7.2
7.2
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Acting
Born:September 24, 1878
Died:May 1, 1951(aged 72)
Birthplace:London, England, UK
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (118 movies)
7.2
7.2
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
7.1
7.1
Design for Living
1933
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
7.1
7.1
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
7.1
7.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Miss Peavy
7.0
7.0
Seven Days Leave
1930
as Amelia Twymley
7.0
7.0
Easy Living
1937
as Miss Swerf
6.9
6.9
Night Must Fall
1937
6.8
6.8
Chained
1934
as Edith (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
I Married a Witch
1942
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Street Scene
1931
as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
6.6
6.6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
as Nurse (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Doctor Bull
1933
as Aunt Emily Banning
6.5
6.5
Three Smart Boys
1937
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
6.4
6.4
Hot Saturday
1932
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Hell's Angels
1930
as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Apache Trail
1942
as Passenger (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Timothy's Quest
1922
as Townswoman
6.4
6.4
Sensation Seekers
1927
as Mrs. Lodge
6.3
6.3
East Lynne
1931
as Charity Bazaar Committee
6.3
6.3
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Upperworld
1934
as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
You're Telling Me!
1934
as Mrs. Price
6.2
6.2
Mixed Nuts
1934
as Mrs. Twitchett
6.2
6.2
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Missionary
6.1
6.1
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
as Old Witch
6.1
6.1
Hold Your Man
1933
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Louisa Ames
6.0
6.0
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Robinson
6.0
6.0
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Dressmaker
6.0
6.0
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
6.0
6.0
The Ruling Voice
1931
as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
She Asked for It
1937
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
as Miss Trent
6.0
6.0
Tillie Wakes Up
1917
as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
6.0
6.0
Lucky Partners
1940
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Two in the Dark
1936
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
The Spectacle Maker
1934
as Duchess
5.6
5.6
The Social Secretary
1916
as Spinster (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
International Settlement
1938
as English Woman
5.5
5.5
Dancing Pirate
1936
as Landlady (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Only Saps Work
1930
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Mr. Bride
1932
as Mrs. Cecil
5.4
5.4
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Home Economics Woman
5.3
5.3
Going Hollywood
1933
as Briarcroft's Teacher
5.3
5.3
Search for Beauty
1934
as Miss Pettigrew
5.2
5.2
College Holiday
1936
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
5.1
5.1
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938
as Widow Peddie
5.0
5.0
The Devil Dancer
1927
as Julia
5.0
5.0
King of the Jungle
1933
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
5.0
5.0
A Model Husband
1916
as Mrs Gossip
5.0
5.0
Girl Grief
1932
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
5.0
5.0
Car 99
1935
as Granny Adams
5.0
5.0
Millie
1931
as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Stage Mother
1933
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Big Town
1946
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
4.7
4.7
Fast Workers
1933
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
4.7
4.7
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Charwoman
4.6
4.6
The Missing Lady
1946
as Miss Millie
4.5
4.5
Midnight Faces
1926
as Mrs. Hart
4.4
4.4
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Smythe (maid)
4.0
4.0
Everything’s Rosie
1931
as Hotel Proprietress
3.7
3.7
Blossoms On Broadway
1937
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
3.3
3.3
Girls
1927
as Matron Helen Hunt
3.2
3.2
Laughing Boy
1934
as Schoolteacher
3.0
3.0
Way Down East
1935
as Townswoman at Party
3.0
3.0
Young Bride
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
1.0
1.0
Asleep in the Feet
1933
as Female Police Officer
Wreckety Wrecks
1933
as Miss Winterbottom
Amateur Daddy
1932
as Saleslady
The Town That Forgot God
1922
as (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Muriel's mother
Footlights and Fools
1929
as (uncredited)
Little Accident
1930
as Dr. Zernecke
The Millionaire Cat
1932
as Aunt Mathilda
Collegiate
1936
as Miss Curtiss
Prunella
1918
Memories and Melodies
1935
as Customer (uncredited)
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
as Countess Casanova
The Fortune Hunter
1927
as Betty Carpenter
Driftwood
1928
as Mrs. Prouty
The Demi-Bride
1927
as School Teacher
The Wild Girl
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Silent Rider
1927
as Mrs. Randall
Let's Make a Million
1936
Too Many Crooks
1927
as (uncredited)
Love Net
1918
as Miss Prudence Tilly
A Royal Romance
1917
as Miss McPherson
A Trick of Hearts
1928
as The Mayor
Footfalls
1921
Partners in Crime
1937
as Housekeeper
American Buds
1918
as Emily
The Daughter Pays
1920
The Unknown Guest
1943
as Martha Williams
By Hook or Crook
1918
as Aunt Marie
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
as Abigail Majendrie
Red Foam
1920
An Amateur Widow
1919
Woman, Woman!
1919
as Mrs. Lindsay
Born to Battle
1927
as Ma Cowan
Night of Mystery
1937
The Cavalier
1928
as Lucia's Aunt
What a Life
1939
as Miss Eggleston
Chip of the Flying U
1926
as Dr. Cecil Grantham
One-Horse Farmers
1934
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Head Nurse
Slightly Static
1935
as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
The Baby Cyclone
1928
as Mrs. Crandall
The Deadwood Coach
1924
as Matilda Shields - in play
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