Birthday
1898/01/20
Day of death
1989/01/19 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
Norma Varden Shackleton
Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career.
(1953) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Lady Beekman
(1951) Strangers on a Train
as Mrs. Cunningham
(1943) The Good Fellows
as Mrs. Drayton
(1942) Random Harvest
as Julia
(1941) Road to Zanzibar
as Clara Kimble
(1982) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
(1957) Witness for the Prosecution
as Mrs. French
(1965) The Sound of Music
as Frau Schmidt
(1963) 13 Frightened Girls
as Miss Pittford
(1961) Five Minutes to Live
as Priscilla Auerbach
(1967) Doctor Dolittle
as Lady Fetherington
(1947) Where There's Life
as Mabel Jones
(1942) The Major and the Minor
as Mrs. Osborne
(1951) Thunder on the Hill
as Pierce
(1944) Mademoiselle Fifi
as The Wholesaler's Wife
(1936) Where There's a Will
as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
(1952) Les Miserables
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)
(1946) The Green Years
as Mrs. Bosomley
(1953) Loose in London
as Aunt Agatha
(1942) Flying with Music
as Miss Mullens
(1936) Windbag the Sailor
as Olivia Potter-Porter
(1935) Boys Will Be Boys
as Lady Dorking
(1955) Jupiter's Darling
as Fabia
(1940) The Earl of Chicago
as Maureen Kilmount
(1964) Kisses for My President
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
(1942) We Were Dancing
as Mrs. Bryce-Carew
(1943) What a Woman
as Miss Timmons
(1949) Adventure in Baltimore
as Helen Hadley Hamilton
(1946) The Searching Wind
as Mrs. Hayworth
(1954) Three Coins in the Fountain
as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
(1942) The Glass Key
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
(1943) Casablanca
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
(1934) Dirty Work
as Tiara Customer
(1958) The Buccaneer
as Madame Hilaire
(1947) Ivy
as Joan Rodney (uncredited)
(1933) Turkey Time
as Ernestine Stoatt
(1937) Make-Up
as Hostess
(1943) Dixie
as Mrs. LaPlant
(1945) Hold That Blonde!
as Flora Carteret
(1965) A Very Special Favor
as Mother Plum
(1939) Shipyard Sally
as Lady Patricia Randall
(1945) Those Endearing Young Charms
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
(1935) Get Off My Foot
as Mrs. Rawlingcourt
(1933) Crime on the Hill
as Editor's Secretary
(1945) National Velvet
as Miss Sims
(1941) Scotland Yard
as Lady Heathcote
(1945) Girls of the Big House
as Mrs. Thelma Holt
(1953) Young Bess
as Lady Tyrwhitt
(1960) Moochie of Pop Warner Football
as Miss Devon
(1947) Forever Amber
as Mrs. Abbott
(1935) Foreign Affaires
as Mrs. Hardy Hornett
(1943) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Gracie the Barmaid
(1940) Waterloo Bridge
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
(1933) Happy
as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
(1945) The Cheaters
as Mattie
(1935) The Student's Romance
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
(1945) Bring on the Girls
as Martha Neely
(1950) Fancy Pants
as Lady Maude
(1958) In the Money
as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
(1934) The Iron Duke
as Duchess of Richmond
(1947) The Trouble with Women
as Wilmer Dawson
(1932) A Night Like This
as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
(1936) East Meets West
as Lady Mallory
(1969) Istanbul Express
as Englishwoman
(1941) Mr. District Attorney
as Hat Saleswoman
(1942) Johnny Doughboy
as Miss Penticott
(1943) Slightly Dangerous
as Opera singer (uncredited)
(1948) The Amazing Mr. X
as Wealthy looking woman
(1935) Stormy Weather
as ---
(1948) Let's Live a Little
as Nurse Brady
(1944) The White Cliffs of Dover
as Mrs. Bland
(1935) Mimi
as Madame Durand
(1949) The Secret Garden
as Nurse
(1936) Music Hath Charms
as Bit (uncredited)
(1931) The Chance of a Night Time
as Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)
(1963) Island of Love
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
(1962) Rome Adventure
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
(1937) Fire Over England
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)
(1922) The Glorious Adventure
as Court Lady (uncredited)
(1934) Evergreen
as Barmaid (uncredited)
(1959) The Miracle
as Mrs. MacGregor
(1936) The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
as ---
(1937) Wanted!
as Mrs. Smithers
(1937) Rhythm Racketeer
as Mrs. Della Nash
(1947) Millie's Daughter
as Mrs. Sarah Harris
(1969) Doc
as Mrs. Dobson
(1941) Glamour Boy
as Mrs. Lee
(1948) Hollow Triumph
as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
(1938) Everything Happens to Me
as Mrs. Prodder
(1961) Mister Ed
as Mrs. Davis
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Mrs. Hotchkiss
(1966) Batman
as Mrs. Monteagle
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Mrs. Van Vlack
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mrs. Van Ransohoff
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Mrs. Benson
(1957) Perry Mason
as Winifred Wileen
(1964) Bewitched
as Mrs. Lucille Dumont
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mrs. MacDowell
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Aunt
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1957) The Real McCoys
as Woman
(1961) Hazel
as Harriet Johnson
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Sylvester
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1960) Coronado 9
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Mrs. Masters
(1952) Mr. & Mrs. North
as ---
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Mabel McCredy
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Head Nurse
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as ---
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mrs. Tarmigan
(1957) The Real McCoys
as Mrs. Murdock
(1957) The Real McCoys
as Mrs. Barton
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Wealthy Art Patron
(1956) The Gale Storm Show
as Miss Gompers
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jenny (uncredited)
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Miss Devon
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---
(1953) The Life Of Riley
as Mother
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Maude Courtright
(1959) Bonanza
as Ma Nutley
(1959) The Third Man
as Caroline Waterbury