Stagecoach1939
As Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Nora Cecil
Born
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 (145)
I Married a Witch1942
As Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Fury1936
As Albert's Mother (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Sea of Grass1947
As Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1944
As Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1939
As Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Easy Living1937
As Miss Swerf
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Hell's Angels1930
As Helen's Maid (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell1939
As Miss Jenkins
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Thin Man Goes Home1944
As Miss Peavy
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Merry Widow1934
As Animal Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pack Up Your Troubles1932
As Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hail the Conquering Hero1944
As Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Big Parade of Comedy1964
As Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Woman, Woman!1919
As Mrs. Lindsay
The Bank Dick1940
As Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Some Like It Hot1939
As Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Nothing Sacred1937
As Schoolteacher (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Design for Living1933
As Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Lady on a Train1945
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Miss Crusoe1919
As Miss Meeker (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Young People1940
As Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Three Girls About Town1941
As Casket Customer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Bitter Tea of General Yen1932
As Missionary
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Gold Diggers of 19351935
As Housekeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941
As Charwoman
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Mourning Becomes Electra1947
As Louisa Ames
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Arrowsmith1931
As Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Two Sisters from Boston1946
As Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bachelor Bait1934
As Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Big Broadcast of 19371936
As Home Economics Woman
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Biography of a Bachelor Girl1935
As Ship's Matron (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Those Were the Days!1940
As Mrs. Moffett
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Upperworld1934
As Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Way Down East1935
As Townswoman at Party
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu1930
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Amateur Daddy1932
As Saleslady
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Street Scene1931
As Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Wife Takes a Flyer1942
As Miss Updike
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Night Must Fall1937
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Girl of the Ozarks1936
As Miss Trent
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Once to Every Woman1934
As Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Peg o' My Heart1933
As Smythe (maid)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Girl Grief1932
As Miss Tuttle, Principal
TMDb 7.0 / 10
King of the Jungle1933
As Spinster in park (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Vagabond Lady1935
As Miss Perkins (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Chained1934
As Edith (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Millie1931
As Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Poor Little Rich Girl1917
As One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Mixed Nuts1934
As Mrs. Twitchett
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Champagne Waltz1937
As Train Passenger
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Let's Make a Million1936
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Obliging Young Lady1942
As Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
You're Telling Me!1934
As Mrs. Price
TMDb 6.3 / 10
College Holiday1936
As Miss Elkins (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Going Hollywood1933
As Briarcroft's Teacher
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Stage Mother1933
As Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mr. Boggs Steps Out1938
As Widow Peddie
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Big Town1946
As Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Two in the Dark1936
As Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
International Settlement1938
As English Woman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Only Saps Work1930
As Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Apache Trail1942
As Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Car 991935
As Granny Adams
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Dancing Pirate1936
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Meet the Baron1933
As Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Borrowing Trouble1937
As Dressmaker
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Unknown Guest1943
As Martha Williams
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Old-Fashioned Way1934
As Mrs. Wendelschaffer
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Manslaughter1922
As Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Lucky Partners1940
As Women's Club President (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Prunella1918
Footfalls1921
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Seven Footprints to Satan1929
As Old Witch
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fast Workers1933
As Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Wreckety Wrecks
Wreckety Wrecks1933
As Miss Winterbottom
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Social Secretary1916
As Spinster (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
A Model Husband
A Model Husband1916
As Mrs Gossip
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Night of Mystery1937
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Devil Dancer1927
As Julia
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Hold Your Man1933
As Miss Campbell (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Doctor Bull1933
As Aunt Emily Banning
TMDb 6.7 / 10
By Hook or Crook1918
As Aunt Marie
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Town That Forgot God1922
As (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Laughing at Trouble1936
As Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Collegiate1935
As Miss Curtiss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Little Accident1930
As Dr. Zernecke
TMDb 9.0 / 10
What a Life1939
As Miss Eggleston
TMDb 10.0 / 10
East Lynne1931
As Charity Bazaar Committee
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Young Bride1932
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Little Men1940
As Head of Orphanage
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Nature in the Wrong1933
As Muriel's mother
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Under Your Spell1936
As School Teacher (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Seven Days Leave1930
As Amelia Twymley
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Missing Lady1946
As Miss Millie
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Demi-Bride1927
As School Teacher
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Ruling Voice1931
As Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Mighty Treve1937
As Old Maid at Dog Show
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Deadwood Coach1924
As Matilda Shields - in play
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Asleep in the Feet1933
As Female Police Officer
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Three Weeks in Paris1925
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Search for Beauty1934
As Miss Pettigrew
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Darwin Was Right1924
As Aunt Priscilla
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Appearance of Evil1918
As Miss Spurgeon
His Majesty, Bunker Bean1925
As Countess Casanova
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Partners in Crime1937
As Housekeeper
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Footlights and Fools1929
As (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Little Miss Nobody1936
As Mrs. Robinson
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Arrival of Perpetua
The Arrival of Perpetua1915
As Abigail Majendrie
She Asked for It1937
As Elderly lady (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hot Saturday1932
As Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Laughing Boy1934
As Schoolteacher
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Sensation Seekers1927
As Mrs. Lodge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Too Many Crooks1927
As (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Slightly Static1935
As Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Love Net1918
As Miss Prudence Tilly
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Blossoms On Broadway1937
As Leader of Committee (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Wild Girl1917
As Undetermined Role (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Everything’s Rosie1931
As Hotel Proprietress
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Chip of the Flying U1926
As Dr. Cecil Grantham
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Three Smart Boys1937
As Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Zero Hour1918
As Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
Opened by Mistake1934
As Head Nurse
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Baby Cyclone1928
As Mrs. Crandall
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Cavalier1928
As Lucia's Aunt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Girls1927
As Matron Helen Hunt
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Red Foam1920
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Midnight Faces1926
As Mrs. Hart
TMDb 6.8 / 10
One-Horse Farmers
One-Horse Farmers1934
As Subway Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Tillie Wakes Up1917
As Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Silent Rider1927
As Mrs. Randall
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Trick of Hearts1928
As The Mayor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Born to Battle1927
As Ma Cowan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Fortune Hunter1927
As Betty Carpenter
TMDb 8.0 / 10
American Buds1918
As Emily
Timothy's Quest1922
As Townswoman
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Spectacle Maker1934
As Duchess
TMDb 6.3 / 10
An Amateur Widow
An Amateur Widow1919
Mr. Bride1932
As Mrs. Cecil
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Daughter Pays1920
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Driftwood1928
As Mrs. Prouty
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Memories and Melodies1935
As Customer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Royal Romance1917
As Miss McPherson
The Millionaire Cat
The Millionaire Cat1932
As Aunt Mathilda
TMDb 10.0 / 10
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