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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 20, 1894
Died
February 26, 1966
Place of Birth
Eureka, California, USA
Also Known As
- Florence Minerva Dunnuck
Minerva Urecal
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.1
Woman at Phone Booth
That Funny Feeling
1965
6.9
Kate Lindquist
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
5.7
Martha Winslow
Petticoat Junction
1963
5.7
Martha Griffin
Petticoat Junction
1963
6.4
Brenda
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
2.8
Angel
1960
6.4
Mother
Peter Gunn
1958
0.0
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
7.7
Landlady
Perry Mason
1957
7.7
Martha Glenhorn
Perry Mason
1957
Credits
That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth
1965
6.1
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
1964
6.9
Petticoat Junction
as Martha Winslow
1963
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Martha Griffin
1963
5.7
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
1962
6.4
Angel
1960
2.8
Peter Gunn
as Mother
1958
6.4
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
1958
0.0
Perry Mason
as Landlady
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Martha Glenhorn
1957
7.7
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Ma Bowie
1956
5.0
Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly
1955
5.4
A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955
5.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Busybody
1955
7.8
Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy
1955
5.0
Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1955
7.4
Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli
1953
0.0
🎬
Meet Mr. McNutley
1953
7.0
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart
1953
6.3
She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady
1953
5.7
Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand
1953
6.8
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Indian Woman
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Singing Student
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952
7.2
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Lost in Alaska
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952
6.0
Gobs and Gals
as Mrs. Pursell
1952
0.0
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Mrs. Peabody
1952
4.0
Oklahoma Annie
as Lottie Fling
1952
8.0
Harem Girl
as Aniseh
1952
5.0
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
6.4
The Raging Tide
as Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951
5.0
Dear Brat
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1951
3.3
The Awful Sleuth
as Bert's Mother-In-Law
1951
0.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Mother
1951
0.0
The Jackpot
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950
6.9
The Gene Autry Show
1950
4.2
The Arizona Cowboy
as Cactus Kate Millican
1950
0.0
Quicksand
as Landlady
1950
6.0
Side Street
as Landlady
1950
6.4
His Baiting Beauty
as Harry's Mother-in-Law
1950
6.0
Master Minds
as Mrs. Hoskins
1949
6.0
Holiday in Havana
as Mama Valdez
1949
5.0
Take One False Step
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949
5.2
Outcasts of the Trail
as Abbie Rysen
1949
0.0
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Lovable Cheat
as Virginie
1949
4.0
Family Honeymoon
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948
5.7
Sundown in Santa Fe
as Ella Mae Watson
1948
0.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nellie Carter
1948
6.0
Good Sam
as Mrs. Nelson
1948
6.0
Variety Time
as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948
0.0
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Marshal of Amarillo
as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948
0.0
Secret Service Investigator
as Mrs McGiven
1948
6.0
The Noose Hangs High
as Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948
6.8
April Showers
as Landlady (uncredited)
1948
6.0
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1948
7.0
Bowery Buckaroos
as Kate T. Barlow
1947
6.5
The Lost Moment
as Maria
1947
6.1
Cynthia
as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947
5.9
Heartaches
as Charwoman (uncredited)
1947
4.5
Hired Husband
as Aunt Jessie
1947
0.0
Undercover Maisie
as Cafe Cook
1947
8.0
Undercover Maisie
as Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1947
8.0
California
as Emma (uncredited)
1947
6.7
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
6.5
Apache Rose
as Felicia
1947
6.2
🎬
Andy Plays Hookey
as Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946
0.0
Wake Up and Dream
as Edna Lucash
1946
6.5
The Trap
as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946
6.7
Sioux City Sue
as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946
0.0
The Well Groomed Bride
as Woman in Ticket Line
1946
4.0
Without Reservations
as Sue (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Rainbow Over Texas
as Mama Lolita
1946
4.0
The Virginian
1946
6.0
The Dark Corner
as Client Wife (uncredited)
1946
6.5
Partners in Time
as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Breakfast in Hollywood
as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1946
5.0
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Landlady (uncredited)
1945
6.8
Voice of the Whistler
as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945
5.7
Sensation Hunters
as Edna Rogers
1945
4.5
Men in Her Diary
as Mrs. Braun
1945
0.0
State Fair
as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Nora Brown
1945
5.0
A Bell for Adano
as Italian Woman
1945
5.7
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Mama Rafferty
1945
7.5
A Medal for Benny
as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945
4.5
Salty O'Rourke
as Saleslady (uncredited)
1945
5.3
The Kid Sister
as Mrs. Wiggins
1945
6.0
Crazy Knights
as Mrs. Benson
1944
4.6
One Mysterious Night
as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944
5.9
The Mark of the Whistler
as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Moonlight and Cactus
as Abigail
1944
4.0
When Strangers Marry
as Landlady (uncredited)
1944
6.1
Block Busters
as Amelia Rogiet
1944
0.0
Louisiana Hayride
as Ma Crocker
1944
6.0
Man from Frisco
as Mrs. Allison
1944
6.0
Mr. Skeffington
as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944
6.7
🎬
Bachelor Daze
as Abigail O'Rourke
1944
0.0
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Dangerous Blondes
as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943
0.0
So This Is Washington
as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943
5.0
Ghosts on the Loose
as Hilda
1943
4.2
Hit the Ice
as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943
5.9
Quiet Please, Murder
as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943
6.8
Dixie Dugan
as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943
5.0
The Ape Man
as Agatha Brewster
1943
4.3
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Miss Billings
1943
5.5
Something to Shout About
as Mrs. Starretton
1943
5.8
Kid Dynamite
as Judge
1943
6.3
The Powers Girl
as Maggie (uncredited)
1943
6.5
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943
7.5
They Stooge to Conga
as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943
7.3
That Other Woman
as Mrs. MacReady
1942
5.5
Riding Through Nevada
as Widow Humbolt
1942
0.0
The Daring Young Man
as Nurse
1942
4.3
The Man in the Trunk
as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
0.0
The Living Ghost
as Delia Phillips
1942
4.1
Sweater Girl
as Melinda
1942
4.0
Sons of the Pioneers
as Ellie Bixby
1942
0.0
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942
5.5
Henry and Dizzy
as Mrs. Kilmer
1942
0.0
In Old California
as Mrs. Carson
1942
5.1
The Corpse Vanishes
as Fagah
1942
4.2
My Favorite Blonde
as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942
6.4
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942
4.7
Lady for a Night
as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1942
5.2
🎬
Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Elevator Passenger
1941
0.0
They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Cleaning Lady
1941
6.9
Dressed to Kill
as Landlady
1941
6.3
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941
5.8
Accent on Love
as Teresa Lombroso
1941
6.0
Murder by Invitation
as Maxine Denham
1941
5.7
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Murphy
1941
0.0
A Man Betrayed
as Librarian (uncredited)
1941
5.4
Murder Among Friends
as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Golden Hoofs
as Myrt
1941
7.0
Arkansas Judge
as Miranda Wolfson
1941
0.0
San Francisco Docks
as Landlady
1940
6.0
No, No, Nanette
as Woman in Airport
1940
6.0
The Ape
as Townswoman
1940
4.8
Wildcat Bus
as Old Maid (uncredited)
1940
4.9
Boys of the City
as Agnes
1940
5.0
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Mrs. Doolittle
1940
4.5
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
as Widow Gail
1940
0.0
Missing Evidence
as Amy, Housewife
1939
5.0
Destry Rides Again
as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939
7.2
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
1939
7.0
Dancing Co-Ed
as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939
6.2
🎬
Maid to Order
as Mail-Order Bride
1939
0.0
No Place to Go
as Miss Rice
1939
6.0
Golden Boy
as Grocery Customer
1939
6.4
Second Fiddle
as Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939
4.9
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
5.7
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Four Girls in White
as Miss Perch - a Nurse
1939
6.3
Dramatic School
as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
6.2
Frontier Scout
as Helen
1938
4.5
City Streets
as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938
0.0
The Devil's Party
as Maria
1938
5.0
Air Devils
as Margaret Price
1938
2.3
The Lady in the Morgue
as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938
6.2
Start Cheering
as Miss Grimley
1938
7.0
Prison Nurse
as Sutherland
1938
5.1
Exiled to Shanghai
as Claire
1937
4.9
She Loved a Fireman
as Nurse Purdy
1937
6.0
Life Begins with Love
as Mrs. Murphy
1937
5.0
Behind the Mike
as Mrs. Reilly
1937
0.0
Ever Since Eve
as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937
5.5
🎬
Love in a Bungalow
as Mrs. Kester
1937
0.0
The Go-Getter
as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937
5.8
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937
6.7
Mountain Justice
as Ella Crippen
1937
5.5
Oh, Doctor
as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937
0.0
Her Husband's Secretary
as Miss Baldwin
1937
5.0
Fury
as Fanny (uncredited)
1936
7.4
Love on a Bet
as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1936
7.0
Three Godfathers
as Parishioner (uncredited)
1936
6.9
His Night Out
as Wife (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Here Comes the Band
as Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935
5.0
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Student Tour
as Wife
1934
5.0
Sadie McKee
as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1934
6.9
Meet the Baron
as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933
4.2
Bombshell
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1933
6.5