Norma Varden

Born: 1898-01-20

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


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The Sound of Music

as Frau Schmidt
Released: 1965-03-29

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as...

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Casablanca

as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
Released: 1943-01-15

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...

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Witness for the Prosecution

as Mrs. French
Released: 1957-12-17

An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where his...

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Strangers on a Train

as Mrs. Cunningham
Released: 1951-06-27

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two...

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Waterloo Bridge

as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
Released: 1940-05-17

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man...

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Lady Beekman
Released: 1953-07-14

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the...

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The Secret Garden

as Nurse
Released: 1949-04-30

When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with...

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Doctor Dolittle

as Lady Fetherington
Released: 1967-12-05

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

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National Velvet

as Miss Sims
Released: 1945-01-26

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside...

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Random Harvest

as Julia
Released: 1942-12-17

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall...

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Released: 1982-05-21

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...

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The Major and the Minor

as Mrs. Osborne
Released: 1942-09-16

Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the...

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Gracie the Barmaid
Released: 1943-09-17

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...

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Hollow Triumph

as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
Released: 1948-08-18

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate...

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The Glass Key

as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1942-09-08

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused...

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The Amazing Mr. X

as Wealthy looking woman
Released: 1948-07-29

On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband...

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Forever Amber

as Mrs. Abbott
Released: 1947-10-10

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires...

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Mrs. Bland
Released: 1944-05-11

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...

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Les Miserables

as Madame Courbet (uncredited)
Released: 1952-08-14

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Three Coins in the Fountain

as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
Released: 1954-05-01

Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins...

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Young Bess

as Lady Tyrwhitt
Released: 1953-05-29

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest...

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The Buccaneer

as Madame Hilaire
Released: 1958-12-11

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend...

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The Miracle

as Mrs. MacGregor
Released: 1959-11-12

A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.

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Road to Zanzibar

as Clara Kimble
Released: 1941-04-11

Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures,...

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Five Minutes to Live

as Priscilla Auerbach
Released: 1961-12-07

A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband...

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Fire Over England

as Elena's Governess (uncredited)
Released: 1937-03-05

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on...

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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

as uncredited
Released: 1936-07-28

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a...

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Fancy Pants

as Lady Maude
Released: 1950-07-19

An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to...

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Bring on the Girls

as Martha Neely
Released: 1945-03-30

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...

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Rome Adventure

as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
Released: 1962-04-21

Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy...

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Boys Will Be Boys

as Lady Dorking
Released: 1935-07-01

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby...

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Girls of the Big House

as Mrs. Thelma Holt
Released: 1945-11-02

A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town...

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The Cheaters

as Mattie
Released: 1945-07-15

An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic...

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Jupiter's Darling

as Fabia
Released: 1955-02-18

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a...

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Ivy

as Joan Rodney (uncredited)
Released: 1947-06-26

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what...

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Evergreen

as Barmaid (uncredited)
Released: 1934-04-01

Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, mysteriously...

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Thunder on the Hill

as Pierce
Released: 1951-10-17

Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death...

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Kisses for My President

as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
Released: 1964-08-21

A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.

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Island of Love

as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
Released: 1963-06-12

Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about...

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13 Frightened Girls

as Miss Pittford
Released: 1963-04-18

While attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American...

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Johnny Doughboy

as Miss Penticott
Released: 1942-12-31

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...

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Slightly Dangerous

as Opera singer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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Glamour Boy

as Mrs. Lee
Released: 1941-12-05

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He...

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The Green Years

as Mrs. Bosomley
Released: 1946-07-04

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to...

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Dixie

as Mrs. LaPlant
Released: 1943-06-23

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...

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Mr. District Attorney

as Hat Saleswoman
Released: 1941-03-27

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

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Istanbul Express

as Englishwoman
Released: 1969-03-07

An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective...

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The Trouble with Women

as Wilmer Dawson
Released: 1947-06-25

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A...

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Mimi

as Madame Durand
Released: 1935-03-28

A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the...

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A Very Special Favor

as Mother Plum
Released: 1965-08-02

The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American...

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The Earl of Chicago

as Maureen Kilmount
Released: 1940-01-05

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...

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Windbag the Sailor

as Olivia Potter-Porter
Released: 1936-12-01

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a...

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Where There's a Will

as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Released: 1936-08-10

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to...

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Loose in London

as Aunt Agatha
Released: 1953-05-24

The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.

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The Good Fellows

as Mrs. Drayton
Released: 1943-08-11

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim...

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Moochie of Pop Warner Football

as Miss Devon
Released: 1960-11-20

Moochie joins a Pop Warner Football team, but has troubles with the mayor’s son. When the two...

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Flying with Music

as Miss Mullens
Released: 1942-05-22

The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping...

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We Were Dancing

as Mrs. Bryce-Carew
Released: 1942-04-30

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by...

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Where There's Life

as Mabel Jones
Released: 1947-11-21

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the...

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The Student's Romance

as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
Released: 1935-01-01

A Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed...

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Hold That Blonde!

as Flora Carteret
Released: 1945-11-23

Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by...

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Millie's Daughter

as Mrs. Sarah Harris
Released: 1947-03-20

An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a...

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Rhythm Racketeer

as Mrs. Della Nash
Released: 1937-10-01

A Chicago gangster steals jewels and frames his band leader double.

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Music Hath Charms

as Bit (uncredited)
Released: 1936-03-02

This cheerful maze of melody, song, comedy and drama showcases the talents of Henry Hall and His...

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Let's Live a Little

as Nurse Brady
Released: 1948-12-09

A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients,...

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Those Endearing Young Charms

as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
Released: 1945-06-19

A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.

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The Searching Wind

as Mrs. Hayworth
Released: 1946-08-09

Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie...

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In the Money

as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
Released: 1958-02-16

The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an...

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What a Woman

as Miss Timmons
Released: 1943-12-29

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.

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Crime on the Hill

as Editor's Secretary
Released: 1933-12-27

In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds...

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A Night Like This

as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
Released: 1932-03-16

Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club....

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The Iron Duke

as Duchess of Richmond
Released: 1934-11-30

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington

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Adventure in Baltimore

as Helen Hadley Hamilton
Released: 1949-04-19

Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's...

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Mademoiselle Fifi

as The Wholesaler's Wife
Released: 1944-07-28

In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride...

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Happy

as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
Released: 1933-12-11

A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while...

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Turkey Time

as Ernestine Stoatt
Released: 1933-12-01

A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for...

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Doc

as Mrs. Dobson
Released: 1969-07-28

An aging doctor in a small town decides to pack up his little black bag, but when a young doctor...

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Everything Happens to Me

as Mrs. Prodder
Released: 1938-12-01

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Scotland Yard

as Lady Heathcote
Released: 1941-04-03

Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After...

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Wanted!

as Mrs. Smithers
Released: 1937-08-23

A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns...

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Shipyard Sally

as Lady Patricia Randall
Released: 1939-09-30

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are...

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Dirty Work

as Tiara Customer
Released: 1934-12-07

Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.

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East Meets West

as Lady Mallory
Released: 1936-08-26

The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to...

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Stormy Weather

as uncredited
Released: 1935-08-01

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French...

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The Glorious Adventure

as Court Lady (uncredited)
Released: 1922-04-23

An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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The Lucy Show

as Mrs. Van Vlack
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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Bonanza

as Ma Nutley
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bewitched

as Mrs. Lucille Dumont
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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I Love Lucy

as Mrs. Benson
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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Perry Mason

as Winifred Wileen
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Batman

as Mrs. Monteagle
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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The Life Of Riley

as Mother
First aired: 1953-01-02

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Mrs. Van Ransohoff
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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Mister Ed

as Mrs. Davis
First aired: 1961-01-05

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Mrs. Hotchkiss
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Maude Courtright
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The Third Man

as Caroline Waterbury
First aired: 1959-10-02

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Hazel

as Harriet Johnson
First aired: 1961-09-28

Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers,...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Wealthy Art Patron
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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The Real McCoys

as Woman
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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The Real McCoys

as Mrs. Murdock
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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The Real McCoys

as Mrs. Barton
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jenny (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Adventures of Superman

as Mabel McCredy
First aired: 1952-09-19

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Miss Devon
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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Coronado 9

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-06

Dan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Cavalcade of America

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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Letter to Loretta

as Mrs. Masters
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Letter to Loretta

as Head Nurse
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Mrs. Sylvester
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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General Electric Theater

as Mrs. MacDowell
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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