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.

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Winter Carnival (1939)

A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Richard Carlson  •  Helen Parrish  •  Robert Armstrong

A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Richard Carlson  •  Helen Parrish  •  Robert Armstrong

Return of the Terror (1934)

"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Lyle Talbot  •  John Halliday  •  Frank McHugh

"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Lyle Talbot  •  John Halliday  •  Frank McHugh

Du Barry was a Lady (1943)

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Lucille Ball  •  Gene Kelly  •  Virginia O'Brien

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Lucille Ball  •  Gene Kelly  •  Virginia O'Brien

The Hidden Hand (1942)

Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arise when another murderer arrives on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Craig Stevens  •  Julie Bishop  •  Frank Wilcox  •  Cecil Cunningham

Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arise when another murderer arrives on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Craig Stevens  •  Julie Bishop  •  Frank Wilcox  •  Cecil Cunningham

Anybody's Woman (1930)

A lawyer, left by his wife, gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Ruth Chatterton  •  Paul Lukas  •  Clive Brook  •  Juliette Compton

A lawyer, left by his wife, gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorothy Arzner
CAST:  Ruth Chatterton  •  Paul Lukas  •  Clive Brook  •  Juliette Compton

Safe in Hell (1931)

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Donald Cook  •  Ralf Harolde  •  John Wray

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Wellman
CAST:  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Donald Cook  •  Ralf Harolde  •  John Wray

The Age for Love (1931)

A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Charles Starrett  •  Lois Wilson  •  Edward Everett Horton

A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Charles Starrett  •  Lois Wilson  •  Edward Everett Horton

From Hell to Heaven (1933)

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Jack Oakie  •  Adrienne Ames  •  David Manners

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Jack Oakie  •  Adrienne Ames  •  David Manners

Those We Love (1932)

Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity stars Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Tommy Conlon, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton, Cecil Cunningham and Virginia Sale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Kenneth MacKenna  •  Lilyan Tashman  •  Hale Hamilton

Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity stars Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Tommy Conlon, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton, Cecil Cunningham and Virginia Sale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Kenneth MacKenna  •  Lilyan Tashman  •  Hale Hamilton

Cowboy Serenade (1942)

Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends up losing the cattle in a crooked poker game, however, and Gene and his sidekick Frog set out to find the cheating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Morgan
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Fay McKenzie  •  Cecil Cunningham

Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends up losing the cattle in a crooked poker game, however, and Gene and his sidekick Frog set out to find the cheating ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Morgan
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Fay McKenzie  •  Cecil Cunningham

King of Gamblers (1937)

A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Akim Tamiroff  •  Buster Crabbe

A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Akim Tamiroff  •  Buster Crabbe

Night Club Scandal (1937)

When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Lynne Overman  •  Louise Campbell  •  Charles Bickford

When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Lynne Overman  •  Louise Campbell  •  Charles Bickford

Scandal Street (1938)

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Louise Campbell  •  Roscoe Karns  •  Porter Hall

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Louise Campbell  •  Roscoe Karns  •  Porter Hall

My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942)

A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Richard Carlson  •  Martha O'Driscoll  •  Cecil Kellaway  •  Frances Gifford

A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Richard Carlson  •  Martha O'Driscoll  •  Cecil Kellaway  •  Frances Gifford

Blond Cheat (1938)

Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of earrings. He is unaware that the collateral can not be removed from the ears in which they reside, so then Julie becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Derrick De Marney  •  Cecil Kellaway  •  Cecil Cunningham

Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of earrings. He is unaware that the collateral can not be removed from the ears in which they reside, so then Julie becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Derrick De Marney  •  Cecil Kellaway  •  Cecil Cunningham

Swing High, Swing Low (1937)

In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Jean Dixon

In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Jean Dixon

Girls' School (1938)

Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fleet, that it was because she's planning to elope. Linda gets in trouble when the faculty finds out from a monitor's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  Anne Shirley  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Nan Grey  •  Dorothy Moore

Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fleet, that it was because she's planning to elope. Linda gets in trouble when the faculty finds out from a monitor's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  Anne Shirley  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Nan Grey  •  Dorothy Moore

Manhattan Love Song (1934)

After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees live in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Fields
CAST:  Robert Armstrong  •  Dixie Lee  •  Nydia Westman  •  Franklin Pangborn

After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees live in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Fields
CAST:  Robert Armstrong  •  Dixie Lee  •  Nydia Westman  •  Franklin Pangborn

The Impatient Maiden (1932)

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Mae Clarke  •  Una Merkel  •  Andy Devine

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Mae Clarke  •  Una Merkel  •  Andy Devine

Twin Beds (1942)

Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  George Brent  •  Una Merkel  •  Mischa Auer

Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  George Brent  •  Una Merkel  •  Mischa Auer
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