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 187
Movies 174
TV Shows 13
Voice 1
Woman at Phone Booth
That Funny Feeling (1965)
Movie
Kate Lindquist
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Movie
Martha Winslow / Martha Griffin
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. 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
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
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
Aunt Jessie
Hired Husband (1947)
Movie
Cafe Cook / Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
Undercover Maisie (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
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
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
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
Miss 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
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
Meet the Baron (1933)
Movie
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Bombshell (1933)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.25
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1894-09-20
Deathday1966-02-26 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceEureka, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsFlorence Minerva Dunnuck
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