Cecil Cunningham
Born: 1888-08-02 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1959-04-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Woman (Hotel)
1946
- My Reputation as Stella Thompson
1943
- Du Barry Was a Lady as Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
- In Old Oklahoma as Mrs. Ames
- Above Suspicion as Countess
1942
- Cowboy Serenade as Priscilla Lock
- Cairo as Mme. Laruga
- The Affairs of Martha as Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
- The Hidden Hand as Lorinda Channing
- Twin Beds as Miss MacMahon, Secretary
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy as Mrs. Whitman
- The Wife Takes a Flyer as Countess Oldenburg
1941
- Back Street as Mrs. Miller
- The Feminine Touch as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Play Girl as Dowager at Concert (uncredited)
- Blossoms in the Dust as Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
- Hurry, Charlie, Hurry as Mrs. Diana Boone
- Repent at Leisure as Mrs. Morgan
1940
- New Moon as Governor's Wife
- Kitty Foyle as Grandmother
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
- The Captain Is a Lady as Mrs. Jane Homans
- Lillian Russell as Mrs. Hobbs
1939
- Winter Carnival as Miss Ainsley
- It's a Wonderful World as Madame J. L. Chambers
- Lady of the Tropics as Countess Berichi
- Laugh It Off as Tess Gibson
- The Family Next Door as Cora Stewart
1938
- Kentucky Moonshine as Landlady
- College Swing as Dean Sleet
- Marie Antoinette as Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)
- Wives Under Suspicion as "Sharpy"
- Girls' School as Miss Brewster
- Four Men and a Prayer as Piper
- You and Me as Mrs. Morris
- Blond Cheat as Genevieve Trent
- Scandal Street as Maybelle Murphy
1937
- Artists & Models as Stella
- Swing High, Swing Low as Murphy
- The Awful Truth as Aunt Patsy
- This Way Please as Miss Eberhardt
- Daughter of Shanghai as Mrs. Mary Hunt
- Night Club Scandal as Mrs. Alvin
- King of Gamblers as Big Edna
1936
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as (uncredited)
- Come and Get It as Josie
1935
- People Will Talk as Nellie Simpson
1934
- We Live Again as Theodosia
- Manhattan Love Song as Pancake Annie Jones
- The Life of Vergie Winters as Pearl Turner
- Return of the Terror as Miss Doolittle
1933
- Ladies They Talk About as Mrs. Arlington (uncredited)
- From Hell to Heaven as Mrs. Chadman
- The Druggist's Dilemma as Mrs. Finch
1932
- Blonde Venus as Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million as Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)
- The Rich Are Always with Us as Woman Talking with Julian at Party (uncredited)
- Love Me Tonight as Laundress (uncredited)
- Love Is a Racket as Aunt Hattie Donovan
- The Impatient Maiden as Mrs. Rosy
- Those We Love as Mrs. Henry Abbott
- The Wet Parade as Mrs. Twombey - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- Is My Face Red? as Millionaire's Wife
- Just a Pain in the Parlor as Mrs. Smith
- The Candid Camera as Mrs. Townes' Aunty
1931
- Mata Hari as Gambler Selling Ring (uncredited)
- Safe in Hell as Angie
- The Age for Love as Pamela
- Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Madame Panoramia aka Pansy
1930
- Paramount on Parade as Society Woman ('Impulses') (uncredited)
- Anybody's Woman as Dot
- Playboy of Paris as Mlle. Hedwige
1929
- Their Own Desire as Aunt Caroline