Nora Cecil

• Born: 1879 in England
• Died: 1954 q
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'40s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Career Highlights: The Unknown Guest, The Old-Fashioned Way, Seven Days Leave
• First Major Screen Credit: Trick of Hearts (1928)

Biography

Nora Cecil's earliest known screen credit was 1918's Prunella. Chances are Cecil played then what she'd play in most of her talkie efforts: the tight-lipped, sternly reproving old biddy. She made a good living essaying dozens of battle-ax mothers-in-law, welfare workers, landladies, schoolmistresses and maiden aunts. One of her largest parts was boarding-house keeper Mrs. Wendelschaffer in W.C. Fields' The Old Fashioned Way (1934). Nora Cecil also served as an excellent foil for screen comedians as varied as Laurel and Hardy (1932's Pack Up Your Troubles) and Will Rogers (1933's Dr. Bull). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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