Cecil Cunningham
Actor
- Born
- August 2, 1888 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died
- April 17, 1959 (age 70)
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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.
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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
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
April 9, 1936
The Awful Truth
October 21, 1937
Blonde Venus
September 23, 1932
Love Me Tonight
August 18, 1932
Mata Hari
December 26, 1931
Kitty Foyle
December 27, 1940
If I Had a Million
November 18, 1932
It's a Wonderful World
May 19, 1939
Safe in Hell
December 12, 1931
In Old Oklahoma
December 6, 1943
Come and Get It
November 6, 1936
You and Me
June 1, 1938
Acting74
- 2003Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1946My Reputation as Stella Thompson
- 1943In Old Oklahoma as Mrs. Ames
- 1943Du Barry Was a Lady as Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
- 1943Above Suspicion as Countess
- 1942The Hidden Hand as Lorinda Channing
- 1942My Heart Belongs to Daddy as Mrs. Whitman
- 1942Cairo as Mme. Laruga
- 1942The Affairs of Martha as Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
- 1942Twin Beds