Norma Varden

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1898-01-20 (91 years old)

Deathday

1989-01-19

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Norma Varden

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

1953

1951

Strangers on a Train

as Mrs. Cunningham

1943

The Good Fellows

as Mrs. Drayton

1942

1941

Road to Zanzibar

as Clara Kimble

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

1957

1965

The Sound of Music

as Frau Schmidt

1963

13 Frightened Girls

as Miss Pittford

1961

Five Minutes to Live

as Priscilla Auerbach

1967

Doctor Dolittle

as Lady Fetherington

1947

Where There's Life

as Mabel Jones

1942

1951

1944

Mademoiselle Fifi

as The Wholesaler's Wife

1936

Where There's a Will

as Lady Margaret Wimpleton

1952

Les Miserables

as Madame Courbet (uncredited)

1946

The Green Years

as Mrs. Bosomley

1953

Loose in London

as Aunt Agatha

1942

Flying with Music

as Miss Mullens

1936

Windbag the Sailor

as Olivia Potter-Porter

1935

Boys Will Be Boys

as Lady Dorking

1955

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Maureen Kilmount

1964

Kisses for My President

as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)

1942

We Were Dancing

as Mrs. Bryce-Carew

1943

What a Woman

as Miss Timmons

1949

Adventure in Baltimore

as Helen Hadley Hamilton

1946

The Searching Wind

as Mrs. Hayworth

1954

Three Coins in the Fountain

as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)

1942

The Glass Key

as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

1943

Casablanca

as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)

1934

Dirty Work

as Tiara Customer

1958

The Buccaneer

as Madame Hilaire

1947

Ivy

as Joan Rodney (uncredited)

1933

Turkey Time

as Ernestine Stoatt

1937

Make-Up

as Hostess

1943

Dixie

as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)

1945

Hold That Blonde!

as Flora Carteret

1965

A Very Special Favor

as Mother Plum

1939

Shipyard Sally

as Lady Patricia Randall

1945

Those Endearing Young Charms

as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady

1935

Get Off My Foot

as Mrs. Rawlingcourt

1933

Crime on the Hill

as Editor's Secretary

1945

National Velvet

as Miss Sims

1941

Scotland Yard

as Lady Heathcote

1945

Girls of the Big House

as Mrs. Thelma Holt

1953

Young Bess

as Lady Tyrwhitt

1947

Forever Amber

as Mrs. Abbott

1935

Foreign Affaires

as Mrs. Hardy Hornett

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Gracie the Barmaid

1940

Waterloo Bridge

as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)

1933

Happy

as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses

1945

The Cheaters

as Mattie

1935

The Student's Romance

as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt

1945

Bring on the Girls

as Martha Neely

1950

Fancy Pants

as Lady Maude

1958

In the Money

as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley

1934

The Iron Duke

as Duchess of Richmond

1947

The Trouble with Women

as Wilmer Dawson

1932

A Night Like This

as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)

1936

East Meets West

as Lady Mallory

1969

Istanbul Express

as Englishwoman

1941

Mr. District Attorney

as Hat Saleswoman

1942

Johnny Doughboy

as Miss Penticott

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Opera singer (uncredited)

1948

The Amazing Mr. X

as Wealthy looking woman

1935

Stormy Weather

as Mrs. Dulcie Bullock

1948

Let's Live a Little

as Nurse Brady

1944

1935

Mimi

as Madame Durand

1949

1963

Island of Love

as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)

1934

Evergreen

as Barmaid (uncredited)

1937

Wanted!

as Mrs. Smithers

1937

Fire Over England

as Elena's Governess (uncredited)

1936

Music Hath Charms

as Bit (uncredited)

1962

Rome Adventure

as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)

1959

The Miracle

as Mrs. MacGregor

1931

The Chance of a Night Time

as Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)

1922

The Glorious Adventure

as Court Lady (uncredited)

1937

Rhythm Racketeer

as Mrs. Della Nash

1947

Millie's Daughter

as Mrs. Sarah Harris

1969

Doc

as Mrs. Dobson

1941

Glamour Boy

as Mrs. Lee

1948

Hollow Triumph

as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)

1938

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