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Norma Varden Shackleton, known professionally as Norma Varden, was a British-American actress with a long film career.
Born
Thursday, 20 January 1898
Died
Thursday, 19 January 1989
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) / (in "The Glass Key") | 1982 |
| Istanbul Express | Englishwoman | 1968 |
| The Impossible Years | Dr. Jenkins | 1968 |
| Doctor Dolittle | Lady Fetherington | 1967 |
| Batman | Mrs. Monteagle | 1966 |
| O.K. Crackerby! | Aunt Penny | 1965 |
| A Very Special Favor | Mother Plum | 1965 |
| The Sound of Music | Frau Schmidt | 1965 |
| Bewitched | Mrs. Lucille Dumont | 1964 |
| Kisses for My President | Miss Dinsendorff | 1964 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) / (in "The Glass Key") | 1982 |
| Istanbul Express | Englishwoman | 1968 |
| The Impossible Years | Dr. Jenkins | 1968 |
| Doctor Dolittle | Lady Fetherington | 1967 |
| Batman | Mrs. Monteagle | 1966 |
| O.K. Crackerby! | Aunt Penny | 1965 |
| A Very Special Favor | Mother Plum | 1965 |
| The Sound of Music | Frau Schmidt | 1965 |
| Bewitched | Mrs. Lucille Dumont | 1964 |
| Kisses for My President | Miss Dinsendorff | 1964 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Sonia Van Creel | 1963 |
| Island of Love | Wife in Nightclub | 1963 |
| 13 Frightened Girls | Miss Pittford | 1963 |
| The Lucy Show | Mrs. Van Vlack | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Mrs. Van Ransohoff | 1962 |
| Ensign O'Toole | Lady Wellington | 1962 |
| Rome Adventure | Dean of Briarcroft College for Women | 1962 |
| Five Minutes to Live | Priscilla Auerbach | 1961 |
| Hazel | Harriet Johnson | 1961 |
| Holiday Lodge | Mrs. Strong | 1961 |
| Mister Ed | Mrs. Davis | 1961 |
| Dante | Harriet Tunstall | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Mrs. Wendell | 1960 |
| The Miracle | Mrs. MacGregor | 1959 |
| The Betty Hutton Show | Aunt Louise | 1959 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Viscountess | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Ma Nutley | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Caroline Waterbury | 1959 |
| The Buccaneer | Madame Hilaire | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Maude Courtright / Mrs. Hotchkiss | 1958 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Mrs. Lester | 1958 |
| In the Money | Mrs. Smythe-Chumley | 1958 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Mrs. Emily Jane French / Emily Jane French | 1958 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Mrs. Alma Teasely | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Mrs. Barton / Mrs. Murdock / Woman | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Winifred Wileen | 1957 |
| Date with the Angels | Mrs. Appleton | 1957 |
| Mr. Adams and Eve | Mrs. Weddington-Brown | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Miss Gompers | 1956 |
| The Birds and the Bees | Passenger | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Miss Waterman | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Mrs. Bristow | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Mrs. Sylvester | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jenny | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Lady Sharpe | 1955 |
| Those Whiting Girls | Miss LaVerne | 1955 |
| Jupiter's Darling | Fabia | 1955 |
| The Silver Chalice | Roman Matron | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Miss Devon | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Mrs. Gordon | 1954 |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Woman at Cocktail Party | 1954 |
| Meet Corliss Archer | The Maid | 1954 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Miss Quincey | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Head Nurse / Mrs. Masters | 1953 |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Lady Beekman | 1953 |
| Loose in London | Aunt Agatha | 1953 |
| Young Bess | Lady Tyrwhitt | 1953 |
| Elephant Walk | Shop Customer | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mrs. MacDowell | 1953 |
| The Life of Riley | Mother | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Nominating Committee Wife / Brad's Mother | 1952 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Mrs. Wentworth | 1952 |
| Something for the Birds | Congresswoman Bates | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Tarmigan | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Mabel McCredy | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Madame Courbet | 1952 |
| My Little Margie | Emily Lanchelm | 1952 |
| Thunder on the Hill | Pierce | 1951 |
| I Love Lucy | Mrs. Benson | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Wealthy Art Patron | 1951 |
| The Highwayman | Dowager at Ball | 1951 |
| Strangers on a Train | Mrs. Cunningham | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Aunt | 1950 |
| Fancy Pants | Lady Maude | 1950 |
| The Secret Garden | Nurse | 1949 |
| Adventure in Baltimore | H. H. Hamilton / Helen Hadley Hamilton | 1949 |
| Hollow Triumph | Mrs. Gerry | 1949 |
| Let's Live a Little | Nurse Brady | 1948 |
| The Amazing Mr. X | Wealthy-Looking Woman / Wealthy looking woman | 1948 |
| My Own True Love | Red Cross Nurse | 1948 |
| The Senator Was Indiscreet | Woman at Banquet | 1947 |
| Where There's Life | Mabel Jones | 1947 |
| Thunder in the Valley | Lady Eleanor | 1947 |
| Forever Amber | Mrs. Abbott | 1947 |
| Ivy | Joan Rodney | 1947 |
| The Trouble with Women | Mrs. Wilmer Dawson / Wilmer Dawson | 1947 |
| Millie's Daughter | Mrs. Sarah Harris | 1947 |
| The Searching Wind | Mrs. Hayworth | 1946 |
| The Green Years | Mrs. Bosomley | 1946 |
| Mademoiselle Fifi | The Wholesaler's Wife | 1946 |
| Hold That Blonde! | Flora Carteret | 1945 |
| Girls of the Big House | Mrs. Thelma Holt | 1945 |
| The Cheaters | Mattie / Mattie Tate | 1945 |
| Those Endearing Young Charms | Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady | 1945 |
| Bring on the Girls | Aunt Martha / Martha Neely | 1945 |
| National Velvet | Miss Sims | 1945 |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | Mrs. Bland | 1944 |
| What a Woman! | Miss Timmons | 1943 |
| My Kingdom for a Cook | Margaret, Morley's Cook | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Gracie - Barmaid / Gracie the Barmaid | 1943 |
| The Good Fellows | Mrs. Drayton | 1943 |
| Dixie | Mrs. LaPlant | 1943 |
| Slightly Dangerous | Opera Singer | 1943 |
| Casablanca | Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman | 1943 |
| Johnny Doughboy | Miss Penticott | 1942 |
| Random Harvest | Julia | 1942 |
| The Major and the Minor | Mrs. Osborne | 1942 |
| The Glass Key | Henrys' Dinner Guest | 1942 |
| Flying with Music | Miss Mullens | 1942 |
| We Were Dancing | Mrs. Bryce-Carew | 1942 |
| Glamour Boy | Mrs. Lee | 1941 |
| Road to Zanzibar | Clara Kimble | 1941 |
| Mr. District Attorney | Hat Saleswoman | 1941 |
| The Mad Doctor | Charity Bazaar Woman | 1940 |
| Hit Parade of 1941 | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1940 |
| Waterloo Bridge | Hostess at Restaurant | 1940 |
| The Earl of Chicago | Maureen Kilmount | 1940 |
| Shipyard Sally | Lady Patricia Randall | 1939 |
| You're the Doctor | Lady Beatrice | 1938 |
| Fools for Scandal | Cicely Trevel | 1938 |
| Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith | Mrs. Broadbent | 1937 |
| Rhythm Racketeer | Mrs. Della Nash | 1937 |
| Wanted! | Mrs. Smithers | 1937 |
| Make-Up | Hostess | 1937 |
| Fire Over England | Elena's Governess | 1937 |
| The Amazing Adventure | 1937 | |
| Windbag the Sailor | Olivia Potter-Porter | 1936 |
| East Meets West | Lady Mallory | 1936 |
| Where There's a Will | Lady Wimpleton / Lady Margaret Wimpleton | 1936 |
| Get Off My Foot | Mrs. Rawlingcourt | 1936 |
| Foreign Affaires | Mrs. Hardy Hornett | 1935 |
| Stormy Weather | Mrs. Dulcie Bullock | 1935 |
| Boys Will Be Boys | Lady Dorking | 1935 |
| Mimi | Madame Durand | 1935 |
| The Student's Romance | Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt | 1935 |
| Dirty Work | Tiara Customer | 1934 |
| The Iron Duke | Duchess of Richmond | 1934 |
| Happy | Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses | 1934 |
| Evergreen | Barmaid | 1934 |
| Crime on the Hill | Editor's Secretary | 1933 |
| A Night Like This | Mrs. Tuckett | 1932 |
| The Chance of a Night Time | Mrs. Rashley-Butcher | 1931 |
| The Glorious Adventure | Court Lady | 1922 |
