Nora Cecil
Born September 24, 1878 (Age: 147)
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London, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
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as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 85
Lady on a Train
1945
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as
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Age: 66
I Married a Witch
1942
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as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
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Age: 64
Apache Trail
1942
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as Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 63
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
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as Miss Updike
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Age: 63
Obliging Young Lady
1942
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as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
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Age: 63
Three Girls About Town
1941
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as Casket Customer
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Age: 63
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
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as Charwoman
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Age: 62
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
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as Missionary
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Age: 54
Mr. Bride
1932
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as Mrs. Cecil
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Age: 54
Hot Saturday
1932
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as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
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Age: 54
No Image
The Millionaire Cat
1932
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as Aunt Mathilda
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Age: 54
Girl Grief
1932
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as Miss Tuttle, Principal
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Age: 54
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
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as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Amateur Daddy
1932
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as Saleslady
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Age: 53
Young Bride
1932
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as Landlady (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Arrowsmith
1931
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as Nurse (uncredited)
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Age: 53
The Ruling Voice
1931
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as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Street Scene
1931
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as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
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Age: 52
Everything’s Rosie
1931
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as Hotel Proprietress
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Age: 52
East Lynne
1931
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as Charity Bazaar Committee
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Age: 52
Millie
1931
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as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Only Saps Work
1930
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as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Hell's Angels
1930
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as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Little Accident
1930
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as Dr. Zernecke
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Age: 51
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
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as
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Age: 51
Seven Days Leave
1930
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as Amelia Twymley
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Age: 51
The Town That Forgot God
1922
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 44
Love Net
1918
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as Miss Prudence Tilly
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Age: 40
The Zero Hour
1918
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as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Appearance of Evil
1918
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as Miss Spurgeon
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Age: 40
By Hook or Crook
1918
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as Aunt Marie
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Age: 39
American Buds
1918
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as Emily
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Age: 39
No Image
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
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as Abigail Majendrie
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Age: 36