs. Kester
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Breakfast in Hollywood1946
As Miss Mullins (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Student Tour1934
As Wife
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Cowboy and the Blonde1941
As Murphy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Heartaches1947
As Charwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mr. Muggs Rides Again1945
As Nora Brown
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bowery Blitzkrieg1941
As Head of Reform School (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Kid Sister1945
As Mrs. Wiggins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Block Busters1944
As Amelia Rogiet
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Quiet Please, Murder1943
As Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mountain Justice1937
As Ella Crippen
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Behind the Mike1937
As Mrs. Reilly
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Dixie Dugan1943
As Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Kid Dynamite1943
As Judge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Music in Manhattan1944
As Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
That Other Woman1942
As Mrs. MacReady
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Louisiana Hayride1944
As Ma Crocker
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Boys of the City1940
As Agnes
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Prison Nurse1938
As Sutherland
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Oklahoma Annie1952
As Lottie Fling
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Crazy Knights1944
As Mrs. Benson
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Keep 'Em Slugging1943
As Miss Billings
TMDb 5.8 / 10
His Night Out1935
As Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dramatic School1938
As Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Henry and Dizzy1942
As Mrs. Kilmer
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Meet the Baron1933
As Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Partners in Time1946
As Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Maid to Order
Maid to Order1939
As Mail-Order Bride
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Exiled to Shanghai1937
As Claire
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dear Brat1951
As Neighbor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Pitchin' in the Kitchen1943
As Miss Clabber (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sagebrush Family Trails West1940
As Widow Gail
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Golden Hoofs1941
As Myrt
TMDb 8.0 / 10
One Mysterious Night1944
As Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Accent on Love1941
As Teresa Lombroso
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Air Devils1938
As Margaret Price
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Happy Go Wacky
Happy Go Wacky1952
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Man from Frisco1944
As Mrs. Allison
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Marry the Boss's Daughter1941
As Elevator Passenger
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Moonlight and Cactus1944
As Abigail
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Holiday in Havana1949
As Mama Valdez
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Variety Time1948
As Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Awful Sleuth1951
As Bert's Mother-In-Law
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sensation Hunters1945
As Edna Rogers
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Apache Rose1947
As Felicia
TMDb 6.2 / 10
His Baiting Beauty1950
As Harry's Mother-in-Law
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Murder Among Friends1941
As Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Two Gun Marshal1953
As Mama Antonelli
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Stop That Cab1951
As Lucy's Mother
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sioux City Sue1946
As Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Andy Plays Hookey
Andy Plays Hookey1946
As Andy's Mother-in-Law
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hired Husband1947
As Aunt Jessie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb