Cecil Cunningham
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 · 70
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Woman (Hotel)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
1932 · Laundress (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
1940 · Grandmother
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Madame J. L. Chambers
Susan Lenox
1931 · Madame Panoramia aka P...
Mata Hari
1931 · Gambler Selling Ring (...
The Awful Truth
1937 · Aunt Patsy
Come and Get It
1936 · Josie
My Reputation
1946 · Stella Thompson
Blonde Venus
1932 · Cabaret Manager in Nor...
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Mrs. Arlington (uncred...
In Old Oklahoma
1943 · Mrs. Ames
Above Suspicion
1943 · Countess
Safe in Hell
1931 · Angie
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Wife Checking Her Coat...
You and Me
1938 · Mrs. Morris
Lady of the Tropics
1939 · Countess Berichi
Twin Beds
1942 · Miss MacMahon, Secreta...
Back Street
1941 · Mrs. Miller
Girls' School
1938 · Miss Brewster
Blond Cheat
1938 · Genevieve Trent
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Lillian Russell
1940 · Mrs. Hobbs
The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
If I Had a Million
1932 · Agnes - Emily's Friend...
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerche...
New Moon
1940 · Governor's Wife
Wives Under Suspicion
1938 · Sharpy
Anybody's Woman
1930 · Dot
Four Men and a Prayer
1938 · Piper
The Wet Parade
1932 · Mrs. Twombey - Hotel G...
Paramount on Parade
1930 · Society Woman ('Impuls...
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 · Pearl Turner
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Undetermined Supportin...
College Swing
1938 · Dean Sleet
Love is a Racket
1932 · Aunt Hattie Donovan
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Woman Talking with Jul...
Swing High, Swing Low
1937 · Murphy
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Mrs. Mary Hunt
Cairo
1942 · Mme. Laruga
Return of the Terror
1934 · Miss Doolittle
The Hidden Hand
1942 · Lorinda Channing
The Captain is a Lady
1940 · Mrs. Jane Homans
Scandal Street
1938 · Maybelle Murphy
Manhattan Love Song
1934 · Pancake Annie Jones
We Live Again
1934 · Theodosia
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
Artists & Models
1937 · Stella
The Feminine Touch
1941 · Party Guest (uncredite...
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
1941 · Mrs. Diana Boone
Winter Carnival
1939 · Miss Ainsley
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Mrs. Rosy
Night Club Scandal
1937 · Mrs. Alvin
The Family Next Door
1939 · Cora Stewart
Play Girl
1941 · Dowager at Concert (un...
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 · Countess Oldenburg
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942 · Mrs. Whitman
Those We Love
1932 · Mrs. Henry Abbott
The Age for Love
1931 · Pamela
King of Gamblers
1937 · Big Edna
Their Own Desire
1929 · Aunt Caroline
Kentucky Moonshine
1938 · Landlady
Cowboy Serenade
1942 · Priscilla Lock
People Will Talk
1935 · Nellie Simpson
Playboy of Paris
1930 · Mlle. Hedwige
From Hell to Heaven
1933 · Mrs. Chadman
Is My Face Red?
1932 · Millionaire's Wife
Repent at Leisure
1941 · Mrs. Morgan
This Way Please
1937 · Miss Eberhardt