Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1878-09-26
Deathday: 1951-05-01 (72 years old)

Biography

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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.

Filmography

all 138

Movies 138

Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Movie
Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass (1947)

Movie
Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
Big Town

Big Town (1946)

Movie
Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Movie
Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch (1942)

Movie
Passenger (uncredited)
Apache Trail

Apache Trail (1942)

Movie
Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady (1942)

Movie
Head of Orphanage
Little Men

Little Men (1940)

Movie
Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick (1940)

Movie
Righteous Old Lady
Young People

Young People (1940)

Movie
Women's Club President (uncredited)
Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners (1940)

Movie
Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot (1939)

Movie
Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Union Pacific

Union Pacific (1939)

Movie
Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
Stagecoach

Stagecoach (1939)

Movie
4.33
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred (1937)

Movie
Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway

Blossoms On Broadway (1937)

Movie
Elderly lady (uncredited)
She Asked for It

She Asked for It (1937)

Movie
Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys (1937)

Movie
Old Maid at Dog Show
The Mighty Treve

The Mighty Treve (1937)

Movie
Miss Elkins (uncredited)
College Holiday

College Holiday (1936)

Movie
School Teacher (uncredited)
Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell (1936)

Movie
Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Fury

Fury (1936)

Movie
3.67
Landlady (uncredited)
Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate (1936)

Movie
Mrs. Potter, Landlady
Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark (1936)

Movie
Townswoman at Party
Way Down East

Way Down East (1935)

Movie
Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
Slightly Static

Slightly Static (1935)

Movie
Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady (1935)

Movie
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Movie
Granny Adams
Car 99

Car 99 (1935)

Movie
Animal Woman (uncredited)
The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow (1934)

Movie
Tourist Welfare Worker
Pursued

Pursued (1934)

Movie
Edith (uncredited)
Chained

Chained (1934)

Movie
Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait (1934)

Movie
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Upperworld

Upperworld (1934)

Movie
Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
Design for Living

Design for Living (1933)

Movie
Briarcroft's Teacher
Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood (1933)

Movie
Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron (1933)

Movie
Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss
Stage Mother

Stage Mother (1933)

Movie
Aunt Emily Banning
Doctor Bull

Doctor Bull (1933)

Movie
Preaching Nun at Meal
The White Sister

The White Sister (1933)

Movie
Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Fast Workers

Fast Workers (1933)

Movie
Spinster in park (uncredited)
King of the Jungle

King of the Jungle (1933)

Movie
Female Police Officer
Asleep in the Feet

Asleep in the Feet (1933)

Movie
Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday (1932)

Movie
Miss Tuttle, Principal
Girl Grief

Girl Grief (1932)

Movie
Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)

Movie
10
Landlady (uncredited)
Young Bride

Young Bride (1932)

Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith (1931)

Movie
6
Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
The Ruling Voice

The Ruling Voice (1931)

Movie
Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Street Scene

Street Scene (1931)

Movie
6
Charity Bazaar Committee
East Lynne

East Lynne (1931)

Movie
Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
Millie

Millie (1931)

Movie
Helen's Maid (uncredited)
Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels (1930)

Movie
Matron Helen Hunt
Girls

Girls (1927)

Movie
Matilda Shields - in play
The Deadwood Coach

The Deadwood Coach (1924)

Movie
Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Manslaughter

Manslaughter (1922)

Movie
Miss Prudence Tilly
Love Net

Love Net (1918)

Movie
Undetermined Role
The Wild Girl

The Wild Girl (1917)

Movie
One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
The Poor Little Rich Girl

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

Movie
Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor
Tillie Wakes Up

Tillie Wakes Up (1917)

Movie
Nora CecilNora Cecil

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1878-09-26

Deathday
1951-05-01 (72 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Norah Cecile, Nora Cecile

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