Norma Varden
Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career.
The Sound of Music
as Frau SchmidtIn the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as...
Movie pageCasablanca
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...
Movie pageWitness for the Prosecution
as Mrs. FrenchAn ailing famous barrister agrees to defend Leonard Vole in a sensational murder trial where his...
Movie pageGentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Lady BeekmanLorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the...
Movie pageDoctor Dolittle
as Lady FetheringtonA veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
Movie pageStrangers on a Train
as Mrs. CunninghamHaving met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two...
Movie pageNational Velvet
as Miss SimsMi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside...
Movie pageThe Glass Key
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused...
Movie pageThe White Cliffs of Dover
as Mrs. BlandAmerican Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...
Movie pageThree Coins in the Fountain
as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins...
Movie pageWaterloo Bridge
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man...
Movie pageRandom Harvest
as JuliaWandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall...
Movie pageThe Secret Garden
as NurseWhen Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with...
Movie pageDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...
Movie pageHollow Triumph
as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate...
Movie pageSlightly Dangerous
as Opera singer (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
Movie pageForever Amber
as Mrs. AbbottAmber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires...
Movie pageSherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Gracie the BarmaidDuring WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...
Movie pageThe Major and the Minor
as Mrs. OsborneReturning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the...
Movie pageThe Buccaneer
as Madame HilaireDuring the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend...
Movie pageThe Amazing Mr. X
as Wealthy looking womanOn the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband...
Movie pageFancy Pants
as Lady MaudeAn American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to...
Movie pageThe Earl of Chicago
as Maureen KilmountA behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...
Movie pageFire Over England
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on...
Movie pageFive Minutes to Live
as Priscilla AuerbachA guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband...
Movie pageThe Green Years
as Mrs. BosomleyAn orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to...
Movie pageThe Miracle
as Mrs. MacGregorA novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.
Movie pageThe Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
as uncreditedA bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a...
Movie pageEvergreen
as Barmaid (uncredited)Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, mysteriously...
Movie pageJupiter's Darling
as FabiaRome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a...
Movie pageRoad to Zanzibar
as Clara KimbleStranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures,...
Movie pageRome Adventure
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy...
Movie pageLes Miserables
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...
Movie pageIvy
as Joan Rodney (uncredited)When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what...
Movie pageYoung Bess
as Lady TyrwhittThe mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest...
Movie pageBring on the Girls
as Martha NeelyA millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...
Movie pageThe Iron Duke
as Duchess of RichmondThe life and times of the Duke of Wellington
Movie page13 Frightened Girls
as Miss PittfordWhile attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American...
Movie pageMademoiselle Fifi
as The Wholesaler's WifeIn occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride...
Movie pageA Very Special Favor
as Mother PlumThe long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American...
Movie pageThe Cheaters
as MattieAn eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic...
Movie pageThunder on the Hill
as PierceSister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death...
Movie pageHold That Blonde!
as Flora CarteretOgden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by...
Movie pageCrime on the Hill
as Editor's SecretaryIn this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds...
Movie pageMusic Hath Charms
as Bit (uncredited)This cheerful maze of melody, song, comedy and drama showcases the talents of Henry Hall and His...
Movie pageBoys Will Be Boys
as Lady DorkingAlec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby...
Movie pageIsland of Love
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about...
Movie pageThe Trouble with Women
as Wilmer DawsonA psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A...
Movie pageWe Were Dancing
as Mrs. Bryce-CarewA penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by...
Movie pageWhere There's a Will
as Lady Margaret WimpletonWill Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to...
Movie pageJohnny Doughboy
as Miss PenticottAs sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...
Movie pageIstanbul Express
as EnglishwomanAn art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective...
Movie pageDixie
as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...
Movie pageMr. District Attorney
as Hat SaleswomanAn assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Movie pageFlying with Music
as Miss MullensThe "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping...
Movie pageIn the Money
as Mrs. Smythe-ChumleyThe Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an...
Movie pageDoc
as Mrs. DobsonAn aging doctor in a small town decides to pack up his little black bag, but when a young doctor...
Movie pageWhere There's Life
as Mabel JonesIn a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the...
Movie pageMoochie of Pop Warner Football
as Miss DevonMoochie joins a Pop Warner Football team, but has troubles with the mayor’s son. When the two...
Movie pageGirls of the Big House
as Mrs. Thelma HoltA women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town...
Movie pageLoose in London
as Aunt AgathaThe Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
Movie pageThe Good Fellows
as Mrs. DraytonThe title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim...
Movie pageScotland Yard
as Lady HeathcoteInspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After...
Movie pageLet's Live a Little
as Nurse BradyA harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients,...
Movie pageAdventure in Baltimore
as Helen Hadley HamiltonDinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's...
Movie pageKisses for My President
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.
Movie pageDirty Work
as Tiara CustomerStaff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
Movie pageWindbag the Sailor
as Olivia Potter-PorterWill Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a...
Movie pageWhat a Woman
as Miss TimmonsAn author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
Movie pageThe Searching Wind
as Mrs. HayworthAlways the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie...
Movie pageThose Endearing Young Charms
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor LadyA soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.
Movie pageRhythm Racketeer
as Mrs. Della NashA Chicago gangster steals jewels and frames his band leader double.
Movie pageMimi
as Madame DurandA struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the...
Movie pageThe Glorious Adventure
as Court Lady (uncredited)An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
Movie pageMillie's Daughter
as Mrs. Sarah HarrisAn errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a...
Movie pageThe Student's Romance
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's AuntA Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed...
Movie pageShipyard Sally
as Lady Patricia RandallA lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are...
Movie pageStormy Weather
as uncreditedSir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French...
Movie pageEast Meets West
as Lady MalloryThe story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to...
Movie pageWanted!
as Mrs. SmithersA married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns...
Movie pageA Night Like This
as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club....
Movie pageGlamour Boy
as Mrs. LeeFormer child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He...
Movie pageTurkey Time
as Ernestine StoattA group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for...
Movie pageHappy
as Miss Stone, Secretary with GlassesA young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while...
Movie pageBewitched
as Mrs. Lucille DumontSamantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...
TV Show pagePerry Mason
as Winifred WileenThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
TV Show pageBonanza
as Ma NutleyThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
TV Show pageBatman
as Mrs. MonteagleWealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...
TV Show pageThe Beverly Hillbillies
as Mrs. Van RansohoffJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...
TV Show pageThe Lucy Show
as Mrs. Van VlackThe Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...
TV Show pageI Love Lucy
as Mrs. BensonCuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....
TV Show pageMatinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
TV Show pageMister Ed
as Mrs. DavisWilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...
TV Show pageHazel
as Harriet JohnsonHazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers,...
TV Show pageThe Red Skelton Show
as Wealthy Art PatronThe Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...
TV Show pageThe Real McCoys
as WomanThe Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...
TV Show pageThe Real McCoys
as Mrs. MurdockThe Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...
TV Show pageThe Real McCoys
as Mrs. BartonThe Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...
TV Show page77 Sunset Strip
as Mrs. HotchkissStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
TV Show page77 Sunset Strip
as Maude CourtrightStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
TV Show pageAdventures of Superman
as Mabel McCredyAnnouncer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...
TV Show pageAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jenny (uncredited)A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
TV Show pageTelephone Time
as uncreditedTelephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...
TV Show pageThe Life Of Riley
as MotherRiley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully...
TV Show pageThe Ford Television Theatre
as uncreditedThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
TV Show pageMr. & Mrs. North
as uncreditedMr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...
TV Show pageThe 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. SylvesterThe 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
TV Show pageCavalcade of America
as uncreditedCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
TV Show pageThe Wonderful World of Disney
as Miss DevonWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
TV Show pageCoronado 9
as uncreditedDan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.
TV Show pageLetter to Loretta
as Mrs. MastersLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
TV Show pageLetter to Loretta
as Head NurseLetter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as Mrs. MacDowellGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
TV Show pageSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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