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Cecil Cunningham
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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 Hol…
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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
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Woman (Hotel)
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1946
My Reputation
Movie Stella Thompson
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1943
In Old Oklahoma
Movie Mrs. Ames
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1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
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1943
Above Suspicion
Movie Countess
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1942
The Hidden Hand
Movie Lorinda Channing
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1942
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Movie Mrs. Whitman
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1942
Cairo
Movie Mme. Laruga
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1942
The Affairs of Martha
Movie Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
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1942
Twin Beds
Movie Miss MacMahon, Secretary
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1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Movie Countess Oldenburg
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1942
Cowboy Serenade
Movie Priscilla Lock
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1941
The Feminine Touch
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
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1941
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
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1941
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Movie Mrs. Diana Boone
More credits
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1941
Repent at Leisure
Movie Mrs. Morgan
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1941
Back Street
Movie Mrs. Miller
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1941
Play Girl
Movie Dowager at Concert (uncredited)
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1940
Kitty Foyle
Movie Grandmother
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1940
New Moon
Movie Governor's Wife
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1940
The Captain is a Lady
Movie Mrs. Jane Homans
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1940
Lillian Russell
Movie Mrs. Hobbs
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1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
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1939
Laugh It Off
Movie Tess Gibson
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1939
Lady of the Tropics
Movie Countess Berichi
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1939
Winter Carnival
Movie Miss Ainsley
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1939
It's a Wonderful World
Movie Madame J. L. Chambers
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1939
The Family Next Door
Movie Cora Stewart
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1938
Girls' School
Movie Miss Brewster
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1938
Marie Antoinette
Movie Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)
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1938
Blond Cheat
Movie Genevieve Trent
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1938
Wives Under Suspicion
Movie Sharpy
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1938
You and Me
Movie Mrs. Morris
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1938
Kentucky Moonshine
Movie Landlady
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1938
Four Men and a Prayer
Movie Piper
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1938
College Swing
Movie Dean Sleet
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1938
Scandal Street
Movie Maybelle Murphy
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1937
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie Mrs. Mary Hunt
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1937
Night Club Scandal
Movie Mrs. Alvin
