Best Norma Varden movies

Norma Varden as: Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1954
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her smooth-talking novelist employer; Anita, her coworker, defies office regulations by romancing an Italian who works at the agency; and office newcomer Maria meets a real Italian Prince Charming and falls madly in love. The only thing the three hopeful ladies need to do is seal their fate.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Luciana Paluzzi movies?

Norma Varden as: Elena's Governess (uncredited)
Genre: History, Drama, Romance
Release: 1937
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.

Norma Varden as: Mrs. Abbott
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 1947
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Norma Varden as: Lady Fetherington
Genre: Music, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Release: 1967
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gilbert Gottfried movies?

Norma Varden as: Wealthy looking woman
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Release: 1948
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. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...

Norma Varden as: Clara Kimble
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Release: 1941
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.

Norma Varden as: Madame Hilaire
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, History
Release: 1958
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Charles Boyer movies?

Norma Varden as: Pierce
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Release: 1951
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best John Abbott movies?

Norma Varden as: Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Release: 1948
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Norma Varden as: Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1942
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Norma Varden as: (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime
Release: 1982
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Charles Laughton movies?

Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Release: 1936
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.

Norma Varden as: Gracie the Barmaid
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1943
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 owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.

Norma Varden as: Mrs. Osborne
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 1942
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.

Norma Varden as: Nurse
Genre: Drama, Family
Release: 1949
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those she encounters at her Uncle's remote estate.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Cherie Lunghi movies?

Norma Varden as: Miss Sims
Genre: Drama, Family
Release: 1945
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Angela Lansbury movies?

Norma Varden as: Lady Beekman
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 1953
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best George Chakiris movies?

Norma Varden as: Julia
Genre: Romance, Drama
Release: 1942
An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life.

Norma Varden as: Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Release: 1940
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Bette Davis movies?

Norma Varden as: Mrs. Cunningham
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 1951
Two strangers meet on a train. They’ve never met before. Both of whom have someone they’d like to murder. So, they swap murders. A psychopath shares this concept with tennis star Guy Haines, whose wife refuses to get a divorce. He agrees, thinking it is a joke. But now his wife is dead, Haines finds himself a prime suspect and the man wants Guy to kill his father.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Farley Granger movies?

Norma Varden as: Frau Schmidt
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Release: 1965
In the years before the Second World War, 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.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Julie Andrews movies?

Norma Varden as: Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1943
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Groucho Marx movies?

Norma Varden as: Emily Jane French
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Release: 1957
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.