Nora Cecil

Biography

Nora Cecil was a British-American character actress whose career spanned over three decades from her stage debut in London at age 19 to her final film appearance in 1947. She appeared in well over 100 feature films and shorts, often playing stern authority figures and maternal roles. Notable highlights include starring in W.C. Fields' The Old Fashioned Way and John Ford's Stagecoach, alongside notable performances in Ernst Lubitsch's The Merry Widow.