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Edna Cecil Cunningham (August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959)[1] was an American film and stage actress, singer, and comedienne.

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Cecil Cunningham
Cunningham in 1912
Born	Edna Cecil Cunningham (1888-08-02)August 2, 1888 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	April 17, 1959(1959-04-17) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Chapel Of The Pines Crematory
Occupation	Stage and film actress, singer, dancer, comedian
Years active	1906–1957
Spouse	Jean C. Havez (1915–1917) (divorced)

Early years

Cunningham started her working life as a switchboard operator in a commerce bank and did some sittings as a photographer's model.^{[citation needed]} Her early experience in music came as a member of the choir in the Fifth Baptist Church in St. Louis.[2]

Career

Cunningham's first show business job was in the chorus line of Mlle. Modiste at the age of 18. She 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.

A. L. Erlanger selected her for the title role in the original production of The Pink Lady.[2]

Cunningham's Broadway credits include Somewhere Else (1913), Iolanthe (1913), Oh, I Say! (1913), Maids of Athens (1914), Dancing Around (1914), Greenwich Village Follies (1919), The Rose of China (1919), and Dance With Your Gods (1934).[3] She also performed in Paris with the Boston Grand Opera Company, singing in Italian operas.[4]

Cunningham was a Hollywood character actress with whitish hair cut like a man's, often in roles as a general "know-it-all".[1] She made more than 80 appearances in movies between 1929 and 1946, many of them uncredited.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Cunningham was married to writer Jean C. Havez from 1915 to 1917.[1]

Death

On April 17, 1959, Cunningham died of heart disease at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 70 years old. Her remains are interred in Chapel of the Pines Crematory.[1]

Complete filmography

References

External links

• Cecil Cunningham at IMDb
• Cecil Cunningham at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cecil Cunningham at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Cecil Cunningham

Cecil Cunningham (* 2. August 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri; † 17. April 1959 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Theater- und Filmschauspielerin.

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- [en] Cecil Cunningham

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[ru] Каннингем, Сесил

Сесил Каннингем (англ. Cecil Cunningham, 2 августа 1888 (1888-08-02) — 17 апреля 1959) — американская актриса. В юности работала оператором в банке, после чего которое время участвовала в фотосессиях в качестве модели. В 1913 году Каннингем дебютировала на Бродвее, где последующие годы часто играла в мюзиклах, водевилях и ревю. В 1929 году актриса впервые появилась в Голливуде в мелодраме «Их собственное желание». Каннингем продолжала свою кинокарьеру до конца 1940-х, появившись за это время в фильмах «Взлёты и падения» (1937), «Этот замечательный мир» (1939), «Китти Фойл» (1940), «Вне подозрений» (1943), «В старой Оклахоме» (1943) и многих других. С 1915 по 1917 год она была замужем за сценаристом Джином С. Хейвзом, брак с которым закончился разводом. Сесил Каннингем умерла от атеросклероза в 1959 году в возрасте 70 лет.

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