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Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

147

Movies

145

TV

0

Born
September 24, 1878 – May 1, 1951
From
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.

Works

145 films

Stagecoach

Stagecoach

19397.6

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

19426.9

Union Pacific

Union Pacific

19396.7

Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels

19306.6

Easy Living

Easy Living

19377.2

Fury

Fury

19367.5

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

19406.5

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

19447.1

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

19396.3

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

19396.7

Woman, Woman!

Woman, Woman!

1919

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

19376.3

Young People

Young People

19405.3

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

19647.2

Miss Crusoe

Miss Crusoe

19199.0

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

19326.3

Collegiate

Collegiate

19357.0

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

19326.8

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

19346.7

Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait

19346.5

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

19446.8

Design for Living

Design for Living

19337.1

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

You're Telling Me!

You're Telling Me!

19346.3

Footfalls

Footfalls

192110.0

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

19456.7

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

19466.3

Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady

19426.0

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

19447.1

Girl Grief

Girl Grief

19327.0

Chained

Chained

19347.0

Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery

193710.0

The Demi-Bride

The Demi-Bride

19278.0

International Settlement

International Settlement

19386.0

A Model Husband

A Model Husband

19166.5

The Missing Lady

The Missing Lady

19464.8

Stage Mother

Stage Mother

19336.3

Prunella

Prunella

1918

Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate

19365.7

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

19476.1

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

19356.8

Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron

19335.3

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

19397.6

Way Down East

Way Down East

19354.3

Girls

Girls

19274.8

Champagne Waltz

Champagne Waltz

193710.0

Street Scene

Street Scene

19316.8

Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

19348.0

Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady

19357.2

Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town

19416.5

What a Life

What a Life

193910.0

The Town That Forgot God

The Town That Forgot God

19228.0

Mixed Nuts

Mixed Nuts

19347.1

College Holiday

College Holiday

19365.7

The Social Secretary

The Social Secretary

19165.6

Footlights and Fools

Footlights and Fools

19297.0

Peg o' My Heart

Peg o' My Heart

19335.0

Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

19345.5

The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest

19437.0

Car 99

Car 99

19357.5

Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall

19377.0

The Arrival of Perpetua

The Arrival of Perpetua

1915

Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday

19326.6

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners

19406.1

Millie

Millie

19315.3

Only Saps Work

Only Saps Work

19306.0

The Zero Hour

The Zero Hour

1918

Big Town

Big Town

19465.5

Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood

19335.5

Doctor Bull

Doctor Bull

19336.7

Apache Trail

Apache Trail

19426.9

Little Men

Little Men

19405.5

Seven Days Leave

Seven Days Leave

19306.8

The Ruling Voice

The Ruling Voice

19316.2

Manslaughter

Manslaughter

19225.5

Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith

19316.6

Amateur Daddy

Amateur Daddy

193210.0

The Devil Dancer

The Devil Dancer

19275.7

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

19425.5

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

19356.5

Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell

19367.3

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

19305.3

Upperworld

Upperworld

19346.1

East Lynne

East Lynne

19316.5

Three Weeks in Paris

Three Weeks in Paris

19258.0

The Poor Little Rich Girl

The Poor Little Rich Girl

19175.7

Love Net

Love Net

19187.0

Appearance of Evil

Appearance of Evil

1918

Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks

192710.0

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

19385.3

King of the Jungle

King of the Jungle

19335.8

Girl of the Ozarks

Girl of the Ozarks

19366.5

Everything’s Rosie

Everything’s Rosie

19316.0

The Fortune Hunter

The Fortune Hunter

19278.0

Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man

19336.3

Tillie Wakes Up

Tillie Wakes Up

19176.0

Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody

19367.5

Darwin Was Right

Darwin Was Right

19247.0

Slightly Static

Slightly Static

19359.0

Fast Workers

Fast Workers

19335.0

Laughing at Trouble

Laughing at Trouble

19368.0

Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark

19366.1

Young Bride

Young Bride

19324.2

An Amateur Widow

An Amateur Widow

1919

The Wild Girl

The Wild Girl

191710.0

Wreckety Wrecks

Wreckety Wrecks

193310.0

The Deadwood Coach

The Deadwood Coach

19249.0

She Asked for It

She Asked for It

19378.0

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

19366.2

Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million

19367.5

Those Were the Days!

Those Were the Days!

19408.0

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

19415.5

By Hook or Crook

By Hook or Crook

19189.0

Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

19343.7

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

19259.0

Asleep in the Feet

Asleep in the Feet

19334.8

Borrowing Trouble

Borrowing Trouble

19377.0

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

19378.0

Seven Footprints to Satan

Seven Footprints to Satan

19296.2

The Silent Rider

The Silent Rider

192710.0

The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way

19347.2

The Spectacle Maker

The Spectacle Maker

19346.3

The Cavalier

The Cavalier

19287.0

Once to Every Woman

Once to Every Woman

19346.1

The Mighty Treve

The Mighty Treve

19377.5

Little Accident

Little Accident

19309.0

Midnight Faces

Midnight Faces

19266.8

The Baby Cyclone

The Baby Cyclone

19288.0

Blossoms On Broadway

Blossoms On Broadway

19374.8

Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys

19376.8

Mr. Bride

Mr. Bride

19325.8

Born to Battle

Born to Battle

19277.0

Sensation Seekers

Sensation Seekers

19276.7

The Daughter Pays

The Daughter Pays

19207.0

A Trick of Hearts

A Trick of Hearts

19288.0

One-Horse Farmers

One-Horse Farmers

19348.0

A Royal Romance

A Royal Romance

1917

Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U

19269.0

The Millionaire Cat

The Millionaire Cat

193210.0

Red Foam

Red Foam

19208.0

Driftwood

Driftwood

19289.0

Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest

19226.9

American Buds

American Buds

1918

Memories and Melodies

Memories and Melodies

19357.0

Nature in the Wrong

Nature in the Wrong

19336.5