Nora Cecil
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Stagecoach
Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Fury
Albert's Mother (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Easy Living
Miss Swerf
Hell's Angels
Helen's Maid (uncredited)
Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Louisa Ames
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
Big Town
1946
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
The Missing Lady
1946
as Miss Millie
Lady on a Train
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Miss Peavy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
1943
as Martha Williams
I Married a Witch
1942
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Apache Trail
1942
as Passenger (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Miss Updike
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Charwoman
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Casket Customer
The Bank Dick
1940
as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
1940
as Women's Club President (uncredited)
Little Men
1940
as Head of Orphanage
Young People
1940
as Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
Those Were the Days!
1940
as Mrs. Moffett
What a Life
1939
as Miss Eggleston
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
Stagecoach
1939
as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Miss Jenkins
Union Pacific
1939
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
1939
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938
as Widow Peddie
International Settlement
1938
as English Woman
Night of Mystery
1937
Three Smart Boys
1937
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Night Must Fall
1937
Partners in Crime
1937
as Housekeeper
She Asked for It
1937
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Miss Swerf
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Train Passenger
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Dressmaker
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Old Maid at Dog Show
Blossoms On Broadway
1937
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
1936
as School Teacher (uncredited)
College Holiday
1936
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Robinson
Fury
1936
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Two in the Dark
1936
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Home Economics Woman
Dancing Pirate
1936
as Landlady (uncredited)
Let's Make a Million
1936
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
Girl of the Ozarks
1936
as Miss Trent
Car 99
1935
as Granny Adams
Slightly Static
1935
as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
Way Down East
1935
as Townswoman at Party
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
Memories and Melodies
1935
as Customer (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Collegiate
1935
as Miss Curtiss
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Mixed Nuts
1934
as Mrs. Twitchett
Laughing Boy
1934
as Schoolteacher
Search for Beauty
1934
as Miss Pettigrew
One-Horse Farmers
1934
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Head Nurse
The Merry Widow
1934
as Animal Woman (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Chained
1934
as Edith (uncredited)
You're Telling Me!
1934
as Mrs. Price
The Spectacle Maker
1934
as Duchess
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
Upperworld
1934
as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Muriel's mother
Asleep in the Feet
1933
as Female Police Officer
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Smythe (maid)
Going Hollywood
1933
as Briarcroft's Teacher
Stage Mother
1933
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
1933
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
Fast Workers
1933
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Design for Living
1933
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
Wreckety Wrecks
1933
as Miss Winterbottom
Meet the Baron
1933
as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
1933
as Aunt Emily Banning
Hold Your Man
1933
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
Girl Grief
1932
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
Hot Saturday
1932
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
Amateur Daddy
1932
as Saleslady
Mr. Bride
1932
as Mrs. Cecil
Young Bride
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Missionary
The Millionaire Cat
1932
as Aunt Mathilda
Arrowsmith
1931
as Nurse (uncredited)
East Lynne
1931
as Charity Bazaar Committee
Everything’s Rosie
1931
as Hotel Proprietress
The Ruling Voice
1931
as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
Street Scene
1931
as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Millie
1931
as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
Seven Days Leave
1930
as Amelia Twymley
Only Saps Work
1930
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
Little Accident
1930
as Dr. Zernecke
Hell's Angels
1930
as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
as Old Witch
Footlights and Fools
1929
as (uncredited)
A Trick of Hearts
1928
as The Mayor
The Baby Cyclone
1928
as Mrs. Crandall
The Cavalier
1928
as Lucia's Aunt
Driftwood
1928
as Mrs. Prouty
The Silent Rider
1927
as Mrs. Randall
The Demi-Bride
1927
as School Teacher
The Devil Dancer
1927
as Julia
Sensation Seekers
1927
as Mrs. Lodge
The Fortune Hunter
1927
as Betty Carpenter
Girls
1927
as Matron Helen Hunt
Too Many Crooks
1927
as (uncredited)
Born to Battle
1927
as Ma Cowan
Chip of the Flying U
1926
as Dr. Cecil Grantham
Midnight Faces
1926
as Mrs. Hart
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
as Countess Casanova
Three Weeks in Paris
1925
The Deadwood Coach
1924
as Matilda Shields - in play
Darwin Was Right
1924
as Aunt Priscilla
Manslaughter
1922
as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Timothy's Quest
1922
as Townswoman
The Town That Forgot God
1922
as (uncredited)
Footfalls
1921
The Daughter Pays
1920
Red Foam
1920
An Amateur Widow
1919
Woman, Woman!
1919
as Mrs. Lindsay
Miss Crusoe
1919
as Miss Meeker (uncredited)
American Buds
1918
as Emily
Prunella
1918
Love Net
1918
as Miss Prudence Tilly
By Hook or Crook
1918
as Aunt Marie
Appearance of Evil
1918
as Miss Spurgeon
The Zero Hour
1918
as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
The Wild Girl
1917
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
A Royal Romance
1917
as Miss McPherson
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917
as One of Gwendolyn's Teachers (uncredited)
Tillie Wakes Up
1917
as Gossip in Ice Cream Parlor / Woman Having Picture Taken
The Social Secretary
1916
as Spinster (uncredited)
A Model Husband
1916
as Mrs Gossip
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
as Abigail Majendrie