Norma Varden

Personal Info

Birthday

January 20, 1898

Day of Death

1989-01-19

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Norma Varden Shackleton

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Batman

Bewitched

Four Star Playhouse

The Red Skelton Show

The Lucy Show

The Beverly Hillbillies

Filmography

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
1969
Doc
as Mrs. Dobson
Istanbul Express
as Englishwoman
1967
Doctor Dolittle
as Lady Fetherington
1965
A Very Special Favor
as Mother Plum
The Sound of Music
as Frau Schmidt
1964
Kisses for My President
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
1963
Island of Love
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
13 Frightened Girls
as Miss Pittford
1962
Rome Adventure
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
1961
Five Minutes to Live
as Priscilla Auerbach
1960
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
as Miss Devon
1959
The Miracle
as Mrs. MacGregor
1958
The Buccaneer
as Madame Hilaire
In the Money
as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
1957
Witness for the Prosecution
as Mrs. French
1955
Jupiter's Darling
as Fabia
1954
Three Coins in the Fountain
as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Lady Beekman
Young Bess
as Lady Tyrwhitt
Loose in London
as Aunt Agatha
1952
Les Miserables
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)
1951
Thunder on the Hill
as Pierce
Strangers on a Train
as Mrs. Cunningham
1950
Fancy Pants
as Lady Maude
1949
The Secret Garden
as Nurse
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
Hold That Blonde!
as Flora Carteret
Girls of the Big House
as Mrs. Thelma Holt
The Cheaters
as Mattie
Those Endearing Young Charms
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
Bring on the Girls
as Martha Neely
National Velvet
as Miss Sims
1944
Mademoiselle Fifi
as The Wholesaler's Wife
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Mrs. Bland
1943
What a Woman
as Miss Timmons
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Gracie the Barmaid
The Good Fellows
as Mrs. Drayton
Dixie
as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as Opera singer (uncredited)
Casablanca
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
1942
Johnny Doughboy
as Miss Penticott
Random Harvest
as Julia
The Major and the Minor
as Mrs. Osborne
The Glass Key
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Flying with Music
as Miss Mullens
We Were Dancing
as Mrs. Bryce-Carew
1941
Glamour Boy
as Mrs. Lee
Road to Zanzibar
as Clara Kimble
Scotland Yard
as Lady Heathcote
Mr. District Attorney
as Hat Saleswoman
1940
Waterloo Bridge
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
as Maureen Kilmount
1939
Shipyard Sally
as Lady Patricia Randall
1938
Everything Happens to Me
as Mrs. Prodder
1937
Rhythm Racketeer
as Mrs. Della Nash
Wanted!
as Mrs. Smithers
Make-Up
as Hostess
Fire Over England
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)
1936
Windbag the Sailor
as Olivia Potter-Porter
East Meets West
as Lady Mallory
Where There's a Will
as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Music Hath Charms
as Bit (uncredited)
1935
Foreign Affaires
as Mrs. Hardy Hornett
Get Off My Foot
as Mrs. Rawlingcourt
Stormy Weather
as Mrs. Dulcie Bullock
Boys Will Be Boys
as Lady Dorking
Mimi
as Madame Durand
The Student's Romance
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
1934
Dirty Work
as Tiara Customer
The Iron Duke
as Duchess of Richmond
Evergreen
as Barmaid (uncredited)
1933
Crime on the Hill
as Editor's Secretary
Happy
as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
Turkey Time
as Ernestine Stoatt
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)