Nora Cecil

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

139

Gender

Female

Birthday

1878-09-24

Day of death

1951-05-01 (72 years old)

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 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.

Known For

  • Gold Diggers of 1935

    Gold Diggers of 1935

  • Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    His Majesty, Bunker Bean

  • Fast Workers

    Fast Workers

  • Stage Mother

    Stage Mother

  • Laughing at Trouble

    Laughing at Trouble

  • Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters from Boston

  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    Pack Up Your Troubles

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • The Thin Man Goes Home

    The Thin Man Goes Home

  • Borrowing Trouble

    Borrowing Trouble

  • Sensation Seekers

    Sensation Seekers

  • Manslaughter

    Manslaughter

  • King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

  • Hail the Conquering Hero

    Hail the Conquering Hero

  • The Old-Fashioned Way

    The Old-Fashioned Way

  • Mixed Nuts

    Mixed Nuts

  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • I Married a Witch

    I Married a Witch

  • Seven Footprints to Satan

    Seven Footprints to Satan

  • The Mighty Treve

    The Mighty Treve

  • Fury

    Fury

  • The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

  • Champagne Waltz

    Champagne Waltz

  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

  • Slightly Static

    Slightly Static

  • Night Must Fall

    Night Must Fall

  • Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

  • Seven Days Leave

    Seven Days Leave

  • The Cavalier

    The Cavalier

  • Biography of a Bachelor Girl

    Biography of a Bachelor Girl

  • The Sea of Grass

    The Sea of Grass

  • Timothy's Quest

    Timothy's Quest

  • Those Were the Days!

    Those Were the Days!

  • Everything’s Rosie

    Everything’s Rosie

  • Driftwood

    Driftwood

  • Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

  • Footlights and Fools

    Footlights and Fools

  • Dancing Pirate

    Dancing Pirate

  • Hold Your Man

    Hold Your Man

  • Once to Every Woman

    Once to Every Woman

  • The Big Broadcast of 1937

    The Big Broadcast of 1937

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy

  • Two in the Dark

    Two in the Dark

  • The Daughter Pays

    The Daughter Pays

  • The Devil Dancer

    The Devil Dancer

  • The Deadwood Coach

    The Deadwood Coach

  • Chained

    Chained

  • Stagecoach

    Stagecoach

  • Blossoms On Broadway

    Blossoms On Broadway

  • Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith

  • What a Life

    What a Life

  • Design for Living

    Design for Living

  • The Unknown Guest

    The Unknown Guest

  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

  • Three Smart Boys

    Three Smart Boys

  • College Holiday

    College Holiday

  • Under Your Spell

    Under Your Spell

  • The Baby Cyclone

    The Baby Cyclone

  • Millie

    Millie

  • Little Men

    Little Men

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • Young Bride

    Young Bride

  • Footfalls

    Footfalls

  • Let's Make a Million

    Let's Make a Million

  • Asleep in the Feet

    Asleep in the Feet

  • Collegiate

    Collegiate

  • Car 99

    Car 99

  • The Millionaire Cat

    The Millionaire Cat

  • Going Hollywood

    Going Hollywood

  • Doctor Bull

    Doctor Bull

  • Memories and Melodies

    Memories and Melodies

  • The Fortune Hunter

    The Fortune Hunter

  • Little Miss Nobody

    Little Miss Nobody

  • Nature in the Wrong

    Nature in the Wrong

  • Three Girls About Town

    Three Girls About Town

  • Upperworld

    Upperworld

  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

  • Vagabond Lady

    Vagabond Lady

  • Street Scene

    Street Scene

  • By Hook or Crook

    By Hook or Crook

  • Big Town

    Big Town

  • A Model Husband

    A Model Husband

  • Night of Mystery

    Night of Mystery

  • Young People

    Young People

  • Bachelor Bait

    Bachelor Bait

  • Mr. Bride

    Mr. Bride

  • Lucky Partners

    Lucky Partners

  • Hot Saturday

    Hot Saturday

  • The Social Secretary

    The Social Secretary

  • Hell's Angels

    Hell's Angels

  • Girl Grief

    Girl Grief

  • One-Horse Farmers

    One-Horse Farmers

  • An Amateur Widow

    An Amateur Widow

  • Too Many Crooks

    Too Many Crooks

  • Mr. Boggs Steps Out

    Mr. Boggs Steps Out

  • Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

  • Opened by Mistake

    Opened by Mistake

  • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

  • Way Down East

    Way Down East

  • The Spectacle Maker

    The Spectacle Maker

  • The Wild Girl

    The Wild Girl

  • The Poor Little Rich Girl

    The Poor Little Rich Girl

  • You're Telling Me!

    You're Telling Me!

  • The Demi-Bride

    The Demi-Bride

  • Obliging Young Lady

    Obliging Young Lady

  • The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

  • Wreckety Wrecks

    Wreckety Wrecks

  • International Settlement

    International Settlement

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

  • The Ruling Voice

    The Ruling Voice

  • Peg o' My Heart

    Peg o' My Heart

  • Chip of the Flying U

    Chip of the Flying U

  • Amateur Daddy

    Amateur Daddy

  • Search for Beauty

    Search for Beauty

  • A Trick of Hearts

    A Trick of Hearts

  • Midnight Faces

    Midnight Faces

  • The Missing Lady

    The Missing Lady

  • The Arrival of Perpetua

    The Arrival of Perpetua

  • She Asked for It

    She Asked for It

  • Girl of the Ozarks

    Girl of the Ozarks

  • Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

  • East Lynne

    East Lynne

  • Little Accident

    Little Accident

  • Love Net

    Love Net

  • Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

  • Apache Trail

    Apache Trail

  • American Buds

    American Buds

  • Born to Battle

    Born to Battle

  • A Royal Romance

    A Royal Romance

  • Tillie Wakes Up

    Tillie Wakes Up

  • Red Foam

    Red Foam

  • The Silent Rider

    The Silent Rider

  • Girls

    Girls

  • Woman, Woman!

    Woman, Woman!

  • Prunella

    Prunella