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

Lady Beekman

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Mrs. Cunningham

Strangers on a Train

Mrs. Drayton

The Good Fellows

Julia

Random Harvest

Clara Kimble

Road to Zanzibar

(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Mrs. French

Witness for the Prosecution

Frau Schmidt

The Sound of Music

Miss Pittford

13 Frightened Girls

Priscilla Auerbach

Five Minutes to Live

Lady Fetherington

Doctor Dolittle

Mabel Jones

Where There's Life

Mrs. Osborne

The Major and the Minor

Pierce

Thunder on the Hill

The Wholesaler's Wife

Mademoiselle Fifi

Lady Margaret Wimpleton

Where There's a Will

Madame Courbet (uncredited)

Les Miserables

Mrs. Bosomley

The Green Years

Aunt Agatha

Loose in London

Miss Mullens

Flying with Music

Olivia Potter-Porter

Windbag the Sailor

Lady Dorking

Boys Will Be Boys

Fabia

Jupiter's Darling

Maureen Kilmount

The Earl of Chicago

Miss Disendorff (uncredited)

Kisses for My President

Mrs. Bryce-Carew

We Were Dancing

Miss Timmons

What a Woman

Helen Hadley Hamilton

Adventure in Baltimore

Mrs. Hayworth

The Searching Wind

Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)

Three Coins in the Fountain

Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)

The Glass Key

Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)

Casablanca

Tiara Customer

Dirty Work

Madame Hilaire

The Buccaneer

Joan Rodney (uncredited)

Ivy

Ernestine Stoatt

Turkey Time

Hostess

Make-Up

Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)

Dixie

Flora Carteret

Hold That Blonde!

Mother Plum

A Very Special Favor

Lady Patricia Randall

Shipyard Sally

Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady

Those Endearing Young Charms

Mrs. Rawlingcourt

Get Off My Foot

Editor's Secretary

Crime on the Hill

Miss Sims

National Velvet

Lady Heathcote

Scotland Yard

Mrs. Thelma Holt

Girls of the Big House

Lady Tyrwhitt

Young Bess

Miss Devon

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

Mrs. Abbott

Forever Amber

Mrs. Hardy Hornett

Foreign Affaires

Gracie the Barmaid

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)

Waterloo Bridge

Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses

Happy

Mattie

The Cheaters

Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt

The Student's Romance

Martha Neely

Bring on the Girls

Lady Maude

Fancy Pants

Mrs. Smythe-Chumley

In the Money

Duchess of Richmond

The Iron Duke

Wilmer Dawson

The Trouble with Women

Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)

A Night Like This

Lady Mallory

East Meets West

Englishwoman

Istanbul Express

Hat Saleswoman

Mr. District Attorney

Miss Penticott

Johnny Doughboy

Opera singer (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Wealthy looking woman

The Amazing Mr. X

Mrs. Dulcie Bullock

Stormy Weather

Nurse Brady

Let's Live a Little

Mrs. Bland

The White Cliffs of Dover

Madame Durand

Mimi

Nurse

The Secret Garden

Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)

Island of Love

Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)

Rome Adventure

Mrs. MacGregor

The Miracle

Court Lady (uncredited)

The Glorious Adventure

Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)

The Chance of a Night Time

Barmaid (uncredited)

Evergreen

Bit (uncredited)

Music Hath Charms

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

Elena's Governess (uncredited)

Fire Over England

Mrs. Smithers

Wanted!

Mrs. Della Nash

Rhythm Racketeer

Mrs. Sarah Harris

Millie's Daughter

Mrs. Dobson

Doc

Mrs. Lee

Glamour Boy

Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)

Hollow Triumph

Mrs. Prodder

Everything Happens to Me

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Female

Birthday

1898-01-20

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Norma Varden Shackleton