Nora Cecil
Biography
Nora Cecil was an actress born in London who worked in silent and sound films across three decades. She started on the stage, making her London debut at 19, and appeared in the Broadway show The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, a hit that exceeded 240 performances in 1901 and 1902. In 1915 she moved into film, and her first screen role was the lead in The Arrival of Perpetua, helmed by Émile Chautard. She went on to appear in well over 100 features and shorts, often cast as welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses, or maiden aunts. She had a notable part in the 1934 W.C. Fields film The Old Fashioned Way. Her other movies included Ernst Lubitsch's The Merry Widow, the 1939 adaptation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and John Ford's Stagecoach. Her final screen role was Louisa Ames in the 1947 film Mourning Becomes Electra. She died in 1951.
72years old at death
- Born London
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 15 years1930 to 1945
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First role
In 1915, Cecil left the stage for films. Her first appearance was a starring part in The Arrival of Perpetua, which Émile Chautard directed.
Beyond film
Cecil took a part in The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, a Broadway show staged at the Broadway Theatre. It played there over 240 times during 1901 and 1902.
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Preston Sturges directed two of these films, Richard Thorpe two and Frank Capra two. Franklin Pangborn appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Franklin Pangborn's page
William Demarest's page
Fredric March's page
Luis Alberni's page
Chester Conklin's page
Al Bridge's page
Preston SturgesDirector, 2 films, 1944
All films by Preston Sturges
Richard ThorpeDirector, 2 films, 1937 to 1944
All films by Richard Thorpe
All films by Frank Capra
Also three films together1 more actor
- Jessie ArnoldForbidden (1932), Hot Saturday (1932) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
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