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Cecil Cunningham
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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.
As actor
Complicated Women
My Reputation
Above Suspicion
In Old Oklahoma
Du Barry Was a Lady
The Hidden Hand
The Affairs of Martha
Cairo
Cowboy Serenade
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Twin Beds
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Blossoms in the Dust
Back Street
Repent at Leisure
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
The Feminine Touch
Play Girl
New Moon
Kitty Foyle
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
The Captain is a Lady
Lillian Russell
It's a Wonderful World
The Family Next Door
Lady of the Tropics
Winter Carnival
Laugh It Off
Kentucky Moonshine
Wives Under Suspicion