Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 24, 1878
Died
May 01, 1951
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
145 titles
Nora Cecil
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. Her final acting performance was in a featured role in Mourning Becomes Electra in 1947, starring Rosalind Russell.
Known For
Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
Louisa Ames
The Sea of Grass
Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
Big Town
Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
The Missing Lady
Miss Millie
Two Sisters from Boston
Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
The Thin Man Goes Home
Miss Peavy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
Martha Williams
I Married a Witch
Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Apache Trail
Passenger (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Miss Updike
Obliging Young Lady
Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Casket Customer
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Charwoman
The Bank Dick
Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Little Men
Head of Orphanage
Young People
Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
Women's Club President (uncredited)
Those Were the Days!
Mrs. Moffett
What a Life
Miss Eggleston
Some Like It Hot
Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Miss Jenkins
Stagecoach
Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Widow Peddie
International Settlement
English Woman
Borrowing Trouble
Dressmaker
Nothing Sacred
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway
Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Partners in Crime
Housekeeper
She Asked for It
Elderly lady (uncredited)
Easy Living
Miss Swerf
Night of Mystery
Three Smart Boys
Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Night Must Fall
Champagne Waltz
Train Passenger
The Mighty Treve
Old Maid at Dog Show
College Holiday
Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
Under Your Spell
School Teacher (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Home Economics Woman
Let's Make a Million
Girl of the Ozarks
Miss Trent
Fury
Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
Mrs. Robinson
Dancing Pirate
Landlady (uncredited)