Nora Cecil
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1878-09-24
- Died
- 1951-05-01
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Norah Cecile · Nora Cecile
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.
Known For
Movies (145)
Stagecoach
1939
as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
Fury
1936
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
International Settlement
1938
as English Woman
East Lynne
1931
as Charity Bazaar Committee
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Girl Grief
1932
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
Sensation Seekers
1927
as Mrs. Lodge
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Midnight Faces
1926
as Mrs. Hart
Manslaughter
1922
as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Apache Trail
1942
as Passenger (uncredited)
Young People
1940
as Righteous Old Lady
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Hell's Angels
1930
as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Old Maid at Dog Show
Union Pacific
1939
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Casket Customer
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
Chained
1934
as Edith (uncredited)
Millie
1931
as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Miss Peavy
Wreckety Wrecks
1933
as Miss Winterbottom
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Way Down East
1935
as Townswoman at Party
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Ruling Voice
1931
as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Miss Swerf
Driftwood
1928
as Mrs. Prouty
Young Bride
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
Going Hollywood
1933
as Briarcroft's Teacher
Arrowsmith
1931
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Head Nurse
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Louisa Ames
Only Saps Work
1930
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
Stage Mother
1933
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Missionary
The Merry Widow
1934
as Animal Woman (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Home Economics Woman
Lucky Partners
1940
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
The Cavalier
1928
as Lucia's Aunt
Hot Saturday
1932
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
Design for Living
1933
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
American Buds
1918
as Emily
Dancing Pirate
1936
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
1943
as Martha Williams
The Missing Lady
1946
as Miss Millie
The Devil Dancer
1927
as Julia
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Miss Jenkins
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Train Passenger
Collegiate
1936
as Miss Curtiss
Big Town
1946
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
Night of Mystery
1937
Little Men
1940
as Head of Orphanage
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
1933
as Aunt Emily Banning
The Bank Dick
1940
as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway
1937
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Upperworld
1934
as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
1945
The Wild Girl
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
Those Were the Days!
1940
as Mrs. Moffett
Street Scene
1931
as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
The Baby Cyclone
1928
as Mrs. Crandall
The Fortune Hunter
1927
as Betty Carpenter
Seven Days Leave
1930
as Amelia Twymley
Two in the Dark
1936
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
Hold Your Man
1933
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
Everything’s Rosie
1931
as Hotel Proprietress
Night Must Fall
1937
You're Telling Me!
1934
as Mrs. Price
Footfalls
1921
Footlights and Fools
1929
as (uncredited)
Fast Workers
1933
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Under Your Spell
1936
as School Teacher (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Smythe (maid)
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
as Abigail Majendrie
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Miss Updike
Mixed Nuts
1934
as Mrs. Twitchett
Slightly Static
1935
as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
The Spectacle Maker
1934
as Duchess
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
King of the Jungle
1933
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
Car 99
1935
as Granny Adams
College Holiday
1936
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Charwoman
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
Chip of the Flying U
1926
as Dr. Cecil Grantham
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
as Countess Casanova
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
as Old Witch
Search for Beauty
1934
as Miss Pettigrew
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Robinson
Meet the Baron
1933
as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Muriel's mother
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Dressmaker
Red Foam
1920
She Asked for It
1937
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
Mr. Bride
1932
as Mrs. Cecil
The Silent Rider
1927
as Mrs. Randall
What a Life
1939
as Miss Eggleston
Laughing Boy
1934
as Schoolteacher
The Demi-Bride
1927
as School Teacher
A Trick of Hearts
1928
as The Mayor
An Amateur Widow
1919
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938
as Widow Peddie
The Daughter Pays
1920
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
as Miss Trent
Too Many Crooks
1927
as (uncredited)
A Model Husband
1916
as Mrs Gossip
Three Smart Boys
1937
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Little Accident
1930
as Dr. Zernecke
About Nora Cecil
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 sho… With 145 credits spanning from 1915 to 1964, Nora Cecil has appeared in 145 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Stagecoach (1939) — as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
- Fury (1936) — as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
- International Settlement (1938) — as English Woman
- East Lynne (1931) — as Charity Bazaar Committee
- Bachelor Bait (1934) — as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
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