Personal Info
Birth date
1894-09-20 (130 Years)
Day of death
1966-02-26
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Eureka, California, USA
Also known as
Florence Minerva Dunnuck
Minerva Urecal
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.
Filmography
The Abbott and Costello Show
7.1
Overview:
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Peter Gunn
6.5
Overview:
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.Petticoat Junction
5.8
Overview:
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.The Adventures of Jim Bowie
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Meet Mr. McNutley
7
Overview:
Meet Mr. McNutley is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS Television from 1953–1955, with Ray Milland in the role of fastidious Professor Ray McNutley, the head of the English Department at the fictitious Lynnhaven College for girls. Phyllis Avery portrayed McNutley's wife, Peggy. The half-hour series aired on Thursday evenings opposite Groucho Marx's NBC program, You Bet Your Life. The show aired concurrently on radio during its first season. Both versions were sponsored by General Electric, and originally presented under the umbrella title of The General Electric Comedy Theatre.Cavalcade of America
3.5
Overview:
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.The Roy Rogers Show
6.4
Overview:
Roy Rogers is the owner of the RR Ranch in the Mineral City area, which he runs with the help of the German shepherd dog Bullet and his horse Trigger. Roy, supported by his friend Pat Brady, is often helping the weakest usually threatened by cattle thieves, dishonest sheriffs and villains of various kinds. Pat Brady works as a cook at the Eureka Café, owned by Dale Evans.Angel
2.8
Overview:
Angel is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 television season. The series was created and executive produced by Jess Oppenheimer, and stars Annie Fargé as the title character.The Gene Autry Show
4.2
Overview:
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
NYR
Overview:
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie is a 1957 Canadian-filmed television series starring Minerva Urecal as Annie Brennan, the role originated by Marie Dressler in the 1933 screen classic Tugboat Annie. Urecal was the fourth actress to portray Tugboat Annie; the others were Dressler, Marjorie Rambeau in Tugboat Annie Sails Again, and Jane Darwell in Captain Tugboat Annie. Norman Reilly Raine's stories of the salty tugboat captain Annie Brennan, a character based on the life of Thea Foss, first appeared in prose form in the weekly US journal Saturday Evening Post in the late 1920s. She was soon developed into a movie character, depicted in three films, portrayed by a different actress in each. Finally, in 1954, a television series was commissioned by the independent American production company TPA. The pilot took two whole years to complete, at a then-record cost of $129,000. Elsa Lanchester, Jay C. Flippen, and Chill Wills were all in line for major roles at one point or another at this early stage. The series was filmed in Toronto harbor and was first shown in Canada, having attracted ratings good enough to interest American television stations. What had succeeded in Canada proved a disappointment in the United States, where the viewing audiences had presumably become accustomed to greater sophistication than the simplistic humor of this series.Heartaches
4.5
Overview:
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?Niagara
6.801
Overview:
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.Marty
7.441
Overview:
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.Ghosts on the Loose
4.2
Overview:
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.Shadow of a Doubt
7.5
Overview:
Just when Charlie is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, her admiration turns into suspicion.The Living Ghost
4.3
Overview:
A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.Fury
7.432
Overview:
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.They Died with Their Boots On
6.592
Overview:
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.Oklahoma Annie
8
Overview:
A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the heart of the new sheriff. Comedy.Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
6.4
Overview:
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.The Corpse Vanishes
4.174
Overview:
A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.Sitting Pretty
7.2
Overview:
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.Bombshell
6.5
Overview:
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.The Bells of St. Mary's
6.78
Overview:
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.Destry Rides Again
7.175
Overview:
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.Quicksand
6
Overview:
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.Acting
1965That Funny Feeling as Woman at Phone Booth
19647 Faces of Dr. Lao as Kate Lindquist
1963Petticoat Junction (1, 1 Episode) as Martha Winslow, Martha Griffin
1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Brenda
1960Angel (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Peter Gunn (76 Episodes) as Mother
1958The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (14 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Perry Mason (1, 1 Episode) as Landlady, Martha Glenhorn
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (4 Episodes) as Ma Bowie
1955Sudden Danger as Mrs. Kelly
1955A Man Alone as Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Busybody
1955Double Jeopardy as Mrs. Kreesy
1955Marty as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
1953Two Gun Marshal as Mama Antonelli
1953Meet Mr. McNutley (76 Episodes) as Unknown
1953Woman They Almost Lynched as Mrs. Stuart
1953She's Back on Broadway as Cleaning Lady
1953Niagara as Mrs. McGrand
1952The Abbott and Costello Show (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Indian Woman, Singing Student, Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
1952Cavalcade of America (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Lost in Alaska as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1952Gobs and Gals as Mrs. Pursell
1952Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick as Mrs. Peabody
1952Oklahoma Annie as Lottie Fling
1952Harem Girl as Aniseh
1951The Roy Rogers Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951The Raging Tide as Johnnie Mae Swanson
1951Dear Brat as Neighbor (uncredited)
1951The Awful Sleuth as Bert's Mother-In-Law
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Stop That Cab as Lucy's Mother
1950The Jackpot as Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
1950The Gene Autry Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950The Arizona Cowboy as Cactus Kate Millican
1950Quicksand as Landlady
1950Side Street as Landlady
1950His Baiting Beauty as Harry's Mother-in-Law
1949Master Minds as Mrs. Hoskins
1949Holiday in Havana as Mama Valdez
1949Take One False Step as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1949Outcasts of the Trail as Abbie Rysen
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1949The Lovable Cheat as Virginie
1948Family Honeymoon as Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
1948Sundown in Santa Fe as Ella Mae Watson
1948The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nellie Carter
1948Good Sam as Mrs. Nelson
1948Variety Time as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
1948Night Has a Thousand Eyes as Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
1948Marshal of Amarillo as Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
1948Secret Service Investigator as Mrs McGiven
1948The Noose Hangs High as Husky Woman (uncredited)
1948April Showers as Landlady (uncredited)
1948Sitting Pretty as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
1947Bowery Buckaroos as Kate T. Barlow
1947The Lost Moment as Maria
1947Cynthia as Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
1947Heartaches as Charwoman (uncredited)
1947Hired Husband as Aunt Jessie
1947Undercover Maisie as Cafe Cook, Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
1947California as Emma (uncredited)
1947The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Unknown
1947Apache Rose as Felicia
1946Andy Plays Hookey as Andy's Mother-in-Law
1946Wake Up and Dream as Edna Lucash
1946The Trap as Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
1946Sioux City Sue as Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1946The Well Groomed Bride as Woman in Ticket Line
1946Without Reservations as Sue (uncredited)
1946Rainbow Over Texas as Mama Lolita
1946The Virginian as Unknown
1946The Dark Corner as Client Wife (uncredited)
1946Partners in Time as Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
1946Breakfast in Hollywood as Miss Mullins (uncredited)
1945The Bells of St. Mary's as Landlady (uncredited)
1945Voice of the Whistler as Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
1945Sensation Hunters as Edna Rogers
1945Men in Her Diary as Mrs. Braun
1945State Fair as Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
1945Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Nora Brown
1945A Bell for Adano as Italian Woman
1945Wanderer of the Wasteland as Mama Rafferty
1945A Medal for Benny as Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
1945Salty O'Rourke as Saleslady (uncredited)
1945The Kid Sister as Mrs. Wiggins
1944Crazy Knights as Mrs. Benson
1944One Mysterious Night as Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
1944The Mark of the Whistler as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
1944Moonlight and Cactus as Abigail
1944When Strangers Marry as Landlady (uncredited)
1944Block Busters as Amelia Rogiet
1944Louisiana Hayride as Ma Crocker
1944Man from Frisco as Mrs. Allison
1944Mr. Skeffington as Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
1944Bachelor Daze as Abigail O'Rourke
1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
1943Dangerous Blondes as Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
1943Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Miss Clabber (uncredited)
1943So This Is Washington as Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
1943Ghosts on the Loose as Hilda
1943Hit the Ice as Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
1943Quiet Please, Murder as Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
1943Dixie Dugan as Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
1943The Ape Man as Agatha Brewster
1943Keep 'Em Slugging as Miss Billings
1943Something to Shout About as Mrs. Starretton
1943Kid Dynamite as Judge
1943The Powers Girl as Maggie (uncredited)
1943Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1943They Stooge to Conga as Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942That Other Woman as Mrs. MacReady
1942Riding Through Nevada as Widow Humbolt
1942The Daring Young Man as Nurse
1942The Man in the Trunk as Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
1942The Living Ghost as Delia Phillips
1942Sweater Girl as Melinda
1942Sons of the Pioneers as Ellie Bixby
1942Beyond the Blue Horizon as Wife at Circus (uncredited)
1942Henry and Dizzy as Mrs. Kilmer
1942In Old California as Mrs. Carson
1942The Corpse Vanishes as Fagah
1942My Favorite Blonde as Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1942A Tragedy at Midnight as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942Lady for a Night as Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
1941Marry the Boss's Daughter as Elevator Passenger
1941They Died with Their Boots On as Nurse (uncredited)
1941Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Cleaning Lady
1941Dressed to Kill as Landlady
1941Bowery Blitzkrieg as Head of Reform School (uncredited)
1941Accent on Love as Teresa Lombroso
1941Murder by Invitation as Maxine Denham
1941The Cowboy and the Blonde as Murphy
1941A Man Betrayed as Librarian (uncredited)
1941Murder Among Friends as Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
1941Golden Hoofs as Myrt
1941Arkansas Judge as Miranda Wolfson
1940San Francisco Docks as Landlady
1940No, No, Nanette as Woman in Airport
1940The Ape as Townswoman
1940Wildcat Bus as Old Maid (uncredited)
1940Boys of the City as Agnes
1940You Can't Fool Your Wife as Mrs. Doolittle
1940The Sagebrush Family Trails West as Widow Gail
1939Missing Evidence as Amy, Housewife
1939Destry Rides Again as Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
1939Sabotage as (uncredited)
1939Dancing Co-Ed as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1939Maid to Order as Mail-Order Bride
1939No Place to Go as Miss Rice
1939Golden Boy as Grocery Customer
1939Second Fiddle as Miss Bland, the School Principal
1939S.O.S Tidal Wave as Unknown
1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
1939Four Girls in White as Miss Perch - a Nurse
1938Dramatic School as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
1938Frontier Scout as Helen
1938City Streets as Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
1938The Devil's Party as Maria
1938Air Devils as Margaret Price
1938The Lady in the Morgue as Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
1938Start Cheering as Miss Grimley
1938Prison Nurse as Sutherland
1937Exiled to Shanghai as Claire
1937She Loved a Fireman as Nurse Purdy
1937Life Begins with Love as Mrs. Murphy
1937Behind the Mike as Mrs. Reilly
1937Ever Since Eve as Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
1937Love in a Bungalow as Mrs. Kester
1937The Go-Getter as Cappy Ricks' Secretary
1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
1937Mountain Justice as Ella Crippen
1937Oh, Doctor as Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
1937Her Husband's Secretary as Miss Baldwin
1936Fury as Fanny (uncredited)
1936Three Godfathers as Parishioner (uncredited)
1936Love on a Bet as Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
1935His Night Out as Wife (uncredited)
1935Here Comes the Band as Italian Wife (uncredited)
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
1934Student Tour as Wife
1934Sadie McKee as Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
1933Meet the Baron as Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
1933Bombshell as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)