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.
Filmography
all 191
Movies 178
TV Shows 13
Voice 1
Woman at Phone Booth

That Funny Feeling (1965)
Movie
Kate Lindquist

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Movie
Martha Griffin / Martha Winslow

Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV
6
Mother

Peter Gunn (1958)
TV
6
Tugboat Annie Brennan

The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1958)
TV
Landlady / Martha Glenhorn

Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Mrs. Kelly

Sudden Danger (1955)
Movie
Mrs. Garrity

Tom and Jerry (1955)
Movie
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

A Man Alone (1955)
Movie
Mrs. Harrison

The Jane Wyman Show (1955)
TV
Mrs. Krezi

Double Jeopardy (1955)
Movie
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Marty (1955)
Movie
5
Mama Antonelli

Two Gun Marshal (1953)
Movie
Dean Bradley

Meet Mr. McNutley (1953)
TV
Mrs. Stuart

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Movie
Cleaning Lady

She's Back on Broadway (1953)
Movie
Mrs. McGrand

Niagara (1953)
Movie
6
Mrs. McGillicuddy

Lost in Alaska (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Pursell

Gobs and Gals (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Peabody

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Fling

Oklahoma Annie (1952)
Movie
Actress

Happy Go Wacky (1952)
Movie
Aniseh

Harem Girl (1952)
Movie
Johnnie Mae Swanson

The Raging Tide (1951)
Movie
Neighbor (uncredited)

Dear Brat (1951)
Movie
Bert's Mother-in-Law

The Awful Sleuth (1951)
Movie
Lucy's Mother

Stop That Cab (1951)
Movie
Sister-in-Law

Blonde Atom Bomb (1951)
Movie
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

The Jackpot (1950)
Movie
Mrs. Beadle

A Slip and a Miss (1950)
Movie
Cactus Kate Millican

The Arizona Cowboy (1950)
Movie
Landlady

Quicksand (1950)
Movie
6
Landlady

Side Street (1950)
Movie
Harry's Mother-in-Law

His Baiting Beauty (1950)
Movie
Mrs. Hoskins

Master Minds (1949)
Movie
6
Mama Valdez

Holiday in Havana (1949)
Movie
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Take One False Step (1949)
Movie
Abbie Rysen

Outcasts of the Trail (1949)
Movie
Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
Movie
Virginie

The Lovable Cheat (1949)
Movie
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)

Family Honeymoon (1948)
Movie
Ella Mae Watson

Sundown in Santa Fe (1948)
Movie
Nellie Carter

The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Nelson

Good Sam (1948)
Movie
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Variety Time (1948)
Movie
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Pettigrew

Marshal of Amarillo (1948)
Movie
Mrs McGiven

Secret Service Investigator (1948)
Movie
Husky Woman (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Movie
6
Landlady (uncredited)

April Showers (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty (1948)
Movie
Kate T. Barlow

Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
Movie
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

Cynthia (1947)
Movie
Charwoman (uncredited)

Heartaches (1947)
Movie
Aunt Jessie

Hired Husband (1947)
Movie
Cafe Cook / Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)

Undercover Maisie (1947)
Movie
Emma (uncredited)

California (1947)
Movie
Felicia

Apache Rose (1947)
Movie
Andy's Mother-in-Law

Andy Plays Hookey (1946)
Movie
Edna Lucash

Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Movie
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

The Trap (1946)
Movie
4.57
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Sioux City Sue (1946)
Movie
Woman in Ticket Line

The Well Groomed Bride (1946)
Movie
Sue (uncredited)

Without Reservations (1946)
Movie
Mama Lolita

Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
Movie
Client Wife (uncredited)

The Dark Corner (1946)
Movie
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)

Partners in Time (1946)
Movie
Miss Mullins (uncredited)

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
Movie
Landlady (uncredited)

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Movie
1
Mrs. Dill

Who's Guilty? (1945)
Movie
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)

Voice of the Whistler (1945)
Movie
4.29
Edna Rogers

Sensation Hunters (1945)
Movie
Mrs. Braun

Men in Her Diary (1945)
Movie
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)

State Fair (1945)
Movie
Nora 'Ma' Brown

Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945)
Movie
Italian Woman

A Bell for Adano (1945)
Movie
Mama Rafferty

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
Movie
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)

A Medal for Benny (1945)
Movie
Saleslady (uncredited)

Salty O'Rourke (1945)
Movie
Mrs. Wiggins

The Kid Sister (1945)
Movie
Mrs. Benson

Crazy Knights (1944)
Movie
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

One Mysterious Night (1944)
Movie
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)

The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Movie
4.64
Landlady (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry (1944)
Movie
Amelia Rogiet

Block Busters (1944)
Movie
Ma Crocker

Louisiana Hayride (1944)
Movie
Mrs. Allison

Man from Frisco (1944)
Movie
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Movie
Abigail O'Rourke

Bachelor Daze (1944)
Movie
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Movie
Mrs. Baker

You Dear Boy! (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)

Dangerous Blondes (1943)
Movie
Miss Clabber

Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943)
Movie
Woman in apartment

Shot in the Escape (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)

So This Is Washington (1943)
Movie
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

Hit the Ice (1943)
Movie
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron

Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan (1943)
Movie
Agatha Brewster

The Ape Man (1943)
Movie
Miss Billings

Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Starretton

Something to Shout About (1943)
Movie
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Movie
3.17
Maggie (uncredited)

The Powers Girl (1943)
Movie
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)

They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Movie
Mrs. MacReady

That Other Woman (1942)
Movie
Widow Humbolt

Riding Through Nevada (1942)
Movie
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)

The Man in the Trunk (1942)
Movie
Delia Phillips

The Living Ghost (1942)
Movie
Melinda

Sweater Girl (1942)
Movie
Ellie Bixby

Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
Movie
Wife at Circus (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Kilmer

Henry and Dizzy (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Carson

In Old California (1942)
Movie
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)

My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Movie
Housekeeper (uncredited)

A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
Movie
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)

Lady for a Night (1942)
Movie
Elevator Passenger

Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Movie
The Cleaning Lady

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Movie
Mrs. Jones, Nervous Man's Wife

Man at Large (1941)
Movie
Landlady

Dressed to Kill (1941)
Movie
Head of Reform School (uncredited)

Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
Movie
Teresa Lombroso

Accent on Love (1941)
Movie
Maxine Denham

Murder by Invitation (1941)
Movie
Librarian (uncredited)

A Man Betrayed (1941)
Movie
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)

Murder Among Friends (1941)
Movie
Miranda Wolfson

Arkansas Judge (1941)
Movie
Landlady

San Francisco Docks (1940)
Movie
Woman in Airport

No, No, Nanette (1940)
Movie
Townswoman

The Ape (1940)
Movie
Old Maid (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus (1940)
Movie
Mrs. Doolittle

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
Movie
Amy, Housewife

Missing Evidence (1939)
Movie
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

Destry Rides Again (1939)
Movie
6
(uncredited)

Sabotage (1939)
Movie
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
Movie
Lela - Mail-Order Bride

Maid to Order (1939)
Movie
Miss Rice

No Place to Go (1939)
Movie
Grocery Customer

Golden Boy (1939)
Movie
Miss Bland, the School Principal

Second Fiddle (1939)
Movie
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Movie
Miss Perch - a Nurse

Four Girls in White (1939)
Movie
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)

Dramatic School (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)

City Streets (1938)
Movie
Margaret Price

Air Devils (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)

The Lady in the Morgue (1938)
Movie
Miss Grimley

Start Cheering (1938)
Movie
Sutherland

Prison Nurse (1938)
Movie
Nurse Purdy

She Loved a Fireman (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Murphy

Life Begins with Love (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Reilly

Behind the Mike (1937)
Movie
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)

Ever Since Eve (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Kester

Love in a Bungalow (1937)
Movie
Cappy Ricks 'secretary

The Go-Getter (1937)
Movie
Ella Crippen

Mountain Justice (1937)
Movie
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth

Oh, Doctor (1937)
Movie
Miss Baldwin

Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
Movie
Fanny (uncredited)

Fury (1936)
Movie
3.67
Parishioner (uncredited)

Three Godfathers (1936)
Movie
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

Love on a Bet (1936)
Movie
Wife (uncredited)

His Night Out (1935)
Movie
Italian Wife (uncredited)

Here Comes the Band (1935)
Movie
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
Movie
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)

Sadie McKee (1934)
Movie
5.75
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)

Meet the Baron (1933)
Movie
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Bombshell (1933)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1894-09-22
Deathday1966-02-26 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceEureka, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsFlorence Minerva Dunnuck
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