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.
The Awful Truth
as Aunt PatsyUnfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Minor Role (uncredited)Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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Ladies They Talk About
as Mrs. Arlington (uncredited)A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
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It's a Wonderful World
as Madame J. L. ChambersDetective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he...
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Blonde Venus
as Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a...
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Love Me Tonight
as Laundress (uncredited)A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess...
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Blossoms in the Dust
as Mrs. Marcus GilworthEdna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when...
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The Rich Are Always with Us
as Woman Talking with Julian at Party (uncredited)A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend...
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Du Barry was a Lady
as Wife Checking Her CoatHat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...
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Mata Hari
as Gambler Selling Ring (uncredited)A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of...
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Safe in Hell
as AngieTo avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where...
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Marie Antoinette
as Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...
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You and Me
as Mrs. MorrisMr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled...
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My Reputation
as Stella ThompsonTongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man....
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New Moon
as Governor's WifeA revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
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Above Suspicion
as CountessTwo newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Kitty Foyle
as GrandmotherA hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his...
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If I Had a Million
as Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
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Is My Face Red?
as Millionaire's WifeWilliam Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and...
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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In Old Oklahoma
as Mrs. AmesCowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in...
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Come and Get It
as JosieAn ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but...
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The Hidden Hand
as Lorinda ChanningPeter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who...
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We Live Again
as TheodosiaNekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,...
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Daughter of Shanghai
as Mrs. Mary HuntA Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
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Cairo
as Mme. LarugaReporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing...
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The Life of Vergie Winters
as Pearl TurnerA small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another...
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Swing High, Swing Low
as MurphyIn Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly...
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Wives Under Suspicion
as "Sharpy"A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
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King of Gamblers
as Big EdnaWorking for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead...
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Four Men and a Prayer
as PiperThe sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
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Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Countess OldenburgChristopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied...
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Love Is a Racket
as Aunt Hattie DonovanA gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
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The Impatient Maiden
as Mrs. RosyA maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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Return of the Terror
as Miss Doolittle"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has...
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Their Own Desire
as Aunt CarolineLally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her...
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Cowboy Serenade
as Priscilla LockGene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate...
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Back Street
as Mrs. MillerPreviously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie...
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Those We Love
as Mrs. Henry AbbottDirector Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity...
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The Affairs of Martha
as Mrs. Llewellyn CastleMembers of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their...
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Artists & Models
as StellaAn ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
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Manhattan Love Song
as Pancake Annie JonesAfter having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly...
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The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Twombey - Hotel Guest (uncredited)The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the...
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Twin Beds
as Miss MacMahon, SecretaryMike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of...
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Lady of the Tropics
as Countess BerichiPlayboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal...
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Mrs. WhitmanA distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in...
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Play Girl
as Dowager at Concert (uncredited)When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all...
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Anybody's Woman
as DotA lawyer, left by his wife, gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.
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Blond Cheat
as Genevieve TrentSocially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan...
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The Family Next Door
as Cora StewartRose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of...
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From Hell to Heaven
as Mrs. ChadmanThe various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a...
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Lillian Russell
as Mrs. HobbsAlice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Madame Panoramia aka PansyA young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in...
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The Captain Is a Lady
as Mrs. Jane HomansBecause of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody...
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The Age for Love
as PamelaA comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her...
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College Swing
as Dean SleetGracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
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Girls' School
as Miss BrewsterWealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson...
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Playboy of Paris
as Mlle. HedwigeYvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a...
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Kentucky Moonshine
as LandladyThe Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
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People Will Talk
as Nellie SimpsonHenry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple...
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This Way Please
as Miss EberhardtA famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a...
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The Feminine Touch
as Party Guest (uncredited)A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway...
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Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
as Mrs. Diana BooneIn this comedy, the marital conflicts between a meek banker and his nagging wife are chronicled.
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Scandal Street
as Maybelle MurphyJoe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American...
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Winter Carnival
as Miss AinsleyA divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth...
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Repent at Leisure
as Mrs. MorganEveryone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's...
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Night Club Scandal
as Mrs. AlvinWhen Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian....
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