Cecil Cunningham

Aug 02, 1888 - Apr 17, 1959 (70 years old) in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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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.

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

Four Star Playhouse

Woman (Hotel)

Repent at Leisure

Mrs. Morgan

New Moon

Governor's Wife

King of Gamblers

Big Edna

The Rich Are Always with Us

Woman Talking with Julian at Party (uncredited)

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

Madame Panoramia aka Pansy

The Hidden Hand

Lorinda Channing

Winter Carnival

Miss Ainsley

The Affairs of Martha

Mrs. Llewellyn Castle

Blossoms in the Dust

Mrs. Marcus Gilworth

Credits

Complicated Women 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Woman (Hotel)

★ 6.3
My Reputation 1946

Stella Thompson

★ 7.1
In Old Oklahoma 1943

Mrs. Ames

★ 6.2
Du Barry Was a Lady 1943

Wife Checking Her Coat

★ 6.1
Above Suspicion 1943

Countess

★ 6.2
The Hidden Hand 1942

Lorinda Channing

★ 6.3
My Heart Belongs to Daddy 1942

Mrs. Whitman

★ 5.8
Cairo 1942

Mme. Laruga

★ 5.8
The Affairs of Martha 1942

Mrs. Llewellyn Castle

★ 6.2
Twin Beds 1942

Miss MacMahon, Secretary

★ 3.3
The Wife Takes a Flyer 1942

Countess Oldenburg

★ 4.5
Cowboy Serenade 1942

Priscilla Lock

★ 5
The Feminine Touch 1941

Party Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Blossoms in the Dust 1941

Mrs. Marcus Gilworth

★ 6.6
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry 1941

Mrs. Diana Boone

★ 4.5
Repent at Leisure 1941

Mrs. Morgan

★ 5.7
Back Street 1941

Mrs. Miller

★ 7.2
Play Girl 1941

Dowager at Concert (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Kitty Foyle 1940

Grandmother

★ 6.6
New Moon 1940

Governor's Wife

★ 6.5
The Captain Is a Lady 1940

Mrs. Jane Homans

★ 6
Lillian Russell 1940

Mrs. Hobbs

★ 6.1
Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940

Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)

★ 7
Laugh It Off 1939

Tess Gibson

★ 2
Lady of the Tropics 1939

Countess Berichi

★ 6.1
Winter Carnival 1939

Miss Ainsley

★ 6
It's a Wonderful World 1939

Madame J. L. Chambers

★ 6.4
The Family Next Door 1939

Cora Stewart

★ 5.2
Girls' School 1938

Miss Brewster

★ 6
Marie Antoinette 1938

Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Blond Cheat 1938

Genevieve Trent

★ 6
Wives Under Suspicion 1938

"Sharpy"

★ 5.4
You and Me 1938

Mrs. Morris

★ 6.6
Kentucky Moonshine 1938

Landlady

★ 5.3
College Swing 1938

Dean Sleet

★ 6.8
Four Men and a Prayer 1938

Piper

★ 6.3
Scandal Street 1938

Maybelle Murphy

★ NR
Daughter of Shanghai 1937

Mrs. Mary Hunt

★ 5.4
Night Club Scandal 1937

Mrs. Alvin

★ 4
The Awful Truth 1937

Aunt Patsy

★ 7.2
This Way Please 1937

Miss Eberhardt

★ 5.5
Artists & Models 1937

Stella

★ 6
King of Gamblers 1937

Big Edna

★ 7
Swing High, Swing Low 1937

Murphy

★ 5.1
Come and Get It 1936

Josie

★ 6.8
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936

(uncredited)

★ 7.5
People Will Talk 1935

Nellie Simpson

★ 3
We Live Again 1934

Theodosia

★ 6.6
Return of the Terror 1934

Miss Doolittle

★ 6
The Life of Vergie Winters 1934

Pearl Turner

★ 5.9
Manhattan Love Song 1934

Pancake Annie Jones

★ 5.3
The Druggist's Dilemma 1933

Mrs. Finch

★ NR
From Hell to Heaven 1933

Mrs. Chadman

★ 7.2
Ladies They Talk About 1933

Mrs. Arlington (uncredited)

★ 6.1
If I Had a Million 1932

Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Blonde Venus 1932

Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Those We Love 1932

Mrs. Henry Abbott

★ 6
Love Me Tonight 1932

Laundress (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Candid Camera 1932

Mrs. Townes' Aunty

★ NR
Love Is a Racket 1932

Aunt Hattie Donovan

★ 5.6
Is My Face Red? 1932

Millionaire's Wife

★ 5
The Rich Are Always with Us 1932

Woman Talking with Julian at Party (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Just a Pain in the Parlor 1932

Mrs. Smith

★ 3
The Wet Parade 1932

Mrs. Twombey - Hotel Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Impatient Maiden 1932

Mrs. Rosy

★ NR
Mata Hari 1931

Gambler Selling Ring (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Safe in Hell 1931

Angie

★ 6.8
The Age for Love 1931

Pamela

★ NR
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) 1931

Madame Panoramia aka Pansy

★ 6.4
Playboy of Paris 1930

Mlle. Hedwige

★ 7
Anybody's Woman 1930

Dot

★ 5.9
Their Own Desire 1929

Aunt Caroline

★ 4.9