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Nora Cecil

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1878-09-24

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941

4.7

Movie
A Model Husband

A Model Husband

1916

5.0

Movie
A Royal Romance

A Royal Romance

1917

0.0

Movie
A Trick of Hearts

A Trick of Hearts

1928

0.0

Movie
Amateur Daddy

Amateur Daddy

1932

0.0

Movie
American Buds

American Buds

1918

0.0

Movie
An Amateur Widow

An Amateur Widow

1919

0.0

Movie
Apache Trail

Apache Trail

1942

6.4

Movie
Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith

1931

6.5

Movie
Asleep in the Feet

Asleep in the Feet

1933

1.0

Movie
Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait

1934

5.7

Movie
Big Town

Big Town

1946

4.8

Movie
Biography of a Bachelor Girl

Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935

6.3

Movie
Blossoms On Broadway

Blossoms On Broadway

1937

4.0

Movie
Borrowing Trouble

Borrowing Trouble

1937

6.0

Movie
By Hook or Crook

By Hook or Crook

1918

0.0

Movie
Car 99

Car 99

1935

5.0

Movie
Chained

Chained

1934

6.8

Movie
Champagne Waltz

Champagne Waltz

1937

0.0

Movie
Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U

1926

0.0

Movie
College Holiday

College Holiday

1936

5.2

Movie
Collegiate

Collegiate

1936

0.0

Movie
Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate

1936

5.6

Movie
Design for Living

Design for Living

1933

7.1

Movie
Doctor Bull

Doctor Bull

1933

6.6

Movie
East Lynne

East Lynne

1931

6.3

Movie
Easy Living

Easy Living

1937

7.0

Movie
Everything’s Rosie

Everything’s Rosie

1931

4.0

Movie
Fast Workers

Fast Workers

1933

5.3

Movie
Footfalls

Footfalls

1921

0.0

Movie
Footlights and Fools

Footlights and Fools

1929

0.0

Movie
Fury

Fury

1936

7.5

Movie
Girl Grief

Girl Grief

1932

5.0

Movie
Girls

Girls

1927

4.5

Movie
Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood

1933

5.5

Movie
Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935

6.4

Movie
Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

7.0

Movie
Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels

1930

6.4

Movie
His Majesty, Bunker Bean

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

1925

0.0

Movie
Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man

1933

6.1

Movie
Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday

1932

6.6

Movie
I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

6.8

Movie
International Settlement

International Settlement

1938

5.0

Movie
King of the Jungle

King of the Jungle

1933

5.0

Movie
Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

1945

6.5

Movie
Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy

1934

3.6

Movie
Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million

1936

0.0

Movie
Little Accident

Little Accident

1930

0.0

Movie
Little Men

Little Men

1940

6.1

Movie
Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody

1936

6.0

Movie
Love Net

Love Net

1918

0.0

Movie
Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners

1940

5.9

Movie
Manslaughter

Manslaughter

1922

5.4

Movie
Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron

1933

4.3

Movie
Memories and Melodies

Memories and Melodies

1935

0.0

Movie
Midnight Faces

Midnight Faces

1926

4.5

Movie
Millie

Millie

1931

5.6

Movie
Mixed Nuts

Mixed Nuts

1934

6.2

Movie
Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

6.3

Movie
Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

1938

5.5

Movie
Mr. Bride

Mr. Bride

1932

5.5

Movie
Nature in the Wrong

Nature in the Wrong

1933

0.0

Movie
Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall

1937

7.1

Movie
Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery

1937

0.0

Movie
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

1937

6.2

Movie
Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady

1942

5.0

Movie
One-Horse Farmers

One-Horse Farmers

1934

0.0

Movie
Only Saps Work

Only Saps Work

1930

5.5

Movie
Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

1934

0.0

Movie
Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

6.7

Movie
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

1937

0.0

Movie
Peg o' My Heart

Peg o' My Heart

1933

5.2

Movie
Prunella

Prunella

1918

0.0

Movie
Red Foam

Red Foam

1920

0.0

Movie
Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

1934

5.9

Movie
Sensation Seekers

Sensation Seekers

1927

6.4

Movie
Seven Days Leave

Seven Days Leave

1930

7.0

Movie
Seven Footprints to Satan

Seven Footprints to Satan

1929

6.0

Movie
She Asked for It

She Asked for It

1937

6.0

Movie
Slightly Static

Slightly Static

1935

0.0

Movie
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1939

7.2

Movie
Stage Mother

Stage Mother

1933

5.0

Movie
Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1939

7.6

Movie
Street Scene

Street Scene

1931

6.8

Movie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939

6.4

Movie
The Arrival of Perpetua

The Arrival of Perpetua

1915

0.0

Movie
The Baby Cyclone

The Baby Cyclone

1928

0.0

Movie
The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

6.5

Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

5.3

Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

6.3

Movie
The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

6.1

Movie
The Cavalier

The Cavalier

1928

0.0

Movie
The Daughter Pays

The Daughter Pays

1920

0.0

Movie
The Deadwood Coach

The Deadwood Coach

1924

0.0

Movie
The Demi-Bride

The Demi-Bride

1927

0.0

Movie
The Devil Dancer

The Devil Dancer

1927

5.0

Movie
The Fortune Hunter

The Fortune Hunter

1927

0.0

Movie
The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

1934

6.7

Movie
The Mighty Treve

The Mighty Treve

1937

6.0

Movie
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1943

6.9

Movie
The Missing Lady

The Missing Lady

1946

4.8

Movie
The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way

1934

7.1

Movie
The Poor Little Rich Girl

The Poor Little Rich Girl

1917

5.8

Movie
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

1930

5.0

Movie
The Ruling Voice

The Ruling Voice

1931

6.0

Movie
The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

1947

6.2

Movie
The Silent Rider

The Silent Rider

1927

0.0

Movie
The Social Secretary

The Social Secretary

1916

5.6

Movie
The Spectacle Maker

The Spectacle Maker

1934

5.6

Movie
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939

5.9

Movie
The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

7.1

Movie
The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest

1943

0.0

Movie
The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

1942

4.5

Movie
The Wild Girl

The Wild Girl

1917

0.0

Movie
Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town

1941

5.3

Movie
Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys

1937

6.5

Movie
Tillie Wakes Up

Tillie Wakes Up

1917

6.0

Movie
Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest

1922

6.3

Movie
Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks

1927

0.0

Movie
Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark

1936

5.9

Movie
Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

5.8

Movie
Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell

1936

7.0

Movie
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939

6.5

Movie
Upperworld

Upperworld

1934

6.3

Movie
Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady

1935

7.2

Movie
Way Down East

Way Down East

1935

3.0

Movie
What a Life

What a Life

1939

0.0

Movie
Wreckety Wrecks

Wreckety Wrecks

1933

0.0

Movie
You're Telling Me!

You're Telling Me!

1934

6.4

Movie
Young Bride

Young Bride

1932

3.0

Movie
Young People

Young People

1940

4.6

Movie