Norma Varden (1898–1989)

Actress | Soundtrack

The daughter of a retired sea captain and his much-younger wife, actress Norma Varden was born and ...

Born: January 20, 1898
Died: January 19, 1989 (age 90)

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Known For

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Lady Beekman (1953)
Witness for the Prosecution Mrs. Emily Jane French (1957)
Strangers on a Train Mrs. Cunningham (1951)
Known For

The Sound of Music Frau Schmidt (1965)
Actress

Doc Mrs. Dobson (1969)
The Beverly Hillbillies Mrs. Van Ransonhoff (1969)
Istanbul Express Englishwoman (1968)
The Impossible Years Dr. Jenkins (1968)
Doctor Dolittle Lady Fetherington (1967)
Bewitched Mrs. Lucille Dumont (1966)
Batman Mrs. Monteagle (1966)
Two's Company Lady ordering drink at party (1965)
O.K. Crackerby! Aunt Penny (1965)
A Very Special Favor Mother Plum (1965)
The Sound of Music Frau Schmidt (1965)
The Lucy Show Mrs. Van Vlack (1964)
Hazel Harriet Johnson (1961-1964)
Kisses for My President Miss Dinsendorff (1964)
Perry Mason Winifred Wileen (1964)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Sonia Van Creel (1963)
Island of Love Wife in Nightclub (1963)
13 Frightened Girls Miss Pittford (1963)
Ensign O'Toole Lady Wellington (1962)
The Real McCoys Mrs. Barton (1959-1962)
The Third Man Caroline Westerbury (1962)
Rome Adventure Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (1962)
Bonanza Ma Nutley (1962)
Five Minutes to Live Priscilla Auerbach (1961)
77 Sunset Strip Mrs. Hotchkiss (1960-1961)
Holiday Lodge Mrs. Strong (1961)
Dante Harriet Tunstall (1961)
Mister Ed Mrs. Davis (1961)
Coronado 9 Mrs. Wendell (1961)
The Ann Sothern Show Mrs. Lester (1960)
The Magical World of Disney Miss Devon (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Jenny (1960)
The Dennis O'Keefe Show Viscountess (1960)
The Betty Hutton Show Aunt Louise (1959-1960)
The Miracle Mrs. MacGregor (1959)
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna Miss Gompers (1959)
How to Marry a Millionaire Mrs. Alma Teasely (1958)
The Buccaneer Madame Hilaire (1958)
In the Money Mrs. Smythe-Chumley (1958)
The Life of Riley Mother (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution Mrs. Emily Jane French (1957)
Date with the Angels Mrs. Appleton (1957)
Telephone Time Miss Waterman (1957)
The Loretta Young Show Head Nurse (1957)
Matinee Theatre (1957)
The Lineup Mrs. Gordon (1956)
Sneak Preview (1956)
Private Secretary (1956)
The Birds and the Bees Passenger (1956)
The Star and the Story (1956)
Crossroads Mrs. Bristow (1956)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour Mrs. Sylvester (1956)
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre Lady Sharpe (1955)
TV Reader's Digest (1955)
Those Whiting Girls Miss LaVerne (1955)
Your Play Time (1955)
Four Star Playhouse Mrs. Tarmigan (1954-1955)
Willy (1955)
Schlitz Playhouse (1954-1955)
Jupiter's Darling Fabia (1955)
The Danny Thomas Show Miss Quincey (1955)
Cavalcade of America (1955)
Meet Corliss Archer The Maid (1954)
The Silver Chalice Roman Matron (1954)
General Electric Theater Mrs. MacDowell (1954)
Dynamite, the Story of Alfred Nobel (1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain Woman at Cocktail Party (1954)
The Ford Television Theatre (1954)
Lux Video Theatre Aunt (1954)
Elephant Walk Shop Customer (1954)
I Married Joan Brad's Mother (1953-1954)
Adventures of Superman Mabel McCredy (1953)
My Little Margie Emily Lanchelm (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Lady Beekman (1953)
Fireside Theatre (1953)
Loose in London Aunt Agatha (1953)
Young Bess Lady Tyrwhitt (1953)
I Love Lucy Mrs. Benson (1953)
Mr. & Mrs. North Mrs. Wentworth (1952)
Something for the Birds Congresswoman Bates (1952)
Les Miserables Madame Courbet (1952)
Washington Story (1952)
The Highwayman Dowager at Ball (1951)
Thunder on the Hill Pierce (1951)
Strangers on a Train Mrs. Cunningham (1951)
Fancy Pants Lady Maude (1950)
The Secret Garden Nurse (1949)
Adventure in Baltimore H. H. Hamilton (1949)
Let's Live a Little Nurse Brady (1948)
Hollow Triumph Mrs. Gerry (1948)
The Amazing Mr. X 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)
Forever Amber Mrs. Abbott (1947)
Thunder in the Valley Lady Eleanor (1947)
Ivy Joan Rodney (1947)
The Trouble with Women Mrs. Wilmer Dawson (1947)
Millie's Daughter Mrs. Sarah Harris (1947)
The Searching Wind Mrs. Hayworth (1946)
The Green Years Mrs. Bosomley (1946)
Hold That Blonde! Flora Carteret (1945)
Girls of the Big House Mrs. Thelma Holt (1945)
The Cheaters Mattie (1945)
Those Endearing Young Charms Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady (1945)
Bring on the Girls Aunt Martha (1945)
National Velvet Miss Sims (1944)
Mademoiselle Fifi The Wholesaler's Wife (1944)
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 (1943)
The Good Fellows Mrs. Drayton (1943)
Dixie Mrs. LaPlant (1943)
Slightly Dangerous Opera Singer (1943)
Johnny Doughboy Miss Penticott (1942)
Random Harvest Julia (1942)
Casablanca Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (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)
Scotland Yard Lady Heathcote (1941)
Mr. District Attorney Hat Saleswoman (1941)
The Mad Doctor Undetermined Role (1941)
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
Waterloo Bridge Hostess at Restaurant (1940)
The Earl of Chicago Maureen Kilmount (1940)
Shipyard Sally Lady Patricia Randall (1939)
Home from Home Mrs. Fairweather (1939)
Little Ladyship Mrs. Cynthia Bigley (1939)
Everything Happens to Me Mrs. Prodder (1938)
You're the Doctor Lady Beatrice (1938)
Fools for Scandal Cicely Trevel (1938)
Rhythm Racketeer Mrs. Della Nash (1937)
Make-Up Hostess (1937)
Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith Mrs. Broadbent (1937)
The Lilac Domino (1937)
Wanted! Mrs. Smithers (1937)
Fire Over England Elena's Governess (1937)
Windbag the Sailor Olivia Potter-Porter (1936)
East Meets West Lady Mallory (1936)
Where There's a Will Lady Wimpleton (1936)
The Amazing Adventure (1936)
Music Hath Charms Bit (1935)
Get Off My Foot Mrs. Rawlingcourt (1935)
Foreign Affaires Mrs. Hardy Hornett (1935)
Stormy Weather Mrs. Dulcie Bullock (1935)
Boys Will Be Boys Lady Dorking (1935)
The Student's Romance Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt (1935)
Mimi Madame Durand (1935)
Dirty Work Tiara Customer (1934)
The Iron Duke Duchess of Richmond (1934)
Evergreen Barmaid (1934)
Turkey Time Ernestine Stoatt (1933)
Happy Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses (1933)
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)
Actress

The Glorious Adventure Court Lady (1922)
Soundtrack

Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Archive footage

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Superman in Scotland Yard (1954)

Did You Know

Norma was initially up for the role of the Mother Superior in The Sound of Music (1965), but lost out to Peggy Wood when the producers changed their minds. Somewhat of a consolation, Norma was relegated to the minor role of Frau Schmidt, the Von ...

Quotes

I never got used to the way one is cast here [in America]. It's based on one's salary. If your agent can get you so much per week, then you are considered only for parts that are budgeted at that amount...I don't mean to sound ungrateful for the ...