Nora Cecil

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

141

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

  • Collegiate

    Collegiate

  • Manslaughter

    Manslaughter

  • Sensation Seekers

    Sensation Seekers

  • Fast Workers

    Fast Workers

  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

  • The Cavalier

    The Cavalier

  • Borrowing Trouble

    Borrowing Trouble

  • Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

  • Young People

    Young People

  • Car 99

    Car 99

  • Girl Grief

    Girl Grief

  • Stagecoach

    Stagecoach

  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

  • The Big Broadcast of 1937

    The Big Broadcast of 1937

  • Mixed Nuts

    Mixed Nuts

  • Doctor Bull

    Doctor Bull

  • Young Bride

    Young Bride

  • Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters from Boston

  • Chained

    Chained

  • Design for Living

    Design for Living

  • Night Must Fall

    Night Must Fall

  • Going Hollywood

    Going Hollywood

  • Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith

  • College Holiday

    College Holiday

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • Hot Saturday

    Hot Saturday

  • Footfalls

    Footfalls

  • The Thin Man Goes Home

    The Thin Man Goes Home

  • Mr. Bride

    Mr. Bride

  • Little Men

    Little Men

  • Bachelor Bait

    Bachelor Bait

  • Slightly Static

    Slightly Static

  • Hell's Angels

    Hell's Angels

  • I Married a Witch

    I Married a Witch

  • Street Scene

    Street Scene

  • Upperworld

    Upperworld

  • The Sea of Grass

    The Sea of Grass

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • Big Town

    Big Town

  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    Pack Up Your Troubles

  • Lucky Partners

    Lucky Partners

  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

  • Hold Your Man

    Hold Your Man

  • Gold Diggers of 1935

    Gold Diggers of 1935

  • An Amateur Widow

    An Amateur Widow

  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

  • Seven Footprints to Satan

    Seven Footprints to Satan

  • Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

  • The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

    The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

  • The Old-Fashioned Way

    The Old-Fashioned Way

  • Laughing at Trouble

    Laughing at Trouble

  • Hail the Conquering Hero

    Hail the Conquering Hero

  • Night of Mystery

    Night of Mystery

  • King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

  • Under Your Spell

    Under Your Spell

  • Too Many Crooks

    Too Many Crooks

  • Appearance of Evil

    Appearance of Evil

  • Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

  • Footlights and Fools

    Footlights and Fools

  • The Daughter Pays

    The Daughter Pays

  • Seven Days Leave

    Seven Days Leave

  • Blossoms On Broadway

    Blossoms On Broadway

  • Fury

    Fury

  • The Social Secretary

    The Social Secretary

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • The Deadwood Coach

    The Deadwood Coach

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • The Mighty Treve

    The Mighty Treve

  • Biography of a Bachelor Girl

    Biography of a Bachelor Girl

  • One-Horse Farmers

    One-Horse Farmers

  • Amateur Daddy

    Amateur Daddy

  • Everything’s Rosie

    Everything’s Rosie

  • What a Life

    What a Life

  • Two in the Dark

    Two in the Dark

  • Mr. Boggs Steps Out

    Mr. Boggs Steps Out

  • The Millionaire Cat

    The Millionaire Cat

  • Way Down East

    Way Down East

  • A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

  • Once to Every Woman

    Once to Every Woman

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Vagabond Lady

    Vagabond Lady

  • Little Miss Nobody

    Little Miss Nobody

  • Let's Make a Million

    Let's Make a Million

  • The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

  • His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    His Majesty, Bunker Bean

  • Asleep in the Feet

    Asleep in the Feet

  • Woman, Woman!

    Woman, Woman!

  • Those Were the Days!

    Those Were the Days!

  • The Unknown Guest

    The Unknown Guest

  • Three Smart Boys

    Three Smart Boys

  • Nature in the Wrong

    Nature in the Wrong

  • The Devil Dancer

    The Devil Dancer

  • The Town That Forgot God

    The Town That Forgot God

  • The Poor Little Rich Girl

    The Poor Little Rich Girl

  • The Ruling Voice

    The Ruling Voice

  • Memories and Melodies

    Memories and Melodies

  • Three Girls About Town

    Three Girls About Town

  • You're Telling Me!

    You're Telling Me!

  • The Demi-Bride

    The Demi-Bride

  • Stage Mother

    Stage Mother

  • The Fortune Hunter

    The Fortune Hunter

  • East Lynne

    East Lynne

  • Girl of the Ozarks

    Girl of the Ozarks

  • Chip of the Flying U

    Chip of the Flying U

  • Obliging Young Lady

    Obliging Young Lady

  • The Missing Lady

    The Missing Lady

  • Tillie Wakes Up

    Tillie Wakes Up

  • Timothy's Quest

    Timothy's Quest

  • Girls

    Girls

  • Millie

    Millie

  • Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

  • Dancing Pirate

    Dancing Pirate

  • Opened by Mistake

    Opened by Mistake

  • Champagne Waltz

    Champagne Waltz

  • The Arrival of Perpetua

    The Arrival of Perpetua

  • Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

  • Peg o' My Heart

    Peg o' My Heart

  • Prunella

    Prunella

  • Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

  • The Silent Rider

    The Silent Rider

  • The Wild Girl

    The Wild Girl

  • Love Net

    Love Net

  • International Settlement

    International Settlement

  • Search for Beauty

    Search for Beauty

  • Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy

  • Little Accident

    Little Accident

  • By Hook or Crook

    By Hook or Crook

  • Apache Trail

    Apache Trail

  • A Royal Romance

    A Royal Romance

  • Wreckety Wrecks

    Wreckety Wrecks

  • The Baby Cyclone

    The Baby Cyclone

  • She Asked for It

    She Asked for It

  • Midnight Faces

    Midnight Faces

  • The Spectacle Maker

    The Spectacle Maker

  • A Model Husband

    A Model Husband

  • Born to Battle

    Born to Battle

  • Red Foam

    Red Foam

  • A Trick of Hearts

    A Trick of Hearts

  • American Buds

    American Buds

  • Driftwood

    Driftwood