Norma Varden

Norma Varden

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

The Sound of Music

as Frau Schmidt

Strangers on a Train

as Mrs. Cunningham

Cast Credits

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Doc

as Mrs. Dobson

Istanbul Express

as Englishwoman

Doctor Dolittle

as Lady Fetherington

A Very Special Favor

as Mother Plum

The Sound of Music

as Frau Schmidt

Kisses for My President

as Miss Disendorff (uncredited)

Island of Love

as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)

13 Frightened Girls

as Miss Pittford

Rome Adventure

as Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)

Five Minutes to Live

as Priscilla Auerbach

The Miracle

as Mrs. MacGregor

The Buccaneer

as Madame Hilaire

In the Money

as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley

Three Coins in the Fountain

as Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)

Young Bess

as Lady Tyrwhitt

Loose in London

as Aunt Agatha

Les Miserables

as Madame Courbet (uncredited)

Strangers on a Train

as Mrs. Cunningham

Fancy Pants

as Lady Maude

Adventure in Baltimore

as Helen Hadley Hamilton

Let's Live a Little

as Nurse Brady

Hollow Triumph

as Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)

The Amazing Mr. X

as Wealthy looking woman