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Nora Cecil is a Actor British born on 24 september 1878

Nora Cecil

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 september 1878
Death 1 may 1951 (at 72 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Nora Cecil was an American character actress whose thirty year career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. She appeared in well over 100 feature films and film shorts. Her 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 in 1901-02. In 1915 she would transition into films, her first appearance being in a starring role in The Arrival of Perpetua, directed by Émile Chautard. She often played "thin-lipped, stern-visaged dowagers and forbidding mothers-in-law" and "welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses and maiden aunts".

One of the most significant roles was in the W.C. Fields vehicle, The Old Fashioned Way in 1934. 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; the 1939 version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starring Mickey Rooney; the John Ford classic, Stagecoach, with John Wayne. 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. Cecil died on May 1, 1951 in Los Angeles, California.

Biography

Installée aux États-Unis, Nora Cecil joue une fois à Broadway (New York) en 1901-1902, dans la comédie musicale The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast.

Au cinéma, dès la période du muet, elle contribue à près de deux-cents films américains — comme second rôle de caractère ou dans des petits rôles non crédités —, depuis Jimmy le mystérieux de Maurice Tourneur (1915, avec Robert Warwick dans le rôle-titre) jusqu'à Le deuil sied à Électre de Dudley Nichols (1947, avec Rosalind Russell et Michael Redgrave).

Entretemps, mentionnons Prunella du même Maurice Tourneur (1918, avec Marguerite Clark et Jules Raucourt), Le Réquisitoire de Cecil B. DeMille (1922, avec Leatrice Joy et Thomas Meighan), Doctor Bull de John Ford (1933, avec Will Rogers et Marian Nixon), La Vie facile de Mitchell Leisen (1937, avec Jean Arthur et Edward Arnold), ou encore Ma femme est une sorcière de René Clair (1942, avec Fredric March et Veronica Lake).

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Filmography of Nora Cecil (105 films)

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Mourning Becomes Electra, 2h53
Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katína Paxinoú, Leo Genn, Kirk Douglas
Roles Louisa Amos
Rating62% 3.1485953.1485953.1485953.1485953.148595
A wealthy New England family, the Mannons, await the return of patriarch Ezra, general for the Union in the Civil War, and son Orin, a timid young man before becoming an Army officer.
The Sea of Grass, 2h3
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Walker, Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar Buchanan
Roles M Ryan, l'infirmière
Rating62% 3.149213.149213.149213.149213.14921
The film opens in St. Louis, Missouri, on Lutie Cameron's (Katharine Hepburn) wedding day. She has had a short courtship with a cattle rancher of New Mexico. As she dresses, she receives a telegram from her fiancé Col. Brewton (Spencer Tracy) telling her to board the train for New Mexico to marry him in the small town of Salt Fork. The first person she meets in town is Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas), who warns her of likely unhappiness with Brewton, locally considered a tyrant. He takes her to the courthouse, where she sees Brewton testifying against a settler who had tried to stake a claim to part of the government-owned land where Brewton runs his cattle.
The Thin Man Goes Home, 1h40
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Harry Davenport
Roles Miss Peavy
Rating72% 3.6469353.6469353.6469353.6469353.646935
Nick and Nora visit Nick's parents (Lucile Watson and Harry Davenport) in Nick's hometown, Sycamore Springs, in New England. The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials. However, when aircraft factory employee Peter Berton (Ralph Brooks) seeks out Nick and is shot dead before he can reveal anything, Nick is on the case.
Two Sisters from Boston, 1h52
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford, John George, Ben Blue
Roles Mrs. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2944753.2944753.2944753.2944753.294475
Lady on a Train, 1h34
Directed by Felix Jackson, Charles David
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, Dan Duryea, Allen Jenkins, Edward Everett Horton
Rating66% 3.34693.34693.34693.34693.3469
Debutante Nikki Collins, an enthusiastic reader of detective stories, witnesses a murder through a building window while passing by on a train entering New York's Grand Central Station. She goes to the police, but is frustrated to find that no one believes her. The police think that her story is the product of an overactive imagination.
Hail the Conquering Hero, 1h41
Directed by Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Bess Flowers
Rating75% 3.794023.794023.794023.794023.79402
Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is a small town boy whose father, "Hinky Dinky" Truesmith, was a Marine who died a hero in World War I. Woodrow has been discharged from the Marine Corps after only a month owing to his chronic hay fever. Rather than disappoint his mother (Georgia Caine), he pretends to be fighting overseas in World War II while secretly working in a San Diego shipyard.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, 1h39
Directed by Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Emory Parnell
Roles Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7935953.7935953.7935953.7935953.793595
Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) is a small-town girl with a soft spot for soldiers. She wakes up one morning after a wild farewell party for a group of them to find that while drunk the night before, she married a soldier whose name she can't remember, except that "it had a z in it. Like Ratzkiwatzki [...] or was it Zitzkiwitzki?" She believes they both used fake names and she doesn't know how to get in touch with him or even what he looks like.
I Married a Witch, 1h17
Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Witches in film
Actors Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Benchley, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Harriet Wooley (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.5462653.5462653.5462653.5462653.546265
Two witches in colonial Salem, Jennifer (Veronica Lake) and her father Daniel (Cecil Kellaway), are burned at the stake after being denounced by Puritan Jonathan Wooley (Fredric March) and their ashes buried beneath a tree to imprison their evil spirits. In revenge, Jennifer curses Wooley and all his male descendants, dooming them always to marry the wrong woman.
Obliging Young Lady, 1h20
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Ruth Warrick, Eve Arden, Robert Smith, Franklin Pangborn, Marjorie Gateson
Roles Miss Hollyrod - Bird Lover (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8574052.8574052.8574052.8574052.857405
On the instructions of their lawyer, the wealthy young daughter of divorcing parents (Joan Carroll) is removed to a mountain resort, complete with a decoy mother, to protect her from the publicity. The situation is immediately complicated by persistent reporters, a romantic interest for the fake mother, and a convention of birdwatchers.
Apache Trail, 1h6
Directed by Richard Rosson, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Donna Reed, William Lundigan, Ann Ayars, Connie Gilchrist, Chill Wills
Roles Passenger (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.907132.907132.907132.907132.90713
Tom Folliard (William Lundigan) is released from jail and seeks work at his prior employer, a stagecoach line. He is sent to manage a stagecoach rest stop in a remote area. Upon arrival, he meets a woman, Señora Martinez (Connie Gilchrist) and her daughter Rosalia (Donna Reed) who cook and clean at the rest stop. When the next stage arrives, among its cargo is a strong box with cash. Soon after, Folliard's brother "Trigger" Bill Folliard (Lloyd Nolan), a known outlaw arrives and seekes shelter from the local Apaches, whom he has offended. Upon his discovery that a strong box is present, he plans to steal it and make a getaway. During Tom Folliard's absence from the rest stop, Trigger Bill gets the upper hand on the stagecoach line employees watching him and tries to escape with the proceeds but is thwarted by his brother's arrival back at the rest stop. Soon thereafter, the Apaches attack the rest stop but are repulsed. They demand Trigger Bill and in return they will leave the rest stop alone. After realizing that they won't be able to hold off the Apaches much longer, Trigger Bill attempts to flee but is killed by the pursuing Apaches. Meanwhile, Tom, after a brief flirtation with one of the stagecoach passengers, Constance Selden (Ann Ayars), tells Señora Martinez that he would like to court her daughter.
It Started with Eve, 1h30
Directed by Joe Pasternak, Henry Koster, Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Charles Laughton, Walter Catlett, Margaret Tallichet, Catherine Doucet
Roles M Fields
Rating75% 3.7901753.7901753.7901753.7901753.790175
Un homme dont le père est mourant veut voir sa nouvelle fiancée, mais celle-ci étant indisponible, elle est remplacée par une employée de magasin qui fait la conquête du vieil homme.
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob, 1h31
Directed by Richard Wallace, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors George Murphy, Lucille Ball, Edmond O'Brien, Henry Travers, Franklin Pangborn, George Cleveland
Roles Charwoman
Rating63% 3.1949253.1949253.1949253.1949253.194925
Stephen travaille pour une société de transport maritime. Il fait la connaissance de Dorothy qu'il engage comme secrétaire. Mais elle a un fiancé, un marin qui veut l'épouser avant de reprendre la mer.
Three Girls About Town, 1h15
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Joan Blondell, Robert Benchley, Binnie Barnes, Janet Blair, John Howard, Hugh O'Connell
Roles Casket Customer
Rating63% 3.1931653.1931653.1931653.1931653.193165
The Merchants Hotel is hosting a convention for morticians and a mediation meeting between aircraft manufacturers and their workers. This makes hotel manager Puddle worry about an article in the papers criticizing the hotel's policy on employing hostesses.
Young People, 1h19
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard
Roles Righteous Old Lady
Rating62% 3.1401453.1401453.1401453.1401453.140145
Believing that it's good for their daughter Wendy (Shirley Temple), Joe Ballantine (Jack Oakie) and his wife Kit (Charlotte Greenwood) decide to retire their vaudeville act and move the family to a small New England town. But despite Wendy's many attempts to charm the locals, the "show folk" are given the cold shoulder. That is, until a hurricane hits the town, and because of the generosity, strength and conviction in the face of disaster, it appears that the troupers just might win over the residents in their new hometown after all.