Nora Cecil

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1878-09-24 (73 years old)

Deathday

1951-05-01

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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 ...

Acting

1946

Big Town

as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)

1925

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

as Countess Casanova

1924

The Deadwood Coach

as Matilda Shields - in play

1917

The Wild Girl

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1944

1927

The Silent Rider

as Mrs. Randall

1927

The Demi-Bride

as School Teacher

1937

Three Smart Boys

as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent

1917

A Royal Romance

as Miss McPherson

1922

Manslaughter

as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)

1936

Under Your Spell

as School Teacher (uncredited)

1933

Nature in the Wrong

as Muriel's mother

1928

A Trick of Hearts

as The Mayor

1927

1931

Arrowsmith

as Nurse (uncredited)

1934

Mixed Nuts

as Mrs. Twitchett

1930

Seven Days Leave

as Amelia Twymley

1934

Laughing Boy

as Schoolteacher

1938

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

as Widow Peddie

1936

College Holiday

as Miss Elkins (uncredited)

1932

Girl Grief

as Miss Tuttle, Principal

1936

Little Miss Nobody

as Mrs. Robinson

1935

Car 99

as Granny Adams

1937

Partners in Crime

as Housekeeper

1934

Search for Beauty

as Miss Pettigrew

1943

The Unknown Guest

as Martha Williams

1933

Asleep in the Feet

as Female Police Officer

1918

1937

She Asked for It

as Elderly lady (uncredited)

1939

What a Life

as Miss Eggleston

1917

The Poor Little Rich Girl

as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)

1933

Peg o' My Heart

as Smythe (maid)

1926

Chip of the Flying U

as Dr. Cecil Grantham

1927

Sensation Seekers

as Mrs. Lodge

1934

One-Horse Farmers

as Subway Passenger (uncredited)

1934

Opened by Mistake

as Head Nurse

1937

Easy Living

as Miss Swerf

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1932

Hot Saturday

as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)

1935

Slightly Static

as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)

1933

Going Hollywood

as Briarcroft's Teacher

1935

Way Down East

as Townswoman at Party

1931

East Lynne

as Charity Bazaar Committee

1940

The Bank Dick

as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)

1933

Stage Mother

as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)

1930

Only Saps Work

as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)

1933

King of the Jungle

as Spinster in park (uncredited)

1931

Everything’s Rosie

as Hotel Proprietress

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)

1939

Stagecoach

as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)

1936

Fury

as Albert's Mother (uncredited)

1938

International Settlement

as English Woman

1933

Fast Workers

as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)

1939

Some Like It Hot

as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)

1933

Design for Living

as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)

1947

1932

Amateur Daddy

as Saleslady

1927

The Fortune Hunter

as Betty Carpenter

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)

1916

The Social Secretary

as Spinster (uncredited)

1917

Tillie Wakes Up

as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken

1922

Timothy's Quest

as Townswoman

1936

Two in the Dark

as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)

1933

Wreckety Wrecks

as Miss Winterbottom

1941

1940

Lucky Partners

as Women's Club President (uncredited)

1940

Little Men

as Head of Orphanage

1940

Young People

as Righteous Old Lady

1937

Champagne Waltz

as Train Passenger

1937

Nothing Sacred

as Schoolteacher (uncredited)

1933

Meet the Baron

as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)

1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937

as Home Economics Woman

1934

The Merry Widow

as Animal Woman (uncredited)

1934

The Old-Fashioned Way

as Mrs. Wendelschaffer

1933

Doctor Bull

as Aunt Emily Banning

1942

I Married a Witch

as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)

1932

Mr. Bride

as Mrs. Cecil

1941

Three Girls About Town

as Casket Customer

1942

Apache Trail

as Passenger (uncredited)

1929

Footlights and Fools

as (uncredited)

1942

1931

The Ruling Voice

as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)

1935

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

as Ship's Matron (uncredited)

1934

Upperworld

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1916

A Model Husband

as Mrs Gossip

1930

Little Accident

as Dr. Zernecke

1942

Obliging Young Lady

as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)

1930

Hell's Angels

as Helen's Maid (uncredited)

1935

Memories and Melodies

as Customer (uncredited)

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1932

Young Bride

as Landlady (uncredited)

1931

Street Scene

as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker

1932

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)

1927

Girls

as Matron Helen Hunt

1934

Chained

as Edith (uncredited)

1937

Borrowing Trouble

as Dressmaker

1934

You're Telling Me!

as Mrs. Price

1928

The Baby Cyclone

as Mrs. Crandall

1934

1937

The Mighty Treve

as Old Maid at Dog Show

1928

The Cavalier

as Lucia's Aunt

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1926

Midnight Faces

as Mrs. Hart

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)

1931

Millie

as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Leader of Committee (uncredited)

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)

1936

Dancing Pirate

as Landlady (uncredited)

1946

The Missing Lady

as Miss Millie

1927

Too Many Crooks

as (uncredited)

1936

Collegiate

as Miss Curtiss

1918

Love Net

as Miss Prudence Tilly

1918

By Hook or Crook

as Aunt Marie

1935

Vagabond Lady

as Miss Perkins (uncredited)

1915

The Arrival of Perpetua

as Abigail Majendrie

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

1933

Hold Your Man

as Miss Campbell (uncredited)

1928

Driftwood

as Mrs. Prouty

1936

Laughing at Trouble

as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman

1919

Woman, Woman!

as Mrs. Lindsay

1934

Once to Every Woman

as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)

1940

Those Were the Days!

as Mrs. Moffett

1936

Girl of the Ozarks

as Miss Trent

1932

The Millionaire Cat

as Aunt Mathilda

1927

Born to Battle

as Ma Cowan

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