Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1878-09-24 (73 years old)
Deathday
1951-05-01
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also known As
Norah Cecile
Nora Cecile
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 ...
1937
1946
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
1925
as Countess Casanova
1929
as Old Witch
1924
as Matilda Shields - in play
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1944
as Miss Peavy
1927
as Mrs. Randall
1927
as School Teacher
1937
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
1917
as Miss McPherson
1922
as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
1937
1936
as School Teacher (uncredited)
1933
as Muriel's mother
1928
as The Mayor
1927
as Julia
1931
as Nurse (uncredited)
1934
as Mrs. Twitchett
1945
1930
as Amelia Twymley
1934
as Schoolteacher
1921
1938
as Widow Peddie
1936
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
1932
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
1936
as Mrs. Robinson
1935
as Granny Adams
1937
as Housekeeper
1934
as Miss Pettigrew
1943
as Martha Williams
1933
as Female Police Officer
1918
as Emily
1937
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
1939
as Miss Eggleston
1917
as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
1933
as Smythe (maid)
1926
as Dr. Cecil Grantham
1927
as Mrs. Lodge
1934
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934
as Head Nurse
1937
as Miss Swerf
1944
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1932
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
1935
as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
1933
as Briarcroft's Teacher
1935
as Townswoman at Party
1931
as Charity Bazaar Committee
1940
as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
1933
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
1930
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
1933
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
1931
as Hotel Proprietress
1939
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
1939
as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
1939
as Miss Jenkins
1939
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
1936
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
1938
as English Woman
1933
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
1939
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
1933
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
1947
as Louisa Ames
1932
as Saleslady
1927
as Betty Carpenter
1947
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
1916
as Spinster (uncredited)
1917
as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
1922
as Townswoman
1936
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
1933
as Miss Winterbottom
1941
as Charwoman
1940
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
1940
as Head of Orphanage
1940
as Righteous Old Lady
1937
as Train Passenger
1937
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1933
as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
1936
as Home Economics Woman
1934
as Animal Woman (uncredited)
1934
as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
1933
as Aunt Emily Banning
1942
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
1932
as Mrs. Cecil
1941
as Casket Customer
1942
as Passenger (uncredited)
1929
as (uncredited)
1942
as Miss Updike
1931
as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
1935
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
1934
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1916
as Mrs Gossip
1930
as Dr. Zernecke
1942
as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
1930
as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
1935
as Customer (uncredited)
1935
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
1931
as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
1932
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
1927
as Matron Helen Hunt
1934
as Edith (uncredited)
1937
as Dressmaker
1934
as Mrs. Price
1928
as Mrs. Crandall
1934
as Duchess
1937
as Old Maid at Dog Show
1928
as Lucia's Aunt
1918
1964
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1926
as Mrs. Hart
1934
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
1931
as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
1937
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
1946
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
1936
as Landlady (uncredited)
1946
as Miss Millie
1927
as (uncredited)
1936
as Miss Curtiss
1918
as Miss Prudence Tilly
1918
as Aunt Marie
1935
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
1932
as Missionary
1915
as Abigail Majendrie
1920
1919
1944
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1933
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
1928
as Mrs. Prouty
1936
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
1919
as Mrs. Lindsay
1934
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
1940
as Mrs. Moffett
1936
as Miss Trent
1932
as Aunt Mathilda
1927
as Ma Cowan
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