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.
Landlady
Martha Glenhorn
Martha Winslow
Martha Griffin
Ma Bowie
Mother
Indian Woman
Singing Student
Woman Checking Out Bud and Lou's Apartment
Busybody
Delia Phillips
Hilda
Mrs. McGrand
Miss Mullins (uncredited)
Fagah
Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Agatha Brewster
Nurse (uncredited)
Townswoman
Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Emma (uncredited)
Husky Woman (uncredited)
Edna Rogers
Fanny (uncredited)
Landlady
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
Landlady (uncredited)
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Mrs. Carson
Charwoman (uncredited)
Kate Lindquist
Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
Brenda
Client Wife (uncredited)
Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Mrs. Nelson
Landlady
Mrs. Starretton
Maria
Parishioner (uncredited)
Cafe Cook
Delicatessen Woman (Uncredited)
Grocery Customer
Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
Head of Reform School (uncredited)
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Saleslady (uncredited)
Wife at Circus (uncredited)
Librarian (uncredited)
Aniseh
Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
Miss Bland, the School Principal
Cappy Ricks' Secretary
Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
Miss Grimley
Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Miss Perch - a Nurse
Sutherland
The Cleaning Lady
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Mrs McGiven
Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
Italian Woman
Lottie Fling
Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
Landlady
Woman at Phone Booth
Miss Billings
Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
Virginie
Italian Wife (uncredited)
Ella Mae Watson
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
Helen
Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
Woman in Airport
Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
Margaret Price
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Maggie (uncredited)
Sue (uncredited)
Landlady
Wife
Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Woman in Ticket Line
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Edna Lucash
Nurse Purdy
Maria
Johnnie Mae Swanson
Miss Baldwin
Mrs. Allison
Mrs. Reilly
Ellie Bixby
Mrs. Benson
Mrs. Hoskins
Maxine Denham
Landlady (uncredited)
Judge
(uncredited)
Neighbor (uncredited)
Amy, Housewife
Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
Mama Valdez
Landlady (uncredited)
Cleaning Lady
Cactus Kate Millican
Mrs. MacReady
Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Mrs. Kelly
Miss Rice
Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
Nellie Carter
Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
Mrs. Kreesy
Agnes
Miranda Wolfson
Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
Mrs. Braun
Ella Crippen
Mama Rafferty
Old Maid (uncredited)
Abigail
Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
Myrt
Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
Mrs. Doolittle
Claire
Kate T. Barlow
Mrs. Kester
Melinda
Mrs. Stuart
Felicia
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Mrs. Kilmer
Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
Wife (uncredited)
Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Mama Lolita
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
Abbie Rysen
Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
Mrs. Pursell
Ma Crocker
Abigail O'Rourke
Amelia Rogiet
Elevator Passenger
Lucy's Mother
Andy's Mother-in-Law
Mail-Order Bride
Widow Humbolt
Murphy
Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
Mrs. Murphy
Aunt Jessie
Nurse
Mrs. Wiggins
Bert's Mother-In-Law
Teresa Lombroso
Mrs. Peabody
Nora Brown
Mama Antonelli
Miss Clabber (uncredited)
Harry's Mother-in-Law
Widow Gail