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Cecil Cunningham

Cecil Cunningham

Birthday: 1888-08-02 | Place of Birth: St. 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 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1943
Above Suspicion

as    Countess

1943
In Old Oklahoma

as    Mrs. Ames

1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer

as    Countess Oldenburg

1942
The Hidden Hand

as    Lorinda Channing

1942
My Heart Belongs to Daddy

as    Mrs. Whitman

1942
Cowboy Serenade

as    Priscilla Lock

1940
The Captain Is a Lady

as    Mrs. Jane Homans

1939
Lady of the Tropics

as    Countess Berichi

1938
Wives Under Suspicion

as    "Sharpy"

1938
Blond Cheat

as    Genevieve Trent

1938
Scandal Street

as    Maybelle Murphy

1938
You and Me

as    Mrs. Morris

1937
The Awful Truth

as    Aunt Patsy

1937
Daughter of Shanghai

as    Mrs. Mary Hunt

1937
Swing High, Swing Low

as    Murphy