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.
174 movies · 14 shows
Halloween Monster Bash
1991·0.0
That Funny Feeling
1965·6.3
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964·7.0
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962·6.5
Sudden Danger
1955·5.5
A Man Alone
1955·5.8
Double Jeopardy
1955·5.2
Marty
1955·7.5
Two Gun Marshal
1953·9.0
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953·6.6
She's Back on Broadway
1953·6.0
Niagara
1953·6.8
Lost in Alaska
1952·6.2
Gobs and Gals
1952·7.0
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952·7.0
Oklahoma Annie
1952·8.7
Happy Go Wacky
1952·9.0
Harem Girl
1952·6.5
The Raging Tide
1951·5.1
Dear Brat
1951·4.5
The Awful Sleuth
1951·10.0
Stop That Cab
1951·9.0
The Jackpot
1950·7.0
The Arizona Cowboy
1950·10.0
Quicksand
1950·6.1
Side Street
1950·6.5
His Baiting Beauty
1950·7.5
Master Minds
1949·6.4
Holiday in Havana
1949·5.6
Take One False Step
1949·5.4
Outcasts of the Trail
1949·9.0
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949·6.8
The Lovable Cheat
1949·6.0
Family Honeymoon
1948·6.3
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948·10.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948·6.3
Good Sam
1948·6.3
Variety Time
1948·10.0
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948·6.8
Marshal of Amarillo
1948·9.0
Secret Service Investigator
1948·7.5
The Noose Hangs High
1948·6.9
April Showers
1948·6.5
Sitting Pretty
1948·7.1
Bowery Buckaroos
1947·6.6
The Lost Moment
1947·6.2
Cynthia
1947·6.2
Heartaches
1947·5.3
Hired Husband
1947·8.0
Undercover Maisie
1947·8.0
California
1947·6.8
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947·6.6
Apache Rose
1947·6.4
Andy Plays Hookey
1946·10.0
Wake Up and Dream
1946·7.4
The Trap
1946·6.8
Sioux City Sue
1946·10.0
The Well Groomed Bride
1946·5.7
Without Reservations
1946·6.2
Rainbow Over Texas
1946·7.3
The Virginian
1946·6.2
The Dark Corner
1946·6.6
Partners in Time
1946·7.0
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946·6.0
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945·6.8
Voice of the Whistler
1945·5.8
Sensation Hunters
1945·4.8
Men in Her Diary
1945·9.0
State Fair
1945·6.6
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945·7.0
A Bell for Adano
1945·6.0
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945·7.7
A Medal for Benny
1945·5.6
Salty O'Rourke
1945·6.0
The Kid Sister
1945·7.0
Crazy Knights
1944·5.2
One Mysterious Night
1944·6.2
The Mark of the Whistler
1944·6.2
Music in Manhattan
1944·6.0
Moonlight and Cactus
1944·5.5
When Strangers Marry
1944·6.2
Block Busters
1944·8.0
Louisiana Hayride
1944·7.5
Man from Frisco
1944·6.5
Mr. Skeffington
1944·6.8
Bachelor Daze
1944·8.0
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944·6.3
Dangerous Blondes
1943·6.3
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943·7.0
So This Is Washington
1943·5.3
Ghosts on the Loose
1943·4.2
Hit the Ice
1943·6.0
Quiet Please, Murder
1943·7.0
Dixie Dugan
1943·6.5
The Ape Man
1943·4.4
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943·5.8
Something to Shout About
1943·6.5
Kid Dynamite
1943·7.0
The Powers Girl
1943·7.0
Shadow of a Doubt
1943·7.5
They Stooge to Conga
1943·7.4
That Other Woman
1942·6.7
Riding Through Nevada
1942·7.0
The Daring Young Man
1942·5.0
The Man in the Trunk
1942·9.0
The Living Ghost
1942·4.3
Sweater Girl
1942·5.3
The Sons of the Pioneers
1942·9.0
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942·6.0
Henry and Dizzy
1942·9.0
In Old California
1942·5.3
The Corpse Vanishes
1942·4.3
My Favorite Blonde
1942·6.4
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942·5.2
Lady for a Night
1942·5.5
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941·9.0
They Died with Their Boots On
1941·6.7
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941·7.0
Dressed to Kill
1941·6.3
Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941·6.1
Accent on Love
1941·7.5
Murder by Invitation
1941·6.0
The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941·7.0
A Man Betrayed
1941·5.6
Murder Among Friends
1941·7.0
Golden Hoofs
1941·8.0
Arkansas Judge
1941·8.0
San Francisco Docks
1940·7.3
No, No, Nanette
1940·6.2
The Ape
1940·4.8
Wildcat Bus
1940·5.5
Boys of the City
1940·5.3
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940·5.5
The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940·7.0
Missing Evidence
1939·6.5
Destry Rides Again
1939·7.2
Sabotage
1939·6.6
Dancing Co-Ed
1939·6.6
Maid to Order
1939·10.0
No Place to Go
1939·8.0
Golden Boy
1939·6.5
Second Fiddle
1939·5.1
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939·6.8
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939·7.0
Four Girls in White
1939·7.2
Dramatic School
1938·6.5
Frontier Scout
1938·6.0
City Streets
1938·6.0
The Devil's Party
1938·5.4
Air Devils
1938·4.3
The Lady in the Morgue
1938·7.0
Start Cheering
1938·6.9
Prison Nurse
1938·5.6
Exiled to Shanghai
1937·5.5
She Loved a Fireman
1937·7.5
Life Begins with Love
1937·6.7
Behind the Mike
1937·8.0
Ever Since Eve
1937·5.8
Love in a Bungalow
1937·10.0
The Go-Getter
1937·6.2
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937·6.8
Mountain Justice
1937·6.3
Oh, Doctor
1937·7.0
Her Husband's Secretary
1937·6.0
Fury
1936·7.5
Three Godfathers
1936·6.9
Love on a Bet
1936·7.0
His Night Out
1935·7.0
Here Comes the Band
1935·7.0
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935·6.2
Student Tour
1934·6.7
Sadie McKee
1934·7.0
Meet the Baron
1933·5.3
Bombshell
1933·6.5