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