Minerva Urecal
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(173 total)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand
Fury
as Fanny (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Landlady (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Nurse (uncredited)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda
The Corpse Vanishes
as Fagah
State Fair
as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
as Client Wife (uncredited)
Bombshell
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
The Ape Man
as Agatha Brewster
Side Street
as Landlady
The Ape
as Townswoman
Quicksand
as Landlady
TV Shows
(17 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Busybody
Perry Mason
as Landlady
Perry Mason
as Martha Glenhorn
Petticoat Junction
as Martha Winslow
Petticoat Junction
as Martha Griffin
Peter Gunn
as Mother
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Indian Woman
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Singing Student
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Ma Bowie
