Actor
Nora Cecil
September 24, 1878 · London, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Franklin Pangborn
4 titles together
Design for Living, The Bank Dick, Hail the Conquering Hero
Donald Meek
3 titles together
Stagecoach, The Thin Man Goes Home, The Merry Widow
Fredric March
3 titles together
I Married a Witch, Design for Living, Nothing Sacred
Elizabeth Patterson
3 titles together
I Married a Witch, Hail the Conquering Hero, Lady on a Train
Al Bridge
3 titles together
I Married a Witch, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero
Chester Conklin
3 titles together
I Married a Witch, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero
Full filmography · 143
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actress in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Louisa Ames
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The Sea of Grass
as Mrs. Ryan - Nurse (uncredited)
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Big Town
as Miss Lovelace (uncredited)
1946
The Missing Lady
as Miss Millie
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
as Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
1946
Lady on a Train
cast
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The Thin Man Goes Home
as Miss Peavy
19447.1
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
19446.8
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
19447.1
The Unknown Guest
as Martha Williams
1943
I Married a Witch
as Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
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