Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/24/1878
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
Nora Cecil
Biography
Known For
Vagabond Lady
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Fury
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Arrowsmith
as Nurse (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Chained
as Edith (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
Young People
as Righteous Old Lady
Champagne Waltz
as Train Passenger
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Miss Jenkins
Fast Workers
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
College Holiday
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Missionary
Little Men
as Head of Orphanage
Going Hollywood
as Briarcroft's Teacher
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Unknown Role
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Louisa Ames
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Charwoman
Easy Living
as Miss Swerf
Career Timeline
1947
1946
1944
1942
1940
1939
What a Life
as Miss Eggleston
Some Like It Hot
as Mrs. Beckett (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Miss Jenkins
Stagecoach
as Boone's Landlady (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs. Shackleford (uncredited)
1937
Borrowing Trouble
as Dressmaker
Nothing Sacred
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Leader of Committee (uncredited)
Partners in Crime
as Housekeeper
She Asked for It
as Elderly lady (uncredited)
Easy Living
as Miss Swerf
Night of Mystery
Role unknown
Three Smart Boys
as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
Night Must Fall
Role unknown
Champagne Waltz
as Train Passenger
The Mighty Treve
as Old Maid at Dog Show
1936
College Holiday
as Miss Elkins (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
as Mrs. Wigby - Townswoman
Under Your Spell
as School Teacher (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Home Economics Woman
Let's Make a Million
Role unknown
Girl of the Ozarks
as Miss Trent
Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Robinson
Fury
as Albert's Mother (uncredited)
Dancing Pirate
as Landlady (uncredited)
Collegiate
as Miss Curtiss
Two in the Dark
as Mrs. Potter, Landlady (uncredited)
1935
Way Down East
as Townswoman at Party
Slightly Static
as Beauty Products Announcer (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
as Miss Perkins (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Car 99
as Granny Adams
Memories and Melodies
as Customer (uncredited)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Ship's Matron (uncredited)
1934
The Merry Widow
as Animal Woman (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
as Head Nurse
The Spectacle Maker
as Duchess
Chained
as Edith (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait
as Mrs. Trutmanner (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Upperworld
as Stream's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Laughing Boy
as Schoolteacher
You're Telling Me!
as Mrs. Price
Once to Every Woman
as Miss Baxter’s Sister (uncredited)
Mixed Nuts
as Mrs. Twitchett
Search for Beauty
as Miss Pettigrew
1933
Design for Living
as Tom's Secretary (uncredited)
Going Hollywood
as Briarcroft's Teacher
Meet the Baron
as Professor Winterbottom (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
as Aunt Emily Banning
Hold Your Man
as Miss Campbell (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
as Smythe (maid)
Nature in the Wrong
as Muriel's mother
King of the Jungle
as Spinster in park (uncredited)
Fast Workers
as Tall Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
Wreckety Wrecks
as Miss Winterbottom
Asleep in the Feet
as Female Police Officer
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Missionary
Mr. Bride
as Mrs. Cecil
Hot Saturday
as Gossip on Telephone (Uncredited)
The Millionaire Cat
as Aunt Mathilda
Girl Grief
as Miss Tuttle, Principal
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Welfare Association Officer (uncredited)
Amateur Daddy
as Saleslady
Young Bride
as Landlady (uncredited)