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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 2, 1888
Died
April 17, 1959
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Edna Cecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cecil Cunningham (August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959) was an American film and stage actress. With whitish hair cut like a man's, she was a Hollywood character actress, often cast in roles as a general "know-it-all". She made more than 80 appearances in movies between 1929 and 1946, many of them uncredited. Cunningham started her working life as a switchboard operator in a commerce bank and did some sittings as a photographer's model. Her first show business job was in the chorus line of 'Mademoiselle Modiste' at the age of eighteen. Cunningham trained as a singer and appeared in opera. She worked as a vaudeville comedian at the Palace Theatre in New York City until the commencement of her movie career in 1929.
Known For
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
🎬
6.7
Woman (Hotel)
Four Star Playhouse
1952
7.1
Stella Thompson
My Reputation
1946
6.2
Mrs. Ames
In Old Oklahoma
1943
6.2
Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.1
Countess
Above Suspicion
1943
6.5
Lorinda Channing
The Hidden Hand
1942
4.2
Mrs. Whitman
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
5.8
Mme. Laruga
Cairo
1942
6.2
Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
The Affairs of Martha
1942
Credits
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Woman (Hotel)
1952
6.7
My Reputation
as Stella Thompson
1946
7.1
In Old Oklahoma
as Mrs. Ames
1943
6.2
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Above Suspicion
as Countess
1943
6.1
The Hidden Hand
as Lorinda Channing
1942
6.5
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Mrs. Whitman
1942
4.2
Cairo
as Mme. Laruga
1942
5.8
The Affairs of Martha
as Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
1942
6.2
Twin Beds
as Miss MacMahon, Secretary
1942
2.8
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Countess Oldenburg
1942
4.5
Cowboy Serenade
as Priscilla Lock
1942
5.0
The Feminine Touch
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1941
4.6
Blossoms in the Dust
as Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
1941
6.6
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
as Mrs. Diana Boone
1941
4.5
Repent at Leisure
as Mrs. Morgan
1941
5.7
Back Street
as Mrs. Miller
1941
7.2
Play Girl
as Dowager at Concert (uncredited)
1941
6.3
Kitty Foyle
as Grandmother
1940
6.5
New Moon
as Governor's Wife
1940
6.5
The Captain Is a Lady
as Mrs. Jane Homans
1940
6.0
Lillian Russell
as Mrs. Hobbs
1940
6.1
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
1940
6.8
🎬
Laugh It Off
as Tess Gibson
1939
2.0
Lady of the Tropics
as Countess Berichi
1939
6.1
Winter Carnival
as Miss Ainsley
1939
6.0
It's a Wonderful World
as Madame J. L. Chambers
1939
6.4
The Family Next Door
as Cora Stewart
1939
5.2
Girls' School
as Miss Brewster
1938
6.0
Marie Antoinette
as Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Blond Cheat
as Genevieve Trent
1938
6.0
Wives Under Suspicion
as "Sharpy"
1938
5.0
You and Me
as Mrs. Morris
1938
6.5
Kentucky Moonshine
as Landlady
1938
4.8
College Swing
as Dean Sleet
1938
6.8
Four Men and a Prayer
as Piper
1938
6.3
Scandal Street
as Maybelle Murphy
1938
0.0
Daughter of Shanghai
as Mrs. Mary Hunt
1937
5.1
Night Club Scandal
as Mrs. Alvin
1937
3.8
The Awful Truth
as Aunt Patsy
1937
7.2
This Way Please
as Miss Eberhardt
1937
5.5
Artists & Models
as Stella
1937
6.0
King of Gamblers
as Big Edna
1937
7.0
Swing High, Swing Low
as Murphy
1937
5.1
Come and Get It
as Josie
1936
6.8
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as (uncredited)
1936
7.5
People Will Talk
as Nellie Simpson
1935
3.0
We Live Again
as Theodosia
1934
6.6
Return of the Terror
as Miss Doolittle
1934
6.0
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Pearl Turner
1934
5.2
Manhattan Love Song
as Pancake Annie Jones
1934
5.3
🎬
The Druggist's Dilemma
as Mrs. Finch
1933
0.0
From Hell to Heaven
as Mrs. Chadman
1933
7.2
Ladies They Talk About
as Mrs. Arlington (uncredited)
1933
6.1
If I Had a Million
as Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Blonde Venus
as Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)
1932
6.8
Those We Love
as Mrs. Henry Abbott
1932
6.0
Love Me Tonight
as Laundress (uncredited)
1932
6.5
🎬
The Candid Camera
as Mrs. Townes' Aunty
1932
0.0
Love Is a Racket
as Aunt Hattie Donovan
1932
5.3
Is My Face Red?
as Millionaire's Wife
1932
4.7
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Woman Talking with Julian at Party (uncredited)
1932
4.6
🎬
Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Mrs. Smith
1932
3.0
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Twombey - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1932
5.8
The Impatient Maiden
as Mrs. Rosy
1932
0.0
Mata Hari
as Gambler Selling Ring (uncredited)
1931
6.2
Safe in Hell
as Angie
1931
6.6
The Age for Love
as Pamela
1931
0.0
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Madame Panoramia aka Pansy
1931
6.1
Playboy of Paris
as Mlle. Hedwige
1930
7.0
Anybody's Woman
as Dot
1930
5.9
Paramount on Parade
as Society Woman ('Impulses') (uncredited)
1930
6.1
Their Own Desire
as Aunt Caroline
1929
4.7