Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil in the 1933 film short, Nature in the Wrong
Born (1878-09-26)September 26, 1878
London, England, United Kingdom
Died May 1, 1951(1951-05-01) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 1915–47

Nora Cecil (September 20, 1878 – September 26, 1951) was an American character actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras.

Stage

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.[1] (A 1930 newspaper article says that Cecil "made her debut, three decades ago, on the London stage.")[2]

Film

Cecil appeared in well over 100 feature films and film shorts.[3]

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.[4] She often played "thin-lipped, stern-visaged dowagers and forbidding mothers-in-law"[5] and "welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses and maiden aunts".[6]

One of the most significant roles was in the W.C. Fields vehicle, The Old Fashioned Way in 1934.[7] 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;[8] the 1939 version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starring Mickey Rooney;[9] the John Ford classic, Stagecoach, with John Wayne.[10] Cecil's final acting performance was in a featured role in the classic Mourning Becomes Electra in 1947, starring Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, and Kirk Douglas.[11]

Personal life

Cecil had a daughter, Dorothy Cecil, who was an actress.[2]

Death

Cecil died on May 1, 1951 in Los Angeles, California.[12]

Filmography (feature films)

(Per AFI database)[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Pianist Starts Music Dispute with Composer". Pennsylvania, Shamokin. Shamokin News-Dispatch. January 3, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved March 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Nora Cecil". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Arrival of Perpetua: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ IMDb Biography
  6. ↑ "Nora Cecil". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nora Cecil". AllMovie. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Merry Widow: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Stagecoach: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mourning Becomes Electra: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nora Cecil". Find a Grave. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.

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