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Norma Varden

Norma Varden

Acting1898London, England, UK

Biography

Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career.

Acting History

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
1969
Istanbul Express
as Englishwoman
Doc
as Mrs. Dobson
The Beverly Hillbillies
TVas Mrs. Van Ransohoff1 eps
1967
Doctor Dolittle
as Lady Fetherington
1966
Bewitched
TVas Mrs. Lucille Dumont1 eps
Batman
TVas Mrs. Monteagle1 eps
1965
A Very Special Favor
as Mother Plum
The Sound of Music
as Frau Schmidt
1964
Kisses for My President
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
TVas Mrs. Van Vlack1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas Winifred Wileen1 eps
1963
13 Frightened Girls
as Miss Pittford
Island of Love
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
1962
Rome Adventure
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
Bonanza
TVas Ma Nutley1 eps
The Real McCoys
TVas Mrs. Barton1 eps
The Third Man
TVas Caroline Waterbury1 eps
1961
Five Minutes to Live
as Priscilla Auerbach
Mister Ed
TVas Mrs. Davis1 eps
Hazel
TVas Harriet Johnson13 eps
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Jenny (uncredited)1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Mrs. Hotchkiss / Maude Courtright1 eps
1959
The Miracle
as Mrs. MacGregor
The Gale Storm Show
TVas Miss Gompers1 eps
1958
In the Money
as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
The Buccaneer
as Madame Hilaire
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TVas Mrs. Sylvester1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
TVas Wealthy Art Patron1 eps
1955
1954
1953
Loose in London
as Aunt Agatha
Young Bess
as Lady Tyrwhitt
I Love Lucy
TVas Mrs. Benson1 eps
Adventures of Superman
TVas Mabel McCredy1 eps
General Electric Theater
TVas Mrs. MacDowell
The Danny Thomas Show
TVas Governess Quincy
Letter to Loretta
TVas Head Nurse / Mrs. Masters
1952
Les Miserables
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)
1950
Fancy Pants
as Lady Maude
1949
Adventure in Baltimore
as Helen Hadley Hamilton
1948
Let's Live a Little
as Nurse Brady
Hollow Triumph
as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. X
as Wealthy looking woman
1947
Where There's Life
as Mabel Jones
Forever Amber
as Mrs. Abbott
Ivy
as Joan Rodney (uncredited)
The Trouble with Women
as Wilmer Dawson
Millie's Daughter
as Mrs. Sarah Harris
1946
The Searching Wind
as Mrs. Hayworth
The Green Years
as Mrs. Bosomley
1945
Those Endearing Young Charms
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
Girls of the Big House
as Mrs. Thelma Holt
The Cheaters
as Mattie
Hold That Blonde!
as Flora Carteret
Bring on the Girls
as Martha Neely
National Velvet
as Miss Sims
1944
Mademoiselle Fifi
as The Wholesaler's Wife
1943
Casablanca
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Gracie the Barmaid
Dixie
as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as Opera singer (uncredited)
What a Woman
as Miss Timmons
The Good Fellows
as Mrs. Drayton
1942
Flying with Music
as Miss Mullens
Johnny Doughboy
as Miss Penticott
We Were Dancing
as Mrs. Bryce-Carew
The Glass Key
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1941
Road to Zanzibar
as Clara Kimble
Scotland Yard
as Lady Heathcote
Mr. District Attorney
as Hat Saleswoman
Glamour Boy
as Mrs. Lee
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Maureen Kilmount
Waterloo Bridge
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
1939
Shipyard Sally
as Lady Patricia Randall
1938
1937
Fire Over England
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)
Rhythm Racketeer
as Mrs. Della Nash
Make-Up
as Hostess
Wanted!
as Mrs. Smithers
1936
Windbag the Sailor
as Olivia Potter-Porter
Where There's a Will
as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Music Hath Charms
as Bit (uncredited)
East Meets West
as Lady Mallory
1935
Get Off My Foot
as Mrs. Rawlingcourt
Mimi
as Madame Durand
Stormy Weather
as Mrs. Dulcie Bullock
Boys Will Be Boys
as Lady Dorking
The Student's Romance
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
Foreign Affaires
as Mrs. Hardy Hornett
1934
Evergreen
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Dirty Work
as Tiara Customer
The Iron Duke
as Duchess of Richmond
1933
Turkey Time
as Ernestine Stoatt
Happy
as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
Crime on the Hill
as Editor's Secretary
1932
A Night Like This
as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
1931
The Chance of a Night Time
as Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)
1922
The Glorious Adventure
as Court Lady (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/20/1898
Day of Death
1/19/1989
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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