Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 02, 1888
Died
Apr 17, 1959
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Credits
75 titles
Cecil Cunningham
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cecil Cunningham (August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959) was an American film and stage actress. With whitish hair cut like a man's, she was a Hollywood character actress, often cast in roles as a general "know-it-all". She made more than 80 appearances in movies between 1929 and 1946, many of them uncredited. Cunningham started her working life as a switchboard operator in a commerce bank and did some sittings as a photographer's model. Her first show business job was in the chorus line of 'Mademoiselle Modiste' at the age of eighteen. Cunningham trained as a singer and appeared in opera. She worked as a vaudeville comedian at the Palace Theatre in New York City until the commencement of her movie career in 1929.
Known For
Filmography
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Four Star Playhouse
Woman (Hotel)
My Reputation
Stella Thompson
In Old Oklahoma
Mrs. Ames
Du Barry Was a Lady
Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Countess
The Hidden Hand
Lorinda Channing
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Mrs. Whitman
Cairo
Mme. Laruga
The Affairs of Martha
Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
Twin Beds
Miss MacMahon, Secretary
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Countess Oldenburg
Cowboy Serenade
Priscilla Lock
The Feminine Touch
Party Guest (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Mrs. Diana Boone
Repent at Leisure
Mrs. Morgan
Back Street
Mrs. Miller
Play Girl
Dowager at Concert (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
Grandmother
New Moon
Governor's Wife
The Captain is a Lady
Mrs. Jane Homans
Lillian Russell
Mrs. Hobbs
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Laugh It Off
Tess Gibson
Lady of the Tropics
Countess Berichi
Winter Carnival
Miss Ainsley
It's a Wonderful World
Madame J. L. Chambers
The Family Next Door
Cora Stewart
Girls' School
Miss Brewster
Marie Antoinette
Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
Genevieve Trent
Wives Under Suspicion
Sharpy
You and Me
Mrs. Morris
Kentucky Moonshine
Landlady
Four Men and a Prayer
Piper
College Swing
Dean Sleet
Scandal Street
Maybelle Murphy
Daughter of Shanghai
Mrs. Mary Hunt
Night Club Scandal
Mrs. Alvin
The Awful Truth
Aunt Patsy
This Way Please
Miss Eberhardt
Artists & Models
Stella
King of Gamblers
Big Edna
Swing High, Swing Low
Murphy
Come and Get It
Josie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(uncredited)
People Will Talk
Nellie Simpson
We Live Again
Theodosia
Return of the Terror
Miss Doolittle