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Norma Varden
Born
January 20, 1898
Died: January 19, 1989
Lived 90 years
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Career Highlights
89
Movies
36
TV Shows
Also Known As
Norma Varden Shackleton
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Norma Varden
Acting
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.
Movies
89
TV Shows
36
6.6
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
1982
0
Doc
as
Mrs. Dobson
1969
5.1
Istanbul Express
as
Englishwoman
1969
6.2
Doctor Dolittle
as
Lady Fetherington
1967
5.7
A Very Special Favor
as
Mother Plum
1965
7.7
The Sound of Music
as
Frau Schmidt
1965
7.0
Kisses for My President
as
Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
1964
5.3
Island of Love
as
Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
1963
5.4
13 Frightened Girls
as
Miss Pittford
1963
5.5
Rome Adventure
as
Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
1962
5.4
Five Minutes to Live
as
Priscilla Auerbach
1961
6.5
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
as
Miss Devon
1960
6.7
The Miracle
as
Mrs. MacGregor
1959
6.4
The Buccaneer
as
Madame Hilaire
1958
7.0
In the Money
as
Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
1958
8.2
Witness for the Prosecution
as
Mrs. French
1957
4.3
Jupiter's Darling
as
Fabia
1955
5.9
Three Coins in the Fountain
as
Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
1954
7.3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as
Lady Beekman
1953
5.7
Young Bess
as
Lady Tyrwhitt
1953
5.1
Loose in London
as
Aunt Agatha
1953
5.2
Les Miserables
as
Madame Courbet (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Thunder on the Hill
as
Pierce
1951
7.7
Strangers on a Train
as
Mrs. Cunningham
1951
5.6
Fancy Pants
as
Lady Maude
1950
7.1
The Secret Garden
as
Nurse
1949
4.9
Adventure in Baltimore
as
Helen Hadley Hamilton
1949
6.3
Let's Live a Little
as
Nurse Brady
1948
6.6
Hollow Triumph
as
Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
1948
6.2
The Amazing Mr. X
as
Wealthy looking woman
1948
5.8
Where There's Life
as
Mabel Jones
1947
6.0
Forever Amber
as
Mrs. Abbott
1947
6.6
Ivy
as
Joan Rodney (uncredited)
1947
0
The Trouble with Women
as
Wilmer Dawson
1947
1.0
Millie's Daughter
as
Mrs. Sarah Harris
1947
0
The Searching Wind
as
Mrs. Hayworth
1946
6.3
The Green Years
as
Mrs. Bosomley
1946
6.0
Hold That Blonde!
as
Flora Carteret
1945
6.0
Girls of the Big House
as
Mrs. Thelma Holt
1945
5.9
The Cheaters
as
Mattie
1945
0
Those Endearing Young Charms
as
Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
1945
6.1
Bring on the Girls
as
Martha Neely
1945
7.2
National Velvet
as
Miss Sims
1945
6.1
Mademoiselle Fifi
as
The Wholesaler's Wife
1944
6.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
as
Mrs. Bland
1944
5.6
What a Woman
as
Miss Timmons
1943
6.8
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as
Gracie the Barmaid
1943
0
The Good Fellows
as
Mrs. Drayton
1943
3.0
Dixie
as
Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
as
Opera singer (uncredited)
1943
8.1
Casablanca
as
Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
1943
5.4
Johnny Doughboy
as
Miss Penticott
1942
7.3
Random Harvest
as
Julia
1942
7.1
The Major and the Minor
as
Mrs. Osborne
1942
6.6
The Glass Key
as
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1942
3.5
Flying with Music
as
Miss Mullens
1942
3.6
We Were Dancing
as
Mrs. Bryce-Carew
1942
6.0
Glamour Boy
as
Mrs. Lee
1941
6.3
Road to Zanzibar
as
Clara Kimble
1941
0
Scotland Yard
as
Lady Heathcote
1941
5.4
Mr. District Attorney
as
Hat Saleswoman
1941
7.5
Waterloo Bridge
as
Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
1940
5.6
The Earl of Chicago
as
Maureen Kilmount
1940
5.0
Shipyard Sally
as
Lady Patricia Randall
1939
0
Everything Happens to Me
as
Mrs. Prodder
1938
5.0
Rhythm Racketeer
as
Mrs. Della Nash
1937
0
Wanted!
as
Mrs. Smithers
1937
0
Make-Up
as
Hostess
1937
6.2
Fire Over England
as
Elena's Governess (uncredited)
1937
7.5
Windbag the Sailor
as
Olivia Potter-Porter
1936
0
East Meets West
as
Lady Mallory
1936
6.9
Where There's a Will
as
Lady Margaret Wimpleton
1936
6.9
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Cast
1936
0
Music Hath Charms
as
Bit (uncredited)
1936
0
Foreign Affaires
as
Mrs. Hardy Hornett
1935
0
Get Off My Foot
as
Mrs. Rawlingcourt
1935
4.0
Stormy Weather
as
Mrs. Dulcie Bullock
1935
6.2
Boys Will Be Boys
as
Lady Dorking
1935
5.2
Mimi
as
Madame Durand
1935
5.0
The Student's Romance
as
Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
1935
0
Dirty Work
as
Tiara Customer
1934
0
The Iron Duke
as
Duchess of Richmond
1934
6.2
Evergreen
as
Barmaid (uncredited)
1934
6.5
Crime on the Hill
as
Editor's Secretary
1933
2.0
Happy
as
Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
1933
0
Turkey Time
as
Ernestine Stoatt
1933
0
A Night Like This
as
Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
1932
0
The Chance of a Night Time
as
Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)
1931
4.0
The Glorious Adventure
as
Court Lady (uncredited)
1922