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