Nora Cecil
Acting Born Sep 24, 1878 Died May 1, 1951 London, England, UK 145 credits
Biography
Nora Cecil works in acting. Born September 24, 1878 in London, England, UK. Died May 1, 1951. Archytele tracks 145 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Frequent co-stars
Kane Richmond
1 shared title
Barbara Read
1 shared title
George Chandler
1 shared title
James Flavin
1 shared title
Pierre Watkin
1 shared title
Dorothea Kent
1 shared title
Almira Sessions
1 shared title
James Cardwell
1 shared title
Claire Carleton
1 shared title
Jo-Carroll Dennison
1 shared title
Career timeline
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Sea of GrassMourning Becomes Electra
Two Sisters from BostonThe Missing LadyBig Town
Lady on a Train
The Miracle of Morgan's CreekThe Thin Man Goes HomeHail the Conquering Hero
The Unknown Guest
I Married a WitchThe Wife Takes a FlyerObliging Young LadyApache Trail
Three Girls About TownA Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
The Bank DickYoung PeopleThose Were the Days!Lucky PartnersLittle Men
StagecoachThe Story of Alexander Graham BellUnion PacificThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSome Like It Hot
Mr. Boggs Steps OutInternational Settlement
Easy LivingNothing SacredNight Must FallChampagne WaltzBorrowing Trouble
FuryTwo in the DarkThe Big Broadcast of 1937Let's Make a MillionGirl of the Ozarks
Gold Diggers of 1935Biography of a Bachelor GirlVagabond LadyCollegiateWay Down East
The Merry WidowYou're Telling Me!ChainedBachelor BaitOnce to Every Woman
Design for LivingPeg o' My HeartHold Your ManKing of the JungleStage Mother
Pack Up Your TroublesThe Bitter Tea of General YenGirl GriefAmateur DaddyYoung Bride
ArrowsmithStreet SceneMillieEast LynneEverything’s Rosie
Hell's AngelsThe Return of Dr. Fu ManchuOnly Saps WorkSeven Days LeaveLittle Accident
Seven Footprints to SatanFootlights and Fools
A Trick of HeartsThe Baby CycloneThe CavalierDriftwood
The Devil DancerThe Demi-BrideSensation SeekersToo Many CrooksBorn to Battle
Chip of the Flying UMidnight Faces
Three Weeks in ParisHis Majesty, Bunker Bean
Darwin Was RightThe Deadwood Coach
The Town That Forgot GodManslaughterTimothy's Quest
Footfalls
Red FoamThe Daughter Pays
Woman, Woman!Miss CrusoeAn Amateur Widow
PrunellaBy Hook or CrookAppearance of EvilLove NetThe Zero Hour
Full Filmography
145 titles- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass (1947) as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
- Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) as Louisa Ames
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946) as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
- The Missing Lady (1946) as Miss Millie
- Big Town (1946) as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
- Lady on a Train (1945)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Miss Peavy
- 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)
- The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) as Miss Updike
- Obliging Young Lady (1942) as Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
- Apache Trail (1942) as Passenger (uncredited)
- Three Girls About Town (1941) as Casket Customer
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) as Charwoman
- The Bank Dick (1940) as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
- Young People (1940) as Righteous Old Lady (uncredited)
- Those Were the Days! (1940) as Mrs. Moffett
- Lucky Partners (1940) as Women's Club President (uncredited)
- Little Men (1940) as Head of Orphanage
- 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)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
- Some Like It Hot (1939) as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
- What a Life (1939) as Miss Eggleston
- Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) as Widow Peddie
- International Settlement (1938) as English Woman
- Easy Living (1937) as Miss Swerf
- Nothing Sacred (1937) as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- Night Must Fall (1937)
- Champagne Waltz (1937) as Train Passenger
- Borrowing Trouble (1937) as Dressmaker
- She Asked for It (1937) as Elderly lady (uncredited)
- Night of Mystery (1937)
- Blossoms On Broadway (1937) as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
- Three Smart Boys (1937) as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
- Partners in Crime (1937) as Housekeeper
- The Mighty Treve (1937) as Old Maid at Dog Show
- 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
- Let's Make a Million (1936)
- Girl of the Ozarks (1936) as Miss Trent
- College Holiday (1936) as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
- Little Miss Nobody (1936) as Mrs. Robinson
- Dancing Pirate (1936) as Landlady (uncredited)
- Under Your Spell (1936) as School Teacher (uncredited)
- Laughing at Trouble (1936) as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) as Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
- Vagabond Lady (1935) as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
- Collegiate (1935) as Miss Curtiss
- Way Down East (1935) as Townswoman at Party
- Car 99 (1935) as Granny Adams
- Slightly Static (1935) as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
- Memories and Melodies (1935) as Customer (uncredited)
- The Merry Widow (1934) as Animal Woman (uncredited)
- You're Telling Me! (1934) as Mrs. Price
- Chained (1934) as Edith (uncredited)
- 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)
- The Old-Fashioned Way (1934) as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
- Mixed Nuts (1934) as Mrs. Twitchett
- Opened by Mistake (1934) as Head Nurse
- Laughing Boy (1934) as Schoolteacher
- One-Horse Farmers (1934) as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- Search for Beauty (1934) as Miss Pettigrew
- The Spectacle Maker (1934) as Duchess
- Design for Living (1933) as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
- Peg o' My Heart (1933) as Smythe (maid)
- Hold Your Man (1933) as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
- King of the Jungle (1933) as Spinster in park (uncredited)
- Stage Mother (1933) as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
- Doctor Bull (1933) as Aunt Emily Banning
- Going Hollywood (1933) as Briarcroft's Teacher
- Asleep in the Feet (1933) as Female Police Officer
- Fast Workers (1933) as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
- Wreckety Wrecks (1933) as Miss Winterbottom
- Nature in the Wrong (1933) as Muriel's mother
- Meet the Baron (1933) as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) as Missionary
- Girl Grief (1932) as Miss Tuttle, Principal
- Amateur Daddy (1932) as Saleslady
- Young Bride (1932) as Landlady (uncredited)
- Hot Saturday (1932) as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
- The Millionaire Cat (1932) as Aunt Mathilda
- Mr. Bride (1932) as Mrs. Cecil
- Arrowsmith (1931) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Street Scene (1931) as Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
- Millie (1931) as Helen and Angie's Landlady (uncredited)
- East Lynne (1931) as Charity Bazaar Committee
- Everything’s Rosie (1931) as Hotel Proprietress
- The Ruling Voice (1931) as Malcom's Nurse (uncredited)
- Hell's Angels (1930) as Helen's Maid (uncredited)
- The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)
- Only Saps Work (1930) as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
- Seven Days Leave (1930) as Amelia Twymley
- Little Accident (1930) as Dr. Zernecke
- 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 Devil Dancer (1927) as Julia
- The Demi-Bride (1927) as School Teacher
- Sensation Seekers (1927) as Mrs. Lodge
- Too Many Crooks (1927) as (uncredited)
- Born to Battle (1927) as Ma Cowan
- Girls (1927) as Matron Helen Hunt
- The Silent Rider (1927) as Mrs. Randall
- The Fortune Hunter (1927) as Betty Carpenter
- Chip of the Flying U (1926) as Dr. Cecil Grantham
- Midnight Faces (1926) as Mrs. Hart
- Three Weeks in Paris (1925)
- His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925) as Countess Casanova
- Darwin Was Right (1924) as Aunt Priscilla
- The Deadwood Coach (1924) as Matilda Shields - in play
- The Town That Forgot God (1922) as (uncredited)
- Manslaughter (1922) as Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
- Timothy's Quest (1922) as Townswoman
- Footfalls (1921)
- Red Foam (1920)
- The Daughter Pays (1920)
- Woman, Woman! (1919) as Mrs. Lindsay
- Miss Crusoe (1919) as Miss Meeker (uncredited)
- An Amateur Widow (1919)
- Prunella (1918)
- By Hook or Crook (1918) as Aunt Marie
- Appearance of Evil (1918) as Miss Spurgeon
- Love Net (1918) as Miss Prudence Tilly
- The Zero Hour (1918) as Mrs. Winslow (uncredited)
- American Buds (1918) as Emily
- 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 Wild Girl (1917) as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- A Royal Romance (1917) as Miss McPherson
- The Social Secretary (1916) as Spinster (uncredited)
- A Model Husband (1916) as Mrs Gossip
- The Arrival of Perpetua (1915) as Abigail Majendrie
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Nora Cecil best known for?
Nora Cecil is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Big Parade of Comedy (1964), The Missing Lady (1946), Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000), Stagecoach (1939).
When and where was Nora Cecil born?
Nora Cecil was born on September 24, 1878 in London, England, UK. They passed away on May 1, 1951.
How many credits does Nora Cecil have?
Nora Cecil has accumulated over 145 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 1964.
What is Nora Cecil's background in cinema and television?
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 t...
Nora Cecil by the numbers
145credits
145films
0TV series
1915–1964active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Stagecoach (1939) as Boone's Landlady (uncredited) — aged about 60
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited) — aged about 85
- The Missing Lady (1946) as Miss Millie — aged about 67
Full filmography (145) Born on September 24 In memoriam 1951
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