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.
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Movies (50)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Louisa Ames
1947
The Sea of Grass
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
1947
Big Town
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
1946
The Missing Lady
as Miss Millie
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
1946
Lady on a Train
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Miss Peavy
1944
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1944
The Unknown Guest
as Martha Williams
1943
I Married a Witch
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
1942
Apache Trail
as Passenger (uncredited)
1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Miss Updike
1942
Obliging Young Lady
as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
1942
Three Girls About Town
as Casket Customer
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Charwoman
1941
The Bank Dick
as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
1940
Little Men
as Head of Orphanage
1940
Young People
as Righteous Old Lady
1940
Lucky Partners
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
1940
Those Were the Days!
as Mrs. Moffett
1940
What a Life
as Miss Eggleston
1939
Some Like It Hot
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
1939
Union Pacific
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Miss Jenkins
1939
Stagecoach
as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
as Widow Peddie
1938
International Settlement
as English Woman
1938
Borrowing Trouble
as Dressmaker
1937
Nothing Sacred
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
1937
Partners in Crime
as Housekeeper
1937
She Asked for It
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
1937
Easy Living
as Miss Swerf
1937
Night of Mystery
1937
Three Smart Boys
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
1937
Night Must Fall
1937
Champagne Waltz
as Train Passenger
1937
The Mighty Treve
as Old Maid at Dog Show
1937
College Holiday
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
1936
Under Your Spell
as School Teacher (uncredited)
1936
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Home Economics Woman
1936
Let's Make a Million
1936
Girl of the Ozarks
as Miss Trent
1936
Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Robinson
1936
Fury
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
1936
Dancing Pirate
as Landlady (uncredited)
1936