Norma Varden (January 20, 1898 - January 19, 1989)

Another name from the roster of great character actors that helped to shape all kinds of wonderful and memorable stories… Her career began in 1931 with the film A Night Like This and she went onto appear in many of the 20th century’s greatest productions including Happy, Stormy Weather, The Glass Key, Casablanca, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, National Velvet, Fancy Pants, The Secret Garden, Strangers on a Train, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Doctor Doolittle and The Sound of Music… On television she was always available to play a neighbor, society matron, babysitter, grandmother or aunt…her television credits include but are not limited to: “Mr. & Mrs. North”, “I Love Lucy”, “Fireside Theatre”, “Adventures of Superman”, “General Electric Theater”, “Make Room for Daddy”, “Schlitz Playhouse of Stars”, “Four Star Playhouse”, “Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre”, “Private Secretary”, “Letter to Loretta”, “The Life of Riley”, “The Real McCoys”, “The Gale Storm Show”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “The Ann Sothern Show”, “77 Sunset Strip”, “Bonanza”, “Perry Mason”, “The Lucy Show”, “Batman”, “Bewitched” and “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Her only recurring role was as Harriet Johnson on “Hazel” from 1961 until 1964… She retired in 1969 and passed away twenty years later from heart failure just one day before her 91st birthday… In Memoriam Remembers: Norma Varden

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