
Norma Varden
Known for Acting · 120 credits
- Born
- 1898-01-20
- Died
- 1989-01-19
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Norma Varden Shackleton
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
TV Shows (31)

Perry Mason
1957
as Winifred Wileen

The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Wealthy Art Patron

Bonanza
1959
as Ma Nutley

Matinee Theater
1955

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Mrs. Van Ransohoff

Adventures of Superman
1952
as Mabel McCredy

The Lucy Show
1962
as Mrs. Van Vlack

Batman
1966
as Mrs. Monteagle

I Love Lucy
1951
as Mrs. Benson

Bewitched
1964
as Mrs. Lucille Dumont

Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mrs. Tarmigan

The Real McCoys
1957
as Woman / Mrs. Murdock / Mrs. Barton

The Life Of Riley
1953
as Mother

The Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Governess Quincy

Hazel
1961
as Harriet Johnson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Jenny (uncredited)

77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Mrs. Hotchkiss / Maude Courtright

Mister Ed
1961
as Mrs. Davis

Telephone Time
1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mrs. Sylvester
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Miss Gompers

The Third Man
1959
as Caroline Waterbury
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Aunt

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Miss Devon

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

Cavalcade of America
1952

Mr. & Mrs. North
1952

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mrs. Masters / Head Nurse

Coronado 9
1960

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

General Electric Theater
1953
as Mrs. MacDowell
Movies (89)

Casablanca
1943
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)

The Sound of Music
1965
as Frau Schmidt

Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Mrs. French

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
as Lady Beekman

Strangers on a Train
1951
as Mrs. Cunningham

Doctor Dolittle
1967
as Lady Fetherington

Three Coins in the Fountain
1954
as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)

The Cheaters
1945
as Mattie

The Secret Garden
1949
as Nurse

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)

Happy
1933
as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses

Istanbul Express
1969
as Englishwoman

Forever Amber
1947
as Mrs. Abbott

The Buccaneer
1958
as Madame Hilaire

National Velvet
1945
as Miss Sims

13 Frightened Girls
1963
as Miss Pittford

The Green Years
1946
as Mrs. Bosomley

Jupiter's Darling
1955
as Fabia

Les Miserables
1952
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)

Random Harvest
1942
as Julia

Doc
1969
as Mrs. Dobson

A Very Special Favor
1965
as Mother Plum

Dixie
1943
as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)

Windbag the Sailor
1936
as Olivia Potter-Porter

Rome Adventure
1962
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor
1942
as Mrs. Osborne

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Gracie the Barmaid

Thunder on the Hill
1951
as Pierce

Mr. District Attorney
1941
as Hat Saleswoman

The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Mrs. Bland

The Miracle
1959
as Mrs. MacGregor

The Glass Key
1942
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Millie's Daughter
1947
as Mrs. Sarah Harris

The Amazing Mr. X
1948
as Wealthy looking woman

Hollow Triumph
1948
as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)

Fire Over England
1937
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)

Fancy Pants
1950
as Lady Maude

In the Money
1958
as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley

Where There's Life
1947
as Mabel Jones

Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Clara Kimble (uncredited)

Moochie of Pop Warner Football
1960
as Miss Devon

Five Minutes to Live
1961
as Priscilla Auerbach

Young Bess
1953
as Lady Tyrwhitt

The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Maureen Kilmount

Glamour Boy
1941
as Mrs. Lee

Loose in London
1953
as Aunt Agatha

Adventure in Baltimore
1949
as Helen Hadley Hamilton

Hold That Blonde!
1945
as Flora Carteret

Kisses for My President
1964
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)

Island of Love
1963
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Opera singer (uncredited)

Mademoiselle Fifi
1944
as The Wholesaler's Wife

Ivy
1947
as Joan Rodney (uncredited)

Flying with Music
1942
as Miss Mullens

Evergreen
1934
as Barmaid (uncredited)

The Trouble with Women
1947
as Wilmer Dawson

Music Hath Charms
1936
as Bit (uncredited)

Boys Will Be Boys
1935
as Lady Dorking

We Were Dancing
1942
as Mrs. Bryce-Carew

Where There's a Will
1936
as Lady Margaret Wimpleton

What a Woman
1943
as Miss Timmons

Everything Happens to Me
1938
as Mrs. Prodder

Let's Live a Little
1948
as Nurse Brady

The Iron Duke
1934
as Duchess of Richmond

Bring on the Girls
1945
as Martha Neely

East Meets West
1936
as Lady Mallory

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936

Those Endearing Young Charms
1945
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady

Johnny Doughboy
1942
as Miss Penticott
The Chance of a Night Time
1931
as Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)

Scotland Yard
1941
as Lady Heathcote

The Good Fellows
1943
as Mrs. Drayton

Mimi
1935
as Madame Durand

Wanted!
1937
as Mrs. Smithers
Foreign Affaires
1935
as Mrs. Hardy Hornett

Girls of the Big House
1945
as Mrs. Thelma Holt

Dirty Work
1934
as Tiara Customer

The Searching Wind
1946
as Mrs. Hayworth

Crime on the Hill
1933
as Editor's Secretary
Make-Up
1937
as Hostess
Get Off My Foot
1935
as Mrs. Rawlingcourt

A Night Like This
1932
as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)

Turkey Time
1933
as Ernestine Stoatt

The Student's Romance
1935
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt

Shipyard Sally
1939
as Lady Patricia Randall

Stormy Weather
1935
as Mrs. Dulcie Bullock

Rhythm Racketeer
1937
as Mrs. Della Nash

The Glorious Adventure
1922
as Court Lady (uncredited)
About 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. With 120 credits spanning from 1922 to 1982, Norma Varden has appeared in 89 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Norma Varden Movies
- Casablanca (1943) — as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
- The Sound of Music (1965) — as Frau Schmidt
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — as Mrs. French
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) — as Lady Beekman
- Strangers on a Train (1951) — as Mrs. Cunningham
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