Cecil Cunningham
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Cecil Cunningham (middle) with Carole Lombard, in Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
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| Born |
August 2, 1888 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | April 17, 1959 (aged 70) Los Angeles, California. USA |
| Resting place | Chapel Of The Pines Crematory |
| Occupation | Film actress |
| Years active | 1929-1957 |
| Spouse(s) | Jean C. Havez (1915-1917) (divorced) |
Cecil Cunningham (August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959) was an American film and stage actress. She 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 in New York till commencement of her movie career in 1929.
Cunningham was a Hollywood character actress with whitish hair cut like a man's, often in roles as a general "know-it-all". She appeared in more than 80 movies between 1929 and 1946.
Her remains are interred in Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
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