Nora Cecil
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
Louisa Ames
movieThe Sea of Grass
1947
Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
movieBig Town
1946
Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
movieThe Missing Lady
1946
Miss Millie
movieTwo Sisters from Boston
1946
Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
movieThe Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Miss Peavy
movieThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
movieHail the Conquering Hero
1944
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
movieThe Unknown Guest
1943
Martha Williams
movieI Married a Witch
1942
Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
movieApache Trail
1942
Passenger (uncredited)
movieThe Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
Miss Updike
movieObliging Young Lady
1942
Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
movieThree Girls About Town
1941
Casket Customer
movieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Charwoman
movieThe Bank Dick
1940
Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
movieLittle Men
1940
Head of Orphanage
movieYoung People
1940
Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
movieLucky Partners
1940
Women's Club President (uncredited)
movieThose Were the Days!
1940
Mrs. Moffett
movieWhat a Life
1939
Miss Eggleston
movieSome Like It Hot
1939
Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
movieUnion Pacific
1939
Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
movieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Miss Jenkins
movieStagecoach
1939
Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
movieMr. Boggs Steps Out
1938
Widow Peddie
movieInternational Settlement
1938
English Woman
movieBorrowing Trouble
1937
Dressmaker
movieNothing Sacred
1937
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
movieBlossoms On Broadway
1937
Leader of Committee (uncredited)
moviePartners in Crime
1937
Housekeeper
movieShe Asked for It
1937
Elderly lady (uncredited)
movieEasy Living
1937
Miss Swerf
movieThree Smart Boys
1937
Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
movieChampagne Waltz
1937
Train Passenger
movieThe Mighty Treve
1937
Old Maid at Dog Show
movieCollege Holiday
1936
Miss Elkins (uncredited)
movieLaughing at Trouble
1936
Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
movieUnder Your Spell
1936
School Teacher (uncredited)
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
Home Economics Woman
movieGirl of the Ozarks
1936
Miss Trent
movieLittle Miss Nobody
1936
Mrs. Robinson
movieFury
1936
Albert's Mother (uncredited)
movieDancing Pirate
1936
Landlady (uncredited)
movieCollegiate
1936
Miss Curtiss
movieTwo in the Dark
1936
Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
movieWay Down East
1935
Townswoman at Party
movieSlightly Static
1935
Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
movieVagabond Lady
1935
Miss Perkins (uncredited)
movieGold Diggers of 1935
1935
Housekeeper (uncredited)
movieCar 99
1935
Granny Adams
movieMemories and Melodies
1935
Customer (uncredited)
movieBiography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
Ship's Matron (uncredited)
movieThe Merry Widow
1934
Animal Woman (uncredited)
movieThe Spectacle Maker
1934
Duchess
movieChained
1934
Edith (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
1934
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
movieBachelor Bait
1934
Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
movieThe Old-Fashioned Way
1934
Mrs. Wendelschaffer
movieUpperworld
1934
Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
movieLaughing Boy
1934
Schoolteacher
movieYou're Telling Me!
1934
Mrs. Price
movieOnce to Every Woman
1934
Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
movieMixed Nuts
1934
Mrs. Twitchett
movieSearch for Beauty
1934
Miss Pettigrew
movieDesign for Living
1933
Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
movieGoing Hollywood
1933
Briarcroft's Teacher
movieMeet the Baron
1933
Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
movieStage Mother
1933
Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
movieDoctor Bull
1933
Aunt Emily Banning
movieHold Your Man
1933
Miss Campbell (uncredited)
moviePeg o' My Heart
1933
Smythe (maid)
movieNature in the Wrong
1933
Muriel's mother
movieKing of the Jungle
1933
Spinster in park (uncredited)
movieFast Workers
1933
Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Wreckety Wrecks
1933
Miss Winterbottom
movieAsleep in the Feet
1933
Female Police Officer
movieThe Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
Missionary
movieMr. Bride
1932
Mrs. Cecil
movieHot Saturday
1932
Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
The Millionaire Cat
1932
Aunt Mathilda
movieGirl Grief
1932
Miss Tuttle, Principal
moviePack Up Your Troubles
1932
Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
movieAmateur Daddy
1932
Saleslady
movieYoung Bride
1932
Landlady (uncredited)
movieArrowsmith
1931
Nurse (uncredited)
movieThe Ruling Voice
1931
Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
movieStreet Scene
1931
Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
movieEverything’s Rosie
1931
Hotel Proprietress
movieEast Lynne
1931
Charity Bazaar Committee
movieMillie
1931
Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
movieOnly Saps Work
1930
Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
movieHell's Angels
1930
Helen's Maid (uncredited)
movieLittle Accident
1930
Dr. Zernecke
movieSeven Days Leave
1930
Amelia Twymley
movieFootlights and Fools
1929
(uncredited)
movieSeven Footprints to Satan
1929
Old Witch
movieThe Cavalier
1928
Lucia's Aunt
movieDriftwood
1928
Mrs. Prouty
movieThe Baby Cyclone
1928
Mrs. Crandall
movieA Trick of Hearts
1928
The Mayor
movieBorn to Battle
1927
Ma Cowan
movieToo Many Crooks
1927
(uncredited)
movieGirls
1927
Matron Helen Hunt
movieSensation Seekers
1927
Mrs. Lodge
movieThe Demi-Bride
1927
School Teacher
movieThe Fortune Hunter
1927
Betty Carpenter
movieThe Silent Rider
1927
Mrs. Randall
movieMidnight Faces
1926
Mrs. Hart
movieChip of the Flying U
1926
Dr. Cecil Grantham
movieHis Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
Countess Casanova
movieThe Deadwood Coach
1924
Matilda Shields - in play
movieDarwin Was Right
1924
Aunt Priscilla
movieThe Town That Forgot God
1922
(uncredited)
movieManslaughter
1922
Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
movieTimothy's Quest
1922
Townswoman
movieWoman, Woman!
1919
Mrs. Lindsay
movieMiss Crusoe
1919
Miss Meeker (uncredited)
movieLove Net
1918
Miss Prudence Tilly
movieThe Zero Hour
1918
Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
movieAppearance of Evil
1918
Miss Spurgeon
movieBy Hook or Crook
1918
Aunt Marie
movieThe Wild Girl
1917
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
movieA Royal Romance
1917
Miss McPherson
movieThe Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
Tillie Wakes Up
1917
Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
movieThe Social Secretary
1916
Spinster (uncredited)
A Model Husband
1916
Mrs Gossip
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
Abigail Majendrie