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.

Known for

★7.5

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

★7.5

Marty

1955

★6.8

Niagara

1953

★7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

★7.5

Fury

1936

★7.2

Destry Rides Again

1939

★6.9

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945

★7.7

Perry Mason

1957

★6.7

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

★6.9

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964

★6.5

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962

★4.3

The Corpse Vanishes

1942

★6.8

Mr. Skeffington

1944

★6.6

State Fair

1945

★6.6

The Dark Corner

1946

★6.5

Bombshell

1933