Minerva Urecal

Born: 1894-09-20, Eureka, California, USA

Died: 1966-02-26

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

• Perry Mason (1957)
• Peter Gunn (1958)
• Petticoat Junction (1963)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• The Danny Thomas Show (1953)
• Cavalcade of America (1952)
• The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
• The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Mr. Skeffington (1944)
• Start Cheering (1938)
• Niagara (1953)
• Three Godfathers (1936)
• Good Sam (1948)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• Undercover Maisie (1947)
• Destry Rides Again (1939)
• Hit the Ice (1943)
• State Fair (1945)
• The Raging Tide (1951)
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
• 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
• The Lost Moment (1947)
• The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
• Sweater Girl (1942)
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
• Master Minds (1949)
• Family Honeymoon (1948)