Norma Varden
Acting
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.
Born: January 20, 1898
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Witness for the Prosecution
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
I Love Lucy
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Sound of Music
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Strangers on a Train
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Bonanza
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Filmography
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
as Mrs. Dobson
as Englishwoman
as Lady Fetherington
as Mrs. Monteagle
as Mother Plum
as Frau Schmidt
as Mrs. Lucille Dumont
as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)
as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
as Miss Pittford
as Mrs. Van Vlack
as Mrs. Van Ransohoff
as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
as Priscilla Auerbach
as Harriet Johnson
as Mrs. Davis
as Miss Devon
as Mrs. MacGregor
as Caroline Waterbury
as Ma Nutley
as Madame Hilaire
as Mrs. Hotchkiss
as Maude Courtright
as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
as Mrs. French
as Woman
as Mrs. Murdock
as Mrs. Barton
as Winifred Wileen
as Mrs. Sylvester
as Jenny (uncredited)
as Fabia
as Miss Devon
as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
as Governess Quincy
as Mrs. Masters
as Head Nurse
as Lady Beekman
as Lady Tyrwhitt
as Aunt Agatha
as Mrs. MacDowell
as Mother
as Mabel McCredy
as Madame Courbet (uncredited)
as Pierce
as Mrs. Benson
as Wealthy Art Patron
as Mrs. Cunningham
as Lady Maude
as Nurse
as Helen Hadley Hamilton
as Nurse Brady
as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
as Wealthy looking woman
as Mabel Jones
as Mrs. Abbott
as Joan Rodney (uncredited)
as Wilmer Dawson
as Mrs. Sarah Harris
as Mrs. Hayworth
as Mrs. Bosomley
as Flora Carteret
as Mrs. Thelma Holt
as Mattie
as Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
as Martha Neely
as Miss Sims
as The Wholesaler's Wife
as Mrs. Bland
as Miss Timmons
as Gracie the Barmaid
as Mrs. Drayton
as Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)
as Opera singer (uncredited)
as Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
as Miss Penticott
as Julia
as Mrs. Osborne
as Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
as Miss Mullens
as Mrs. Bryce-Carew
as Mrs. Lee
as Clara Kimble
as Lady Heathcote
as Hat Saleswoman
as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
as Maureen Kilmount
as Lady Patricia Randall
as Mrs. Prodder
as Mrs. Della Nash
as Mrs. Smithers
as Elena's Governess (uncredited)
as Olivia Potter-Porter
as Lady Mallory
as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
as Bit (uncredited)
as Mrs. Dulcie Bullock
as Lady Dorking
as Madame Durand
as Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
as Tiara Customer
as Duchess of Richmond
as Barmaid (uncredited)
as Editor's Secretary
as Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
as Ernestine Stoatt
as Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
as Court Lady (uncredited)