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Cecilia Loftus is a Actor Ecossaise born on 22 october 1876 at New York City (USA)

Cecilia Loftus

Cecilia Loftus
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Birth name Marie Cecilia Loftus Brown
Nationality Ecosse
Birth 22 october 1876 at New York City (USA)
Death 12 july 1943 (at 66 years) at New York City (USA)

Cecilia "Cissie" or "Cissy" Loftus (22 October 1876 – 12 July 1943) was a Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian, and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

When she was seventeen, she eloped with Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859–1936), an Irish writer, and associate of her friend and admirer Max Beerbohm. They married in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1893. The groom was twice as old as the bride. The marriage failed, and the couple divorced.

In 1908, she married Alonzo Higbee Waterman, an American doctor. By 1914, both her marriage and health were in a perilous state, and an acrimonious divorce ensued in 1920. Her health and the premature birth of their son, Peter, had made her increasingly dependent on alcohol and painkillers. In November 1922, she was arrested for possession of morphine and atropine.

Her fellow actress, Eva Moore bailed her for a surety of £100, and she was put on probation for twelve months at the Great Marlborough Street Magistrates Court. In 1923, she left Great Britain for good, and sailed to New York City to return to Broadway and pursue a career in Hollywood.

Usually with

John Arledge
John Arledge
(2 films)
Vera West
Vera West
(2 films)
Sol Gorss
Sol Gorss
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Cecilia Loftus (9 films)

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Actress

The Black Cat, 1h10
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Comedy horror films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Anne Gwynne, Gale Sondergaard
Roles Henrietta Winslow
Rating61% 3.052253.052253.052253.052253.05225
Henrietta Winslow vit dans un vieux manoir en compagnie de nombreux chats, du gardien Eduardo et de sa gouvernante Abigaïl. Dans le jardin de la propriété, se trouve un curieux crématorium où finissent les corps de ses chats morts, dont elle recueille les cendres et qu'elle place dans des urnes. Un soir, la vieille dame reçoit ses héritiers pour leur faire la lecture de son testament.
Lucky Partners, 1h39
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Spring Byington, Harry Davenport, Cecilia Loftus
Roles Mrs. Sylvester
Rating64% 3.2465153.2465153.2465153.2465153.246515
Portrait painter and caricaturist David Grant (Ronald Colman), newly arrived in Greenwich Village, wishes Jean Newton (Ginger Rogers) good luck on a whim as they pass on the sidewalk. When Jean delivers books, a woman makes her the gift of an expensive dress. She is quarreling with her son-in-law, who had given the dress to his wife. Believing David to be lucky, Jean asks him to partner with her on a ticket for the Irish Sweepstakes. He agrees only on condition that, if their horse wins, she accompany him on a platonic trip to see the sights before she settles down to married life in Poughkeepsie, New York. She and her fiance, Frederick "Freddie" Harper (Jack Carson), are dubious about the proposition, but he talks them into it.
It's a Date, 1h43
Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Norman Krasna, Ralph J. Block, Frederick Kohner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall
Roles Sara Frankenstein
Rating63% 3.196523.196523.196523.196523.19652
The movie begins with Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) performing on the stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby" while her daughter, Pamela (Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). Georgia is an older Broadway actress who was once very famous. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and hopes to be a successful actress as well. At an after-party celebrating the closing of a play that Georgia was in, Pamela convinces director Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) and writer Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) to attend one of the plays she is in. After the party ends, Pamela sings "Love is All" with the maid, Sara (Cecilia Loftus), playing piano and her mother listening.
The Blue Bird, 1h28
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason
Roles Granny Tyl
Rating61% 3.0960453.0960453.0960453.0960453.096045
Set in Germany sometime in the late 18th century where Mytyl (Shirley Temple), the bratty daughter of a woodcutter (Russell Hicks), finds a unique bird in the Royal Forest and selfishly refuses to give it to her sick friend. Mother and Father are mortified at Mytyl's behavior. That evening, Father is called on to report for duty the next morning in an unspecified war. That same night, Mytyl is visited in a dream by a fairy named Berylune (Jessie Ralph) who sends her and her brother Tyltyl (Johnny Russell) to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. To accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo (Eddie Collins), cat Tylette (Gale Sondergaard), and lantern ("Light") into human form. The children have a number of adventures, visiting the past and their dead grandparents who come to life because they are being remembered, a scary adventure in the forest, the life of luxury, and the future, a land of yet-to-be born children. The dream journey makes Mytyl awake as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate all the comforts and joys of her home and family. In the morning, the Father receives word that a truce has been called and he does not have to go to war.
The Old Maid, 1h35
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, James Stephenson
Roles Grandmother Lovell
Rating73% 3.696623.696623.696623.696623.69662
Set during the American Civil War, the story focuses on Charlotte Lovell and her cousin Delia, whose wedding day is disrupted when her former fiance Clem Spender returns following a two-year absence. Delia proceeds to marry Jim Ralston, and Charlotte comforts Clem, who enlists in the Union Army and is later killed in battle. Shortly after his death, Charlotte discovers she is pregnant with Clem's child, and in order to escape the stigma of an illegitimate child, she journeys West to have her baby, a daughter she names Clementina (or "Tina").
On Dress Parade, 1h2
Directed by William Clemens, Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Punsly
Roles Mrs. Neeley
Rating59% 2.953342.953342.953342.953342.95334
A hero of World War I, Colonel William Duncan (Don Douglas), is on his deathbed. He summons his old friend, Colonel Mitchell Reiker (John Litel) to ask him if he will care for his son Slip (Leo Gorcey) when he dies. Reiker agrees, and when Duncan passes, Slip, who does not want to leave the neighborhood he grew up in, is tricked into attending the military school that Reiker is in charge of.
East Lynne
East Lynne (1931)
, 1h42
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Ann Harding, Conrad Nagel, Clive Brook, Cecilia Loftus, Beryl Mercer, O. P. Heggie
Roles Cornelia Carlyle
Rating58% 2.9073252.9073252.9073252.9073252.907325
The trophy wife of a stodgy man of wealth yearns for a more interesting life.