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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.

Halloween Monster Bash
as Fagah (archive footage)

That Funny Feeling
as Woman at Phone Booth

7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Kate Lindquist

Petticoat Junction
as Martha Winslow

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Brenda

Angel

Peter Gunn
as Mother

The Adventures of Tugboat Annie

Perry Mason
as Landlady

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Ma Bowie

Sudden Danger
as Mrs. Kelly

A Man Alone
as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Busybody

Double Jeopardy
as Mrs. Kreesy

Marty
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)

Two Gun Marshal
as Mama Antonelli

The Danny Thomas Show
as Mrs. Enright
Meet Mr. McNutley

Woman They Almost Lynched
as Mrs. Stuart

She's Back on Broadway
as Cleaning Lady

Niagara
as Mrs. McGrand

The Abbott and Costello Show
as Indian Woman

Cavalcade of America

Lost in Alaska
as Mrs. McGillicuddy

Gobs and Gals
as Mrs. Pursell

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Mrs. Peabody

Oklahoma Annie
as Lottie Fling
Happy Go Wacky

Harem Girl
as Aniseh

The Roy Rogers Show

The Raging Tide
as Johnnie Mae Swanson

Dear Brat
as Neighbor (uncredited)

The Awful Sleuth
as Bert's Mother-In-Law

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Stop That Cab
as Lucy's Mother

The Jackpot
as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)

The Gene Autry Show

The Arizona Cowboy
as Cactus Kate Millican

Quicksand
as Landlady

Side Street
as Landlady

His Baiting Beauty
as Harry's Mother-in-Law

Master Minds
as Mrs. Hoskins

Holiday in Havana
as Mama Valdez

Take One False Step
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Outcasts of the Trail
as Abbie Rysen

The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Lovable Cheat
as Virginie

Family Honeymoon
as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)

Sundown in Santa Fe
as Ella Mae Watson

The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nellie Carter

Good Sam
as Mrs. Nelson

Variety Time
as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)

Marshal of Amarillo
as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew

Secret Service Investigator
as Mrs McGiven

The Noose Hangs High
as Husky Woman (uncredited)

April Showers
as Landlady (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty
as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Bowery Buckaroos
as Kate T. Barlow

The Lost Moment
as Maria