Minerva Urecal
Minerva Urecal is known for Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Marty (1955), Niagara (1953).
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.
Questions about Minerva Urecal
How many Minerva Urecal films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 138 films with Minerva Urecal, from 1933 to 1991.
What is the best rated Minerva Urecal film?
The best rated Minerva Urecal film in the catalogue is Marty (1955), rated 7.5.
What was the first Minerva Urecal film?
The first Minerva Urecal film in the catalogue is Bombshell, from 1933.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
174 films — 138 in the catalogue
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Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Fagah (archive footage)
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6.3 That Funny Feeling
1965 · Woman at Phone Booth
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6.9 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · Kate Lindquist
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6.5 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · Brenda
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5.5 Sudden Danger
1955 · Mrs. Kelly
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5.8 A Man Alone
1955 · Mrs. Maule (uncredited)
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5.2 Double Jeopardy
1955 · Mrs. Kreesy
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7.5 Marty
1955 · Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
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9.0 Two Gun Marshal
1953 · Mama Antonelli
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6.6 Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Mrs. Stuart
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6.0 She's Back on Broadway
1953 · Cleaning Lady
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6.8 Niagara
1953 · Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)
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6.2 Lost in Alaska
1952 · Mrs. McGillicuddy
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7.0 Gobs and Gals
1952 · Mrs. Pursell
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7.0 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952 · Mrs. Peabody
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8.7 Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Lottie Fling
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9.0
Happy Go Wacky
1952
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6.5 Harem Girl
1952 · Aniseh
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5.1 The Raging Tide
1951 · Johnnie Mae Swanson
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5.6 Dear Brat
1951 · Neighbor (uncredited)
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10.0 The Awful Sleuth
1951 · Bert's Mother-In-Law
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9.0 Stop That Cab
1951 · Lucy's Mother
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7.0 The Jackpot
1950 · Woman Trying On Hats (uncredited)
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10.0 The Arizona Cowboy
1950 · Cactus Kate Millican
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6.1 Quicksand
1950 · Landlady
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6.5 Side Street
1950 · Landlady
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7.5 His Baiting Beauty
1950 · Harry's Mother-in-Law
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6.4 Master Minds
1949 · Mrs. Hoskins
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5.6 Holiday in Havana
1949 · Mama Valdez
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5.4 Take One False Step
1949 · Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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9.0 Outcasts of the Trail
1949 · Abbie Rysen
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6.8 The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Train Passenger (uncredited)
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6.0 The Lovable Cheat
1949 · Virginie
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6.3 Lua de Mel com Pimenta
1948 · Mrs. Webb (uncredited)
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10.0 Sundown in Santa Fe
1948 · Ella Mae Watson
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6.3 The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948 · Nellie Carter
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6.3 Good Sam
1948 · Mrs. Nelson
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10.0 Variety Time
1948 · Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)
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6.8 Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 · Elderly Italian Woman (uncredited)
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9.0 Marshal of Amarillo
1948 · Mrs. Henry Pettigrew
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7.5 Secret Service Investigator
1948 · Mrs McGiven
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6.9 The Noose Hangs High
1948 · Husky Woman (uncredited)
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6.5 April Showers
1948 · Landlady (uncredited)
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7.1 Sitting Pretty
1948 · Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)
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6.6 Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · Kate T. Barlow
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6.2 The Lost Moment
1947 · Maria
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6.2 Cynthia
1947 · Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)
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5.3 Heartaches
1947 · Charwoman (uncredited)
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8.0 Hired Husband
1947 · Aunt Jessie
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8.0 Undercover Maisie
1947 · Delicatessen Woman (uncredited)
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6.8 California
1947 · Emma (uncredited)
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6.6 The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
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6.4 A Barca do Jogo
1947 · Felicia
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10.0 Andy Plays Hookey
1946 · Andy's Mother-in-Law
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7.4 Wake Up and Dream
1946 · Edna Lucash
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6.8 The Trap
1946 · Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper
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10.0 Sioux City Sue
1946 · Mrs. Abercrombie - Elite Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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5.7 The Well Groomed Bride
1946 · Woman in Ticket Line
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6.3 Without Reservations
1946 · Sue (uncredited)
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7.3 Rainbow Over Texas
1946 · Mama Lolita
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6.2 The Virginian
1946
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6.6 The Dark Corner
1946 · Client Wife (uncredited)
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7.0 Partners in Time
1946 · Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
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6.0 Breakfast in Hollywood
1946 · Miss Mullins (uncredited)
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6.9 The Bells of St. Mary's
1945 · Landlady (uncredited)
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5.8 Voice of the Whistler
1945 · Georgie's Wife (uncredited)
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4.8 Sensation Hunters
1945 · Edna Rogers
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9.0 Men in Her Diary
1945 · Mrs. Braun
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6.6 State Fair
1945 · Woman Congratulating Mrs. Metcalf (uncredited)
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7.0 Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 · Nora Brown
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6.0 A Bell for Adano
1945 · Italian Woman
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7.7 Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945 · Mama Rafferty
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5.6 A Medal for Benny
1945 · Mrs. Chavez (uncredited)
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6.0 Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Saleslady (uncredited)
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7.0 The Kid Sister
1945 · Mrs. Wiggins
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5.2 Crazy Knights
1944 · Mrs. Benson
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6.2 One Mysterious Night
1944 · Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
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6.2 The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · Woman Sweeping Front Stoop (uncredited)
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6.0 Music in Manhattan
1944 · Mrs. Smith, the Landlady (uncredited)
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5.5 Moonlight and Cactus
1944 · Abigail
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6.2 When Strangers Marry
1944 · Landlady (uncredited)
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8.0 Block Busters
1944 · Amelia Rogiet
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7.5 Louisiana Hayride
1944 · Ma Crocker
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6.5 Man from Frisco
1944 · Mrs. Allison
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6.8 Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
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8.0
Bachelor Daze
1944 · Abigail O'Rourke
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6.3 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Uncle Pio's Servant (uncredited)
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6.3 Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Mrs. Swanson, Housekeeper (uncredited)
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7.0 Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943 · Miss Clabber (uncredited)
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5.3 So This Is Washington
1943 · Mrs. Pomeroy (uncredited)
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4.2 Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Hilda
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6.0 Hit the Ice
1943 · Wife at Hospital (uncredited)
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7.0 Quiet Please, Murder
1943 · Cookbook-Seeking Library Patron
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6.5 Dixie Dugan
1943 · Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
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4.4 The Ape Man
1943 · Agatha Brewster
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5.8 Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Miss Billings
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6.5 Something to Shout About
1943 · Mrs. Starretton
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6.7 Kid Dynamite
1943 · Judge
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7.0 The Powers Girl
1943 · Maggie (uncredited)
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7.5 Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
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7.5 They Stooge to Conga
1943 · Marsha - the Nazi Housekeeper (uncredited)
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6.7 That Other Woman
1942 · Mrs. MacReady
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7.0 Riding Through Nevada
1942 · Widow Humbolt
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5.0 The Daring Young Man
1942 · Nurse
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9.0 The Man in the Trunk
1942 · Peggy's Landlady (uncredited)
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4.2 The Living Ghost
1942 · Delia Phillips
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5.3 Sweater Girl
1942 · Melinda
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9.0 The Sons of the Pioneers
1942 · Ellie Bixby
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6.0 Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 · Wife at Circus (uncredited)
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9.0 Henry and Dizzy
1942 · Mrs. Kilmer
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5.3 In Old California
1942 · Mrs. Carson
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4.3 The Corpse Vanishes
1942 · Fagah
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6.4 My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Stone-Faced Woman (uncredited)
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5.2 A Tragedy at Midnight
1942 · Housekeeper (uncredited)
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5.5 Lady for a Night
1942 · Spinster in Audience (uncredited)
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9.0
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941 · Elevator Passenger
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6.7 They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Nurse (uncredited)
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7.0 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · The Cleaning Lady
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6.3 Dressed to Kill
1941 · Landlady
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6.1 Bowery Blitzkrieg
1941 · Head of Reform School (uncredited)
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7.5 Accent on Love
1941 · Teresa Lombroso
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6.0 Murder by Invitation
1941 · Maxine Denham
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7.0 The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941 · Murphy
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5.5 A Man Betrayed
1941 · Librarian (uncredited)
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7.0 Murder Among Friends
1941 · Mrs. O'Heaney (uncredited)
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8.0 Golden Hoofs
1941 · Myrt
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8.0 Arkansas Judge
1941 · Miranda Wolfson
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7.3 San Francisco Docks
1940 · Landlady
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6.2 No, No, Nanette
1940 · Woman in Airport
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4.8 The Ape
1940 · Townswoman
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5.5 Wildcat Bus
1940 · Old Maid (uncredited)
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5.3 Boys of the City
1940 · Agnes
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5.5 You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Mrs. Doolittle
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7.0 The Sagebrush Family Trails West
1940 · Widow Gail
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6.5 Missing Evidence
1939 · Amy, Housewife
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7.2 Destry Rides Again
1939 · Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
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6.6 Sabotage
1939 · (uncredited)
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6.6 Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
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10.0
Maid to Order
1939 · Mail-Order Bride
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8.0 No Place to Go
1939 · Miss Rice
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6.5 Golden Boy
1939 · Grocery Customer
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5.1 Second Fiddle
1939 · Miss Bland, the School Principal
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6.8 S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
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7.0 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
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7.2 Four Girls in White
1939 · Miss Perch - a Nurse
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6.5 Dramatic School
1938 · Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
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6.0 Frontier Scout
1938 · Helen
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6.0 City Streets
1938 · Mrs. Grimley (uncredited)
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5.4 The Devil's Party
1938 · Maria
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4.3 Air Devils
1938 · Margaret Price
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7.0 The Lady in the Morgue
1938 · Mrs. Horn (uncredited)
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6.9 Start Cheering
1938 · Miss Grimley
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5.6 Prison Nurse
1938 · Sutherland
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5.5 Exiled to Shanghai
1937 · Claire
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7.5 She Loved a Fireman
1937 · Nurse Purdy
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6.7 Life Begins with Love
1937 · Mrs. Murphy
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8.0 Behind the Mike
1937 · Mrs. Reilly
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5.8 Ever Since Eve
1937 · Bellden's Receptionist (uncredited)
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10.0 Love in a Bungalow
1937 · Mrs. Kester
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6.2 The Go-Getter
1937 · Cappy Ricks' Secretary
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6.8 Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 · Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron
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6.3 Mountain Justice
1937 · Ella Crippen
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7.0 Oh, Doctor
1937 · Death Watch Mary Mackleforth
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6.0 Her Husband's Secretary
1937 · Miss Baldwin
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7.5 Fury
1936 · Fanny (uncredited)
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6.9 Three Godfathers
1936 · Parishioner (uncredited)
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7.0 Love on a Bet
1936 · Miss Jones, MacCreigh's Secretary
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7.0 His Night Out
1935 · Wife (uncredited)
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7.0 Here Comes the Band
1935 · Italian Wife (uncredited)
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6.2 Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
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6.7 Student Tour
1934 · Wife
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7.0 Sadie McKee
1934 · Brennan’s Cook’s Assistant (uncredited)
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5.3 Meet the Baron
1933 · Downstairs Maid (uncredited)
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6.5 Bombshell
1933 · Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Series and TV shows
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People data: TMDb.
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