Nora Cecil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1878
- Died
- May 1, 1951 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nora Cecil (September 20, 1878 – May 1, 1951) was a British-American character actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. Cecil's career began on the stage, where she appeared in a single Broadway production, The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, which ran for more than 240 performances at the Broadway Theatre in 1901-02. (A 1930 newspaper article says that Cecil "made her debut, three decades ago, on the London stage.") Cecil appeared in well over 100 feature films and film shorts. In 1915, she moved from the stage into films, her first appearance being in a starring role in The Arrival of Perpetua, directed by Émile Chautard. She often played "thin-lipped, stern-visaged dowagers and forbidding mothers-in-law" and "welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses and maiden aunts". One of the most significant roles was in the W.C. Fields vehicle, The Old Fashioned Way in 1934. Some of the other notable films in which Cecil appeared include: Ernst Lubitsch's historical romance, The Merry Widow, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald; the 1939 version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starring Mickey Rooney; the John Ford classic, Stagecoach, with John Wayne. Her final acting performance was in a featured role in Mourning Becomes Electra in 1947, starring Rosalind Russell.
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Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · as Louisa Ames
The Sea of Grass
Movie · as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
Big Town
Movie · as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie · as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
The Missing Lady
Movie · as Miss Millie
Lady on a Train
Movie
The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie · as Miss Peavy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie · as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie · as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
Movie · as Martha Williams
I Married a Witch
Movie · as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Apache Trail
Movie · as Passenger (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Movie · as Miss Updike
Obliging Young Lady
Movie · as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie · as Charwoman
Three Girls About Town
Movie · as Casket Customer
The Bank Dick
Movie · as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
Movie · as Women's Club President (uncredited)
Little Men
Movie · as Head of Orphanage
Young People
Movie · as Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
Those Were the Days!
Movie · as Mrs. Moffett
What a Life
Movie · as Miss Eggleston
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Stagecoach
Movie · as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie · as Miss Jenkins
Union Pacific
Movie · as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Movie · as Widow Peddie
International Settlement
Movie · as English Woman
Night of Mystery
Movie
Three Smart Boys
Movie · as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Night Must Fall
Movie
Partners in Crime
Movie · as Housekeeper
She Asked for It
Movie · as Elderly lady (uncredited)
Easy Living
Movie · as Miss Swerf
Champagne Waltz
Movie · as Train Passenger
Nothing Sacred
Movie · as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
Movie · as Dressmaker
The Mighty Treve
Movie · as Old Maid at Dog Show
Blossoms On Broadway
Movie · as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
Movie · as School Teacher (uncredited)
College Holiday
Movie · as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
Movie · as Mrs. Robinson
Fury
Movie · as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Two in the Dark
Movie · as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Movie · as Home Economics Woman
Dancing Pirate
Movie · as Landlady (uncredited)
Let's Make a Million
Movie
Laughing at Trouble
Movie · as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
Girl of the Ozarks
Movie · as Miss Trent
Car 99
Movie · as Granny Adams
Slightly Static
Movie · as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
Way Down East
Movie · as Townswoman at Party
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Movie · as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
Memories and Melodies
Movie · as Customer (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie · as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Collegiate
Movie · as Miss Curtiss
Vagabond Lady
Movie · as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Mixed Nuts
Movie · as Mrs. Twitchett
Laughing Boy
Movie · as Schoolteacher
Search for Beauty
Movie · as Miss Pettigrew
One-Horse Farmers
Movie · as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
Movie · as Head Nurse
The Merry Widow
Movie · as Animal Woman (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Movie · as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Chained
Movie · as Edith (uncredited)
You're Telling Me!
Movie · as Mrs. Price
The Spectacle Maker
Movie · as Duchess
Bachelor Bait
Movie · as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman
Movie · as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
Upperworld
Movie · as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
Movie · as Muriel's mother
Asleep in the Feet
Movie · as Female Police Officer
Peg o' My Heart
Movie · as Smythe (maid)
Going Hollywood
Movie · as Briarcroft's Teacher
Stage Mother
Movie · as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
Movie · as Spinster in park (uncredited)
Fast Workers
Movie · as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Design for Living
Movie · as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
Wreckety Wrecks
Movie · as Miss Winterbottom
Meet the Baron
Movie · as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
Movie · as Aunt Emily Banning
Hold Your Man
Movie · as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
Girl Grief
Movie · as Miss Tuttle, Principal
Hot Saturday
Movie · as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
Amateur Daddy
Movie · as Saleslady
Mr. Bride
Movie · as Mrs. Cecil
Young Bride
Movie · as Landlady (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie · as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
The Millionaire Cat
Movie · as Aunt Mathilda
Arrowsmith
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
East Lynne
Movie · as Charity Bazaar Committee
Everything’s Rosie
Movie · as Hotel Proprietress
The Ruling Voice
Movie · as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
Street Scene
Movie · as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Millie
Movie · as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
Seven Days Leave
Movie · as Amelia Twymley
Only Saps Work
Movie · as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Movie
Little Accident
Movie · as Dr. Zernecke
Hell's Angels
Movie · as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
Seven Footprints to Satan
Movie · as Old Witch
Footlights and Fools
Movie · as (uncredited)
A Trick of Hearts
Movie · as The Mayor
The Baby Cyclone
Movie · as Mrs. Crandall
The Cavalier
Movie · as Lucia's Aunt
Driftwood
Movie · as Mrs. Prouty
The Silent Rider
Movie · as Mrs. Randall
The Demi-Bride
Movie · as School Teacher
The Devil Dancer
Movie · as Julia
Sensation Seekers
Movie · as Mrs. Lodge
The Fortune Hunter
Movie · as Betty Carpenter
Girls
Movie · as Matron Helen Hunt
Too Many Crooks
Movie · as (uncredited)
Born to Battle
Movie · as Ma Cowan
Chip of the Flying U
Movie · as Dr. Cecil Grantham
Midnight Faces
Movie · as Mrs. Hart
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Movie · as Countess Casanova
Three Weeks in Paris
Movie
The Deadwood Coach
Movie · as Matilda Shields - in play
Darwin Was Right
Movie · as Aunt Priscilla
Manslaughter
Movie · as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Timothy's Quest
Movie · as Townswoman
The Town That Forgot God
Movie · as (uncredited)
Footfalls
Movie
The Daughter Pays
Movie
Red Foam
Movie
An Amateur Widow
Movie
Woman, Woman!
Movie · as Mrs. Lindsay
Miss Crusoe
Movie · as Miss Meeker (uncredited)
American Buds
Movie · as Emily
Prunella
Movie
Love Net
Movie · as Miss Prudence Tilly
By Hook or Crook
Movie · as Aunt Marie
Appearance of Evil
Movie · as Miss Spurgeon
The Zero Hour
Movie · as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
The Wild Girl
Movie · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
A Royal Romance
Movie · as Miss McPherson
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie · as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
Tillie Wakes Up
Movie · as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
The Social Secretary
Movie · as Spinster (uncredited)
A Model Husband
Movie · as Mrs Gossip
The Arrival of Perpetua
Movie · as Abigail Majendrie