Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 2, 1888
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Edna Cecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham
Biography
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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 - Movies
Blonde Venus
as Cabaret Manager in Norfolk (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
as Mrs. Marcus Gilworth
The Awful Truth
as Aunt Patsy
Kitty Foyle
as Grandmother
Return of the Terror
as Miss Doolittle
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Wife Checking Her Coat (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Paramount on Parade
as Society Woman ('Impulses') (uncredited)