The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Movie
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
1878-09-24
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London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Movie
as Louisa Ames
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Movie
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
Big Town
1946 · Movie
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Movie
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
The Missing Lady
1946 · Movie
as Miss Millie
Lady on a Train
1945 · Movie
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Movie
as Miss Peavy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Movie
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Movie
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
1943 · Movie
as Martha Williams
I Married a Witch
1942 · Movie
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Apache Trail
1942 · Movie
as Passenger (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 · Movie
as Miss Updike
Obliging Young Lady
1942 · Movie
as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Movie
as Charwoman
Three Girls About Town
1941 · Movie
as Casket Customer
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
1940 · Movie
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
Little Men
1940 · Movie
as Head of Orphanage
Young People
1940 · Movie
as Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
Those Were the Days!
1940 · Movie
as Mrs. Moffett
What a Life
1939 · Movie
as Miss Eggleston
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · Movie
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Stagecoach
1939 · Movie
as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Movie
as Miss Jenkins
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
1939 · Movie
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938 · Movie
as Widow Peddie
International Settlement
1938 · Movie
as English Woman
Night of Mystery
1937 · Movie
Three Smart Boys
1937 · Movie
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Night Must Fall
1937 · Movie
Partners in Crime
1937 · Movie
as Housekeeper
She Asked for It
1937 · Movie
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937 · Movie
as Miss Swerf
Champagne Waltz
1937 · Movie
as Train Passenger
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Movie
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
1937 · Movie
as Dressmaker
The Mighty Treve
1937 · Movie
as Old Maid at Dog Show
Blossoms On Broadway
1937 · Movie
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
1936 · Movie
as School Teacher (uncredited)
College Holiday
1936 · Movie
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
1936 · Movie
as Mrs. Robinson
Fury
1936 · Movie
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Two in the Dark
1936 · Movie
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Movie
as Home Economics Woman
Dancing Pirate
1936 · Movie
as Landlady (uncredited)
Let's Make a Million
1936 · Movie
Laughing at Trouble
1936 · Movie
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
Girl of the Ozarks
1936 · Movie
as Miss Trent
Car 99
1935 · Movie
as Granny Adams
Slightly Static
1935 · Movie
as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
Way Down East
1935 · Movie
as Townswoman at Party
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935 · Movie
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
Memories and Melodies
1935 · Movie
as Customer (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935 · Movie
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Collegiate
1935 · Movie
as Miss Curtiss
Vagabond Lady
1935 · Movie
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Mixed Nuts
1934 · Movie
as Mrs. Twitchett
Laughing Boy
1934 · Movie
as Schoolteacher
Search for Beauty
1934 · Movie
as Miss Pettigrew
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One-Horse Farmers
1934 · Movie
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
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Opened by Mistake
1934 · Movie
as Head Nurse
The Merry Widow
1934 · Movie
as Animal Woman (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 · Movie
as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Chained
1934 · Movie
as Edith (uncredited)
You're Telling Me!
1934 · Movie
as Mrs. Price
The Spectacle Maker
1934 · Movie
as Duchess
Bachelor Bait
1934 · Movie
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman
1934 · Movie
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
Upperworld
1934 · Movie
as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
1933 · Movie
as Muriel's mother
Asleep in the Feet
1933 · Movie
as Female Police Officer
Peg o' My Heart
1933 · Movie
as Smythe (maid)
Going Hollywood
1933 · Movie
as Briarcroft's Teacher
Stage Mother
1933 · Movie
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
1933 · Movie
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
Fast Workers
1933 · Movie
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Design for Living
1933 · Movie
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
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Wreckety Wrecks
1933 · Movie
as Miss Winterbottom
Meet the Baron
1933 · Movie
as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
1933 · Movie
as Aunt Emily Banning
Hold Your Man
1933 · Movie
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
Girl Grief
1932 · Movie
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
Hot Saturday
1932 · Movie
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
Amateur Daddy
1932 · Movie
as Saleslady
Mr. Bride
1932 · Movie
as Mrs. Cecil
Young Bride
1932 · Movie
as Landlady (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Movie
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932 · Movie
as Missionary
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The Millionaire Cat
1932 · Movie
as Aunt Mathilda
Arrowsmith
1931 · Movie
as Nurse (uncredited)
East Lynne
1931 · Movie
as Charity Bazaar Committee
Everything’s Rosie
1931 · Movie
as Hotel Proprietress
The Ruling Voice
1931 · Movie
as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
Street Scene
1931 · Movie
as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Millie
1931 · Movie
as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
Seven Days Leave
1930 · Movie
as Amelia Twymley
Only Saps Work
1930 · Movie
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930 · Movie
Little Accident
1930 · Movie
as Dr. Zernecke
Hell's Angels
1930 · Movie
as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929 · Movie
as Old Witch
Footlights and Fools
1929 · Movie
as (uncredited)
A Trick of Hearts
1928 · Movie
as The Mayor
The Baby Cyclone
1928 · Movie
as Mrs. Crandall
The Cavalier
1928 · Movie
as Lucia's Aunt
Driftwood
1928 · Movie
as Mrs. Prouty
The Silent Rider
1927 · Movie
as Mrs. Randall
The Demi-Bride
1927 · Movie
as School Teacher
The Devil Dancer
1927 · Movie
as Julia
Sensation Seekers
1927 · Movie
as Mrs. Lodge
The Fortune Hunter
1927 · Movie
as Betty Carpenter
Girls
1927 · Movie
as Matron Helen Hunt
Too Many Crooks
1927 · Movie
as (uncredited)
Born to Battle
1927 · Movie
as Ma Cowan
Chip of the Flying U
1926 · Movie
as Dr. Cecil Grantham
Midnight Faces
1926 · Movie
as Mrs. Hart
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925 · Movie
as Countess Casanova
Three Weeks in Paris
1925 · Movie
The Deadwood Coach
1924 · Movie
as Matilda Shields - in play
Darwin Was Right
1924 · Movie
as Aunt Priscilla
Manslaughter
1922 · Movie
as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Timothy's Quest
1922 · Movie
as Townswoman
The Town That Forgot God
1922 · Movie
as (uncredited)
Footfalls
1921 · Movie
The Daughter Pays
1920 · Movie
Red Foam
1920 · Movie
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An Amateur Widow
1919 · Movie
Woman, Woman!
1919 · Movie
as Mrs. Lindsay
Miss Crusoe
1919 · Movie
as Miss Meeker (uncredited)
American Buds
1918 · Movie
as Emily
Prunella
1918 · Movie
Love Net
1918 · Movie
as Miss Prudence Tilly
By Hook or Crook
1918 · Movie
as Aunt Marie
Appearance of Evil
1918 · Movie
as Miss Spurgeon
The Zero Hour
1918 · Movie
as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
The Wild Girl
1917 · Movie
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
A Royal Romance
1917 · Movie
as Miss McPherson
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917 · Movie
as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
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Tillie Wakes Up
1917 · Movie
as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
The Social Secretary
1916 · Movie
as Spinster (uncredited)
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A Model Husband
1916 · Movie
as Mrs Gossip
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The Arrival of Perpetua
1915 · Movie
as Abigail Majendrie
