Nora Cecil
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 (145 titles)
7.2MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1964
6.1MovieMourning Becomes Electra
Louisa Ames · 1947
6.1MovieThe Sea of Grass
Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited) · 1947
5.5MovieBig Town
Miss Lovelace (uncredited) · 1946
4.8MovieThe Missing Lady
Miss Millie · 1946
6.3MovieTwo Sisters from Boston
Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited) · 1946
6.7MovieLady on a Train
1945
7.1MovieThe Thin Man Goes Home
Miss Peavy · 1944
6.9MovieThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hospital Nurse (uncredited) · 1944
7.1MovieHail the Conquering Hero
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited) · 1944
7.0MovieThe Unknown Guest
Martha Williams · 1943
6.9MovieI Married a Witch
Harriet Wooley (uncredited) · 1942
7.0MovieApache Trail
Passenger (uncredited) · 1942
5.5MovieThe Wife Takes a Flyer
Miss Updike · 1942
6.0MovieObliging Young Lady
Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited) · 1942
6.5MovieThree Girls About Town
Casket Customer · 1941
5.5MovieA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Charwoman · 1941
6.5MovieThe Bank Dick
Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited) · 1940
5.5MovieLittle Men
Head of Orphanage · 1940
5.3MovieYoung People
Righteous Old Lady (uncredited) · 1940
6.1MovieLucky Partners
Women's Club President (uncredited) · 1940
8.0MovieThose Were the Days!
Mrs. Moffett · 1940
10.0MovieWhat a Life
Miss Eggleston · 1939
7.6MovieSome Like It Hot
Mrs. Beckett (uncredited) · 1939
6.7MovieUnion Pacific
Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited) · 1939
6.3MovieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Miss Jenkins · 1939
7.6MovieStagecoach
Boone's Landlady (uncredited) · 1939
6.7MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited) · 1939
5.3MovieMr. Boggs Steps Out
Widow Peddie · 1938
6.0MovieInternational Settlement
English Woman · 1938