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)
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
Wreckety Wrecks
1933
as Miss Winterbottom
Girl Grief
1932
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
Woman, Woman!
1919
as Mrs. Lindsay
Young People
1940
as Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
You're Telling Me!
1934
as Mrs. Price
The Unknown Guest
1943
as Martha Williams
Design for Living
1933
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Miss Swerf
Hell's Angels
1930
as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
as Abigail Majendrie
I Married a Witch
1942
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
Miss Crusoe
1919
as Miss Meeker (uncredited)
Fury
1936
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
A Model Husband
1916
as Mrs Gossip
Footfalls
1921
Collegiate
1935
as Miss Curtiss
Footlights and Fools
1929
as (uncredited)
Mixed Nuts
1934
as Mrs. Twitchett
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Home Economics Woman
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Head Nurse
The Demi-Bride
1927
as School Teacher
Night of Mystery
1937
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
The Missing Lady
1946
as Miss Millie
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Miss Peavy
Amateur Daddy
1932
as Saleslady
Lady on a Train
1945
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Miss Jenkins
Three Weeks in Paris
1925
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Missionary
The Merry Widow
1934
as Animal Woman (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Miss Updike
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Dancing Pirate
1936
as Landlady (uncredited)
International Settlement
1938
as English Woman
Street Scene
1931
as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Robinson
Little Accident
1930
as Dr. Zernecke
Way Down East
1935
as Townswoman at Party
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Darwin Was Right
1924
as Aunt Priscilla
Night Must Fall
1937
Chained
1934
as Edith (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
An Amateur Widow
1919
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Those Were the Days!
1940
as Mrs. Moffett
Love Net
1918
as Miss Prudence Tilly
The Zero Hour
1918
as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
as Miss Trent
Manslaughter
1922
as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
By Hook or Crook
1918
as Aunt Marie
The Social Secretary
1916
as Spinster (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Casket Customer
The Bank Dick
1940
as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Prunella
1918
Girls
1927
as Matron Helen Hunt
Two in the Dark
1936
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
Millie
1931
as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Louisa Ames
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
1936
as School Teacher (uncredited)
Appearance of Evil
1918
as Miss Spurgeon
Young Bride
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
Apache Trail
1942
as Passenger (uncredited)
East Lynne
1931
as Charity Bazaar Committee
The Devil Dancer
1927
as Julia
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Charwoman
Little Men
1940
as Head of Orphanage
Arrowsmith
1931
as Nurse (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
1933
as Aunt Emily Banning
Seven Days Leave
1930
as Amelia Twymley
The Wild Girl
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Fast Workers
1933
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Stage Mother
1933
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
College Holiday
1936
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Search for Beauty
1934
as Miss Pettigrew
Only Saps Work
1930
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Car 99
1935
as Granny Adams
Lucky Partners
1940
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
1933
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
Tillie Wakes Up
1917
as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
Hold Your Man
1933
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Old Maid at Dog Show
Hot Saturday
1932
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
The Town That Forgot God
1922
as (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
1933
as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
Mr. Bride
1932
as Mrs. Cecil
The Spectacle Maker
1934
as Duchess
What a Life
1939
as Miss Eggleston
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Train Passenger
Upperworld
1934
as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938
as Widow Peddie
Blossoms On Broadway
1937
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Laughing Boy
1934
as Schoolteacher
Sensation Seekers
1927
as Mrs. Lodge
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Dressmaker
The Daughter Pays
1920
The Ruling Voice
1931
as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Smythe (maid)
Partners in Crime
1937
as Housekeeper
The Millionaire Cat
1932
as Aunt Mathilda
Three Smart Boys
1937
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
as Old Witch
Memories and Melodies
1935
as Customer (uncredited)
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
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)
- Bachelor Bait (1934) — as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
- Wreckety Wrecks (1933) — as Miss Winterbottom
- Girl Grief (1932) — as Miss Tuttle, Principal
- Woman, Woman! (1919) — as Mrs. Lindsay
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