Nora Cecil

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: September 24, 1878

Deathday: May 01, 1951

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Known For

Night of Mystery
Night of Mystery

1937-05-21

Big Town
Big Town

1946-08-23

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
His Majesty, Bunker Bean

1925-09-14

Seven Footprints to Satan
Seven Footprints to Satan

1929-01-27

The Deadwood Coach
The Deadwood Coach

1924-12-07

The Wild Girl
The Wild Girl

1917-09-01

The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home

1944-12-24

The Silent Rider
The Silent Rider

1927-01-02

The Demi-Bride
The Demi-Bride

1927-02-19

Three Smart Boys
Three Smart Boys

1937-05-13

A Royal Romance
A Royal Romance

1917-04-30

Manslaughter
Manslaughter

1922-09-24

Night Must Fall
Night Must Fall

1937-04-30

Under Your Spell
Under Your Spell

1936-11-06

Nature in the Wrong
Nature in the Wrong

1933-03-18

A Trick of Hearts
A Trick of Hearts

1928-03-18

The Devil Dancer
The Devil Dancer

1927-11-03

Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith

1931-12-07

Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts

1934-02-16

Lady on a Train
Lady on a Train

1945-08-03

Seven Days Leave
Seven Days Leave

1930-01-24

Laughing Boy
Laughing Boy

1934-04-13

Footfalls
Footfalls

1921-09-08

Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Mr. Boggs Steps Out

1938-02-18

College Holiday
College Holiday

1936-12-19

Girl Grief
Girl Grief

1932-10-08

Little Miss Nobody
Little Miss Nobody

1936-06-05

Car 99
Car 99

1935-03-02

Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime

1937-10-08

Search for Beauty
Search for Beauty

1934-02-02

The Unknown Guest
The Unknown Guest

1943-10-22

Asleep in the Feet
Asleep in the Feet

1933-01-21

American Buds
American Buds

1918-02-24

She Asked for It
She Asked for It

1937-09-17

The Daughter Pays
The Daughter Pays

1920-11-10

What a Life
What a Life

1939-10-05

The Poor Little Rich Girl
The Poor Little Rich Girl

1917-03-05

Peg o' My Heart
Peg o' My Heart

1933-05-26

Chip of the Flying U
Chip of the Flying U

1926-03-14

Sensation Seekers
Sensation Seekers

1927-03-21

One-Horse Farmers
One-Horse Farmers

1934-08-01

Opened by Mistake
Opened by Mistake

1934-10-05

Easy Living
Easy Living

1937-07-16

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1944-09-18

Hot Saturday
Hot Saturday

1932-10-28

Slightly Static
Slightly Static

1935-09-07

Going Hollywood
Going Hollywood

1933-12-22

Way Down East
Way Down East

1935-10-25

East Lynne
East Lynne

1931-03-01

The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick

1940-11-29

Stage Mother
Stage Mother

1933-09-29

Only Saps Work
Only Saps Work

1930-12-05

King of the Jungle
King of the Jungle

1933-03-10

Everything’s Rosie
Everything’s Rosie

1931-05-22

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939-02-10

Stagecoach
Stagecoach

1939-03-03

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939-04-04

Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939-05-05

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

1930-05-02

Fury
Fury

1936-06-05

International Settlement
International Settlement

1938-02-04

Fast Workers
Fast Workers

1933-03-10

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot

1939-05-19

Design for Living
Design for Living

1933-12-29

Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra

1947-11-19

Amateur Daddy
Amateur Daddy

1932-04-10

The Fortune Hunter
The Fortune Hunter

1927-01-18

The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass

1947-04-25

The Social Secretary
The Social Secretary

1916-09-16

Tillie Wakes Up
Tillie Wakes Up

1917-01-29

Timothy's Quest
Timothy's Quest

1922-09-16

Two in the Dark
Two in the Dark

1936-01-10

Wreckety Wrecks
Wreckety Wrecks

1933-02-18

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941-03-14

Lucky Partners
Lucky Partners

1940-08-02

Little Men
Little Men

1940-11-29

Young People
Young People

1940-08-30

Champagne Waltz
Champagne Waltz

1937-02-05

Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred

1937-11-25

Meet the Baron
Meet the Baron

1933-10-20

The Big Broadcast of 1937
The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936-10-05

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow

1934-11-02

The Old-Fashioned Way
The Old-Fashioned Way

1934-07-13

Doctor Bull
Doctor Bull

1933-09-22

I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch

1942-10-30

Mr. Bride
Mr. Bride

1932-12-24

Three Girls About Town
Three Girls About Town

1941-10-23

Apache Trail
Apache Trail

1942-09-01

Footlights and Fools
Footlights and Fools

1929-11-08

The Wife Takes a Flyer
The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942-04-28

The Ruling Voice
The Ruling Voice

1931-09-10

Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935-01-04

Upperworld
Upperworld

1934-04-28

A Model Husband
A Model Husband

1916-03-29

Little Accident
Little Accident

1930-08-03

Obliging Young Lady
Obliging Young Lady

1942-04-01

Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels

1930-11-15

Memories and Melodies
Memories and Melodies

1935-02-16

Gold Diggers of 1935
Gold Diggers of 1935

1935-03-15

Young Bride
Young Bride

1932-04-08

Street Scene
Street Scene

1931-09-05

Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles

1932-09-16

Girls
Girls

1927-03-27

Chained
Chained

1934-08-31

Borrowing Trouble
Borrowing Trouble

1937-12-10

You're Telling Me!
You're Telling Me!

1934-04-06

The Baby Cyclone
The Baby Cyclone

1928-09-26

The Spectacle Maker
The Spectacle Maker

1934-09-20

The Mighty Treve
The Mighty Treve

1937-01-17

The Cavalier
The Cavalier

1928-11-01

Prunella
Prunella

1918-01-01

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy

1964-09-02

Midnight Faces
Midnight Faces

1926-03-24

Bachelor Bait
Bachelor Bait

1934-07-27

Millie
Millie

1931-02-06

Blossoms On Broadway
Blossoms On Broadway

1937-11-19

Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston

1946-06-06

Dancing Pirate
Dancing Pirate

1936-05-22

The Missing Lady
The Missing Lady

1946-08-17

Let's Make a Million
Let's Make a Million

1936-09-01

Too Many Crooks
Too Many Crooks

1927-04-02

Collegiate
Collegiate

1936-01-22

Love Net
Love Net

1918-12-23

By Hook or Crook
By Hook or Crook

1918-09-09

Vagabond Lady
Vagabond Lady

1935-05-03

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932-12-25

The Arrival of Perpetua
The Arrival of Perpetua

1915-03-29

Red Foam
Red Foam

1920-10-01

An Amateur Widow
An Amateur Widow

1919-05-26

Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero

1944-08-09

Hold Your Man
Hold Your Man

1933-06-30

Driftwood
Driftwood

1928-10-15

Laughing at Trouble
Laughing at Trouble

1936-12-11