Nora Cecil
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Nora Cecil (born September 26, 1878 in England , † May 1, 1951 in Los Angeles , California , USA ) was an English (or Irish) American actress .
Life
Nora Cecil made her stage debut in London around the turn of the century, and later moved to America. After her earliest known silent film appearance in 1915, she acted in almost two hundred films up until 1947. She had one of her first film roles mentioned in the credits in 1918 in the silent film Prunella by director Maurice Tourneur . In the 1928 film A Trick of (the) Hearts , Cecil was allowed to play her first leading role. She also played a larger role as a witch in the horror film Seven Footprints to Satan , which appeared in the following year 1929. However, she gave her best-known performances in numerous, often smaller supporting roles , in which, because of her external appearance, she played predominantly contentious mothers-in-law, unmarried aunts, old maids, teachers, carers or resolute landladies.
From 1932 to 1934 she worked alongside legendary comedians such as Laurel and Hardy ( The Devil Brothers , 1932), Will Rogers ( Dr. Bull , 1933) and WC Fields ( The Good Old Days , 1934). 1939 Cecil played in the Western -Klassiker Ringo by John Ford , the feisty landlady who, then, a prostitute sells her first alcohol-seeking lodgers together with other ladies from the city.
The actress's name appears in various variants in cast lists, including Nora or Norah Cecil or Cecile.
Filmography (selection)
- 1915: The Arrival of Perpetua
- 1917: The Little Duchess
- 1918: Prunella
- 1926: Who Never Kissed a Kiss ( Chip of the Flying U )
- 1927: Just don't let up ( The Demi-Bride )
- 1927: The Devil Dancer
- 1927: Seven Footprints to Satan ( Seven Footprints to Satan )
- 1931: Street Scene
- 1932: Endless Longing ( Forbidden )
- 1932: The Devil Brothers (Pack Up Your Troubles)
- 1933: Ganovenbraut ( Hold Your Man )
- 1933: Serenade for three ( Design for Living )
- 1934: You're Telling Me!
- 1934: The good old days (The Old Fashioned Way)
- 1934: The Horror of the Racetrack (Six-Day Bike Rider)
- 1934: In golden chains ( Chained )
- 1934: The Merry Widow ( The Merry Widow )
- 1936: Dancing Pirate
- 1936: Blind Fury ( Fury )
- 1937: My life in luxury ( Easy Living )
- 1937: Nothing Sacred ( Nothing Sacred )
- 1939: Ringo ( stagecoach )
- 1939: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
- 1939: The love and life of the telephone maker A. Bell ( The Story of Alexander Graham Bell )
- 1940: lucky ( Lucky Partners )
- 1942: My Wife, the Witch ( I Married a Witch )
- 1944: Model Against Will ( Together Again )
- 1945: The Thin Man Goes Home ( The Thin Man Goes Home )
- 1947: Endless is the prairie ( The Sea of Grass )
Web links
- Nora Cecil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nora Cecil in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Nora Cecil in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Nora Cecil at Cinefania online (with Fig. Cecils (from the film The Devil Brothers ))
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and death dates according to Cinefania online . The year of birth is occasionally given as 1879 and Ireland as the place of birth . Sometimes 1954 appears as the different year of death.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cecil, Nora |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cecile, Nora; Cecil, Norah; Cecile, Norah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English (or Irish) American actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1951 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |