Norma Varden

Norma Varden

January 20, 1898 · 128 years old

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

14 titles
1
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · 1h 56m · Movie

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

8.4
2
Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951 · 1h 41m · Movie

A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.

7.9
3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953 · 1h 31m · Movie

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.

7.1
4
Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1967 · 2h 32m · Movie

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.

6.2
5
National Velvet

National Velvet

1945 · 2h 3m · Movie

A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.

7.3
6
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943 · 1h 8m · Movie

During WWII, several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the ow...

6.9
7
Three Coins in the Fountain

Three Coins in the Fountain

1954 · 1h 42m · Movie

Three American women working in Rome, Italy share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage. Each one experiences a few bumps in her journey to romance.

6.2
8
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1949 · 1h 32m · Movie

A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.

7.5
9
The Amazing Mr. X

The Amazing Mr. X

1948 · 1h 18m · Movie

On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.

6.4
10
Fancy Pants

Fancy Pants

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

An American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur to be an Earl, and President Roosevelt d...

6.4
11
Five Minutes to Live

Five Minutes to Live

1961 · 1h 20m · Movie

A murderous thug and his cohorts take a bank executives wife hostage after their robbery plans go awry.

5.5
12
13 Frightened Girls

13 Frightened Girls

1963 · 1h 28m · Movie

While attending a school for diplomats' daughters, the teen-aged daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engage in espionage.

5.2
13
Evergreen

Evergreen

1934 · 1h 34m · Movie

Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The y...

6.6
14
Hold That Blonde!

Hold That Blonde!

1945 · 1h 16m · Movie

A kleptomaniac falls in love with a woman who is member of a gang of jewel thieves, although he's initially unaware of her true occupation.

6.1