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Minerva Urecal was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Urecal began her acting career with roles in such films as "Exiled to Shanghai" (1937), the George Houston western "Frontier Scout" (1938) and "Air Devils" (1938). She also appeared in "Start Cheering" (1938), "Murder By Invitation" (1941) and "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" (1941) with W C Fields. She continu...

Filmography

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That Funny Feeling (1965)

Women at phone booth

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)

Footsteps in the Night (1957)

Mrs. Carruthers

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

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Marty (1955) -- (Movie Clip) They Get The Married

Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Believe In Telepathy?

Biography

Minerva Urecal was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Urecal began her acting career with roles in such films as "Exiled to Shanghai" (1937), the George Houston western "Frontier Scout" (1938) and "Air Devils" (1938). She also appeared in "Start Cheering" (1938), "Murder By Invitation" (1941) and "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" (1941) with W C Fields. She continued to act in productions like the drama "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (1944) with Lynn Bari, the Ronald Colman adventure "Kismet" (1944) and the dramedy "A Medal For Benny" (1945) with Dorothy Lamour. She also appeared in "Who's Guilty?" (1945). In the latter half of her career, she tackled roles in "Harvey" (1950) with James Stewart, "Quicksand" (1950) and "My Blue Heaven" (1950). She also appeared in "Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick" (1952) with Alan Young and the comedy "Harem Girl" (1952) with Joan Davis. Urecal more recently acted in the Sandra Dee comedy "That Funny Feeling" (1965). Urecal passed away in February 1966 at the age of 72.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

That Funny Feeling (1965)

Women at phone booth

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)

Footsteps in the Night (1957)

Mrs. Carruthers

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Sudden Danger (1955)

Double Jeopardy (1955)

A Man Alone (1955)

She's Back on Broadway (1953)

Mrs. McGrand, landlady

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)

Fearless Fagan (1952)

Anything Can Happen (1952)

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)

Oklahoma Annie (1952)

Harem Girl (1952)

Gobs and Gals (1952)

Lost in Alaska (1952)

Mrs. McGillicuddy

Stop That Cab (1951)

The Great Caruso (1951)

Dear Brat (1951)

Mask of the Avenger (1951)

Texans Never Cry (1951)

The Raging Tide (1951)

Jonnie Mae Swanson

Side Street (1950)

The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)

Quicksand (1950)

The Arizona Cowboy (1950)

"Cactus" Kate Millican

The Milkman (1950)

My Blue Heaven (1950)

Mister 880 (1950)

The Jackpot (1950)

Scene of the Crime (1949)

Family Honeymoon (1949)

The Lovable Cheat (1949)

Outcasts of the Trail (1949)

Holiday in Havana (1949)

Master Minds (1949)

Big Jack (1949)

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Take One False Step (1949)

Gas station attendant

Song of Surrender (1949)

Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)

The Snake Pit (1948)

April Showers (1948)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Variety Time (1948)

Sundown in Santa Fe (1948)

Ella May Watson

Good Sam (1948)

Marshal of Amarillo (1948)

Secret Service Investigator (1948)

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Joan of Arc (1948)

Ladies' Man (1947)

Undercover Maisie (1947)

Delicatessen woman

Bowery Buckaroos (1947)

The Lost Moment (1947)

Apache Rose (1947)

The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

Blaze of Noon (1947)

Woman in church

California (1947)

Emma, town matron

Saddle Pals (1947)

Swell Guy (1947)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

The Virginian (1946)

The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

No Leave, No Love (1946)

Small town gossip

The Well Groomed Bride (1946)

Little Miss Big (1946)

The Trap (1946)

Wake Up and Dream (1946)

Mrs. Edna Lucash

Sioux City Sue (1946)

Mrs. Abbercrombie

Rainbow Over Texas (1946)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)

Dark Alibi (1946)

Without Reservations (1946)

George White's Scandals (1945)

State Fair (1945)

A Bell for Adano (1945)

Sensation Hunters (1945)

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)

The Kid Sister (1945)

Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945)

Mrs. ["Ma" Nora] Brown

The Song of Bernadette (1945)

A Medal for Benny (1945)

Men in Her Diary (1945)

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Salty O'Rourke (1945)

Out of This World (1945)

Woman cab driver

Who's Guilty? (1945)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Woman in beauty shop

Man from Frisco (1944)

Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)

When Strangers Marry (1944)

Block Busters (1944)

Amelia [Norton]

Moonlight and Cactus (1944)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)

Uncle Pio's servant

Music in Manhattan (1944)

Crazy Knights (1944)

Louisiana Hayride (1944)

And Now Tomorrow (1944)

The Doughgirls (1944)

Hatchet-faced woman

One Mysterious Night (1944)

Dixie Dugan (1943)

My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)

Woman in employment office

A Stranger in Town (1943)

Ghosts on the Loose (1943)

So This Is Washington (1943)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Kid Dynamite (1943)

The Ape Man (1943)

Agatha Brewster

White Savage (1943)

Wagon Tracks West (1943)

Dangerous Blondes (1943)

Hit the Ice (1943)

Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)

Here Comes Elmer (1943)

Klondike Kate (1943)

Quiet Please Murder (1943)

My Favorite Blonde (1942)

Frozen-faced woman

Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)

In Old California (1942)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

Sons of the Pioneers (1942)

Sweater Girl (1942)

That Other Woman (1942)

The Living Ghost (1942)

Riding Through Nevada (1942)

The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Henry and Dizzy (1942)

The Man in the Trunk (1942)

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)

Miss Schwellenhorn

Almost Married (1942)

Sour-pussed woman

Lady for a Night (1942)

Daring Young Man (1942)

Marry the Bo$$'$ Daughter (1941)

Man at Large (1941)

The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)

Arkansas Judge (1941)

Miranda Wolfson

Murder by Invitation (1941)

Accent on Love (1941)

Teresa Lombroso

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

The cleaning woman

Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)

"Picklepuss," matron at Whitney Reform School

Golden Hoofs (1941)

The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)

Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941)

San Francisco Docks (1941)

Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)

Dressed to Kill (1941)

Middle-aged woman--subway car

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

Boys of the City (1940)

The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940)

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

Wildcat Bus (1940)

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)

Woman's voice, radio

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Little Accident (1939)

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Missing Evidence (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)

Four Girls in White (1939)

Unexpected Father (1939)

No Place to Go (1939)

Dramatic School (1938)

Rose, Boulin's secretary

The Devil's Party (1938)

Mary, housekeeper

Frontier Scout (1938)

Air Devils (1938)

Prison Nurse (1938)

Patsy Sutherland

City Streets (1938)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Start Cheering (1938)

Thanks for Everything (1938)

Hatchet-faced woman

Wives Under Suspicion (1938)

Live, Love and Learn (1937)

Her Husband's Secretary (1937)

Oh, Doctor (1937)

"Death Watch" Mary Mackleforth

Love in a Bungalow (1937)

Mrs. [Agatha] Kester

Life Begins with Love (1937)

Exiled to Shanghai (1937)

The Go Getter (1937)

Cappy Rick's secretary

Behind the Mike (1937)

God's Country and the Woman (1937)

She Loved a Fireman (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Three Godfathers (1936)

His Night Out (1935)

Here Comes the Band (1935)

It Happened in New York (1935)

Bonnie Scotland (1935)

Student Tour (1934)

Straight Is the Way (1934)

You Can't Buy Everything (1934)

Sadie McKee (1934)

Assistant cook, Brennan home

Cast (Special)

Tom and Jerry (1955)

Life Events

Videos

Marty (1955) -- (Movie Clip) They Get The Married The opening from director Delbert Mann and writer Paddy Chayefsky, Ernest Borgnine in his Academy Award-winning title role, character actress Minerva Urecal his customer, in Marty, 1955, co-starring Betsy Blair.

Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Believe In Telepathy? Director Alfred Hitchcock detailing the family (on location in Santa Rosa, California), Mom, Dad, sister and brother (Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates) as restless Charlie (Teresa Wright) decides to send an unnecessary telegram, in Shadow Of A Doubt, 1943.

Texans Never Cry -- (Movie Clip) Take His Gun First scene of exposition and action, Texas Ranger Gene Autry dispenses economic justice on behalf of a rancher (Harry Tyler), beats up crooked Wyatt (Richard Powers) and impresses Nancy (Gail Davis), in Texans Never Cry, 1951.

Never Give A Sucker An Even Break -- (Movie Clip) You Wear A Beard W.C. Fields plays himself but not a big star, just a writer at the studio trying to pitch a script to big-shot producer Pangborn (played by Franklin), whose wife (Mona Barrie) is an actress, in Never Give A Sucker An Even Break, 1941.

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