ACTOR · FROM EUREKA, USA
Minerva Urecal
1894–1966189 credits since 1933
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ABOUT MINERVA
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born20 September 1894
Died26 February 1966
BirthplaceEureka, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora72 of 189 titles
Known for
The titles people know Minerva from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 72
- Average IMDb
- 6.7
- Highest rated
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsIMDb 8.5
- Working since
- 1933
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1990s
1 title
as Fagah (archive footage)
The 1960s
5 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
Movieas Woman at Phone Booth
Movieas Kate Lindquist
Seriesas Martha Winslow · 1 episode
Movieas Brenda
1 episode
The 1950s
35 titles · IMDb 7.1 on averageSeriesas Mother · 76 episodes
14 episodes
Seriesas Landlady · 1 episode
as Ma Bowie · 4 episodes
Movieas Mrs. Kelly
Movieas Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Seriesas Busybody · 1 episode
Movieas Mrs. Kreesy
The 1940s
108 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average
as Mrs. Hoskins
as Mama Valdez
Movieas Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
as Abbie Rysen
Movieas Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Virginie
Movieas Mother (uncredited)
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
The 1930s
40 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average
as Amy, Housewife
Movieas Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Maid to Order
Not on Cineoraas Mail-Order Bride
as Miss Rice
Movieas Grocery Customer
as Miss Bland, the School Principal
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Minerva’s titles.
John WayneWithout Reservations, In Old California and 2 more
Wallace FordShadow of a Doubt, The Ape Man and 2 more
Bud AbbottLost in Alaska, Hit the Ice and 2 more
Lou CostelloLost in Alaska, Hit the Ice and 2 more
Alfred NewmanComposer · State Fair, Sitting Pretty and 2 more
Victor YoungComposer · Golden Boy, Night Has a Thousand Eyes and 2 more
Paul SawtellComposer · Hit the Ice, The Devil Thumbs a Ride and 2 more
Joseph MacDonald
