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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 20, 1898
Died
January 19, 1989
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Norma Varden Shackleton
Norma Varden
0.9 Popularity
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
6.6
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
0.0
Mrs. Dobson
Doc
1969
5.1
Englishwoman
Istanbul Express
1969
6.2
Lady Fetherington
Doctor Dolittle
1967
7.3
Mrs. Monteagle
Batman
1966
5.7
Mother Plum
A Very Special Favor
1965
7.7
Frau Schmidt
The Sound of Music
1965
7.9
Mrs. Lucille Dumont
Bewitched
1964
7.0
Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
Kisses for My President
1964
5.3
Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
Island of Love
1963
Credits
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
Doc
as Mrs. Dobson
1969
0.0
Istanbul Express
as Englishwoman
1969
5.1
Doctor Dolittle
as Lady Fetherington
1967
6.2
Batman
as Mrs. Monteagle
1966
7.3
A Very Special Favor
as Mother Plum
1965
5.7
The Sound of Music
as Frau Schmidt
1965
7.7
Bewitched
as Mrs. Lucille Dumont
1964
7.9
Kisses for My President
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
1964
7.0
Island of Love
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
1963
5.3
13 Frightened Girls
as Miss Pittford
1963
5.4
The Lucy Show
as Mrs. Van Vlack
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mrs. Van Ransohoff
1962
6.9
Rome Adventure
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
1962
5.5
Five Minutes to Live
as Priscilla Auerbach
1961
5.4
Hazel
as Harriet Johnson
1961
6.8
Mister Ed
as Mrs. Davis
1961
6.7
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
as Miss Devon
1960
6.5
Coronado 9
1960
6.0
The Miracle
as Mrs. MacGregor
1959
6.7
The Third Man
as Caroline Waterbury
1959
7.1
Bonanza
as Ma Nutley
1959
7.5
The Buccaneer
as Madame Hilaire
1958
6.4
77 Sunset Strip
as Mrs. Hotchkiss
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Maude Courtright
1958
6.7
In the Money
as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
1958
7.0
Witness for the Prosecution
as Mrs. French
1957
8.2
The Real McCoys
as Woman
1957
5.6
The Real McCoys
as Mrs. Murdock
1957
5.6
The Real McCoys
as Mrs. Barton
1957
5.6
Perry Mason
as Winifred Wileen
1957
7.7
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The Gale Storm Show
as Miss Gompers
1956
5.5
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Sylvester
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jenny (uncredited)
1955
7.8
Jupiter's Darling
as Fabia
1955
4.3
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Miss Devon
1954
7.8
Three Coins in the Fountain
as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
1954
5.9
The Danny Thomas Show
as Governess Quincy
1953
6.0
Letter to Loretta
as Mrs. Masters
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Head Nurse
1953
6.5
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Lady Beekman
1953
7.3
Young Bess
as Lady Tyrwhitt
1953
5.7
Loose in London
as Aunt Agatha
1953
5.1
General Electric Theater
as Mrs. MacDowell
1953
6.4
The Life Of Riley
as Mother
1953
6.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mrs. Tarmigan
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Mabel McCredy
1952
6.6
Les Miserables
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)
1952
5.2
Thunder on the Hill
as Pierce
1951
6.3
I Love Lucy
as Mrs. Benson
1951
7.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Wealthy Art Patron
1951
7.4
Strangers on a Train
as Mrs. Cunningham
1951
7.7
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Aunt
1950
6.3
Fancy Pants
as Lady Maude
1950
5.6
The Secret Garden
as Nurse
1949
7.1
Adventure in Baltimore
as Helen Hadley Hamilton
1949
4.9
Let's Live a Little
as Nurse Brady
1948
6.3
Hollow Triumph
as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
1948
6.6
The Amazing Mr. X
as Wealthy looking woman
1948
6.2
Where There's Life
as Mabel Jones
1947
5.8
Forever Amber
as Mrs. Abbott
1947
6.0
Ivy
as Joan Rodney (uncredited)
1947
6.6
The Trouble with Women
as Wilmer Dawson
1947
0.0
Millie's Daughter
as Mrs. Sarah Harris
1947
1.0
The Searching Wind
as Mrs. Hayworth
1946
0.0
The Green Years
as Mrs. Bosomley
1946
6.3
Hold That Blonde!
as Flora Carteret
1945
6.0
Girls of the Big House
as Mrs. Thelma Holt
1945
6.0
The Cheaters
as Mattie
1945
5.9
Those Endearing Young Charms
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
1945
0.0
Bring on the Girls
as Martha Neely
1945
6.1
National Velvet
as Miss Sims
1945
7.2
Mademoiselle Fifi
as The Wholesaler's Wife
1944
6.1
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Mrs. Bland
1944
6.5
What a Woman
as Miss Timmons
1943
5.6
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Gracie the Barmaid
1943
6.8
The Good Fellows
as Mrs. Drayton
1943
0.0
Dixie
as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)
1943
3.0
Slightly Dangerous
as Opera singer (uncredited)
1943
6.1
Casablanca
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
1943
8.1
Johnny Doughboy
as Miss Penticott
1942
5.4
Random Harvest
as Julia
1942
7.3
The Major and the Minor
as Mrs. Osborne
1942
7.0
The Glass Key
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Flying with Music
as Miss Mullens
1942
3.5
We Were Dancing
as Mrs. Bryce-Carew
1942
3.6
Glamour Boy
as Mrs. Lee
1941
6.0
Road to Zanzibar
as Clara Kimble
1941
6.3
Scotland Yard
as Lady Heathcote
1941
0.0
Mr. District Attorney
as Hat Saleswoman
1941
5.4
Waterloo Bridge
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
1940
7.5
The Earl of Chicago
as Maureen Kilmount
1940
5.6
Shipyard Sally
as Lady Patricia Randall
1939
5.0
Everything Happens to Me
as Mrs. Prodder
1938
0.0
Rhythm Racketeer
as Mrs. Della Nash
1937
5.0
Wanted!
as Mrs. Smithers
1937
0.0
🎬
Make-Up
as Hostess
1937
0.0
Fire Over England
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Windbag the Sailor
as Olivia Potter-Porter
1936
7.5
East Meets West
as Lady Mallory
1936
0.0
Where There's a Will
as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
1936
6.9
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936
6.9
Music Hath Charms
as Bit (uncredited)
1936
0.0
🎬
Foreign Affaires
as Mrs. Hardy Hornett
1935
0.0
🎬
Get Off My Foot
as Mrs. Rawlingcourt
1935
0.0
Stormy Weather
as Mrs. Dulcie Bullock
1935
4.0
Boys Will Be Boys
as Lady Dorking
1935
6.2
Mimi
as Madame Durand
1935
5.2
The Student's Romance
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
1935
5.0
Dirty Work
as Tiara Customer
1934
0.0
The Iron Duke
as Duchess of Richmond
1934
0.0
Evergreen
as Barmaid (uncredited)
1934
6.2
Crime on the Hill
as Editor's Secretary
1933
6.5
Happy
as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
1933
2.0
Turkey Time
as Ernestine Stoatt
1933
0.0
A Night Like This
as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
1932
0.0
🎬
The Chance of a Night Time
as Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)
1931
0.0
The Glorious Adventure
as Court Lady (uncredited)
1922
4.0