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Minerva Urecal

Acting

Born September 20, 1894 · Eureka, California, USA

Died February 26, 1966

Also known as Florence Minerva Dunnuck

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Sioux City Sue

1946as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Oklahoma Annie

1952as Lottie Fling

Undercover Maisie

1947as Cafe Cook

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Busybody

Perry Mason

1957as Martha Glenhorn

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1945as Mama Rafferty

Marty

1955as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

1943as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)

Fury

1936as Fanny (uncredited)

Rainbow Over Texas

1946as Mama Lolita

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952as Singing Student

Destry Rides Again

1939as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty

1948as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Love on a Bet

1936as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary

Sadie McKee

1934as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964as Kate Lindquist

The Noose Hangs High

1948as Husky Woman (uncredited)

Three Godfathers

1936as Parishioner (uncredited)

Niagara

1953as Mrs. McGrand

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949as Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Trap

1946as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945as Landlady (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

1944as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)

The Roy Rogers Show

The Dark Corner

1946as Client Wife (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941as Nurse (uncredited)

Peter Gunn

1958as Mother

Bowery Buckaroos

1947as Kate T. Barlow

State Fair

1945as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962as Brenda

Side Street

1949as Landlady

Bombshell

1933as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Master Minds

1949as Mrs. Hoskins

Apache Rose

1947as Felicia

My Favorite Blonde

1942as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)

That Funny Feeling

1965as Woman at Phone Booth

The Danny Thomas Show

1953as Mrs. Enright

Without Reservations

1946as Sue (uncredited)

When Strangers Marry

1944as Landlady (uncredited)

No, No, Nanette

1940as Woman in Airport

Quicksand

1950as Landlady

Bowery Blitzkrieg

1941as Head of Reform School (uncredited)

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946as Miss Mullins (uncredited)

Hit the Ice

1943as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)

Murder by Invitation

1941as Maxine Denham

Frontier Scout

1938as Helen

Petticoat Junction

1963as Martha Winslow

A Man Alone

1955as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

The Devil's Party

1938as Maria