- Films
- 53
- Avg rating
- 6.80
- Peak run
- 1942’45
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Norma by the numbers
Average
6.80
25 rated films
Vote weighted
6.98
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.71
rating spread
Career
34y
1934 to 1967
Total votes
16.7K
across every film
Best
8.2
Witness for the Prosecution
Worst
7.3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Newest first
Filmography
| 1982 |  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) | 6.6 | 468 |
| 1967 |  Doctor Dolittle | Lady Fetherington | 6.2 | 209 |
| 1965 | A Very Special Favor | Mother Plum | · | 11 |
| 1965 |  The Sound of Music | Frau Schmidt | 7.7 | 3,766 |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Miss Disendorff (uncredited) | · | 8 |
| 1963 | Island of Love | Wife in Nightclub (uncredited) | · | 7 |
| 1963 | 13 Frightened Girls | Miss Pittford | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1962 | Rome Adventure | Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited) | · | 16 |
| 1961 | Five Minutes to Live | Priscilla Auerbach | 5.5 | 27 |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Mrs. MacGregor | · | 9 |
| 1958 |  The Buccaneer | Madame Hilaire | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1957 |  Witness for the Prosecution | Mrs. French | 8.2 | 1,784 |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling | Fabia | · | 8 |
| 1954 |  Three Coins in the Fountain | Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited) | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1953 |  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Lady Beekman | 7.3 | 1,114 |
| 1953 | Young Bess | Lady Tyrwhitt | · | 22 |
| 1953 | Loose in London | Aunt Agatha | · | 5 |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Madame Courbet (uncredited) | · | 18 |
| 1951 |  Thunder on the Hill | Pierce | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1951 |  Strangers on a Train | Mrs. Cunningham | 7.7 | 1,951 |
Better together?
Norma Varden's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Will Hay and Norma Varden movies · William Beaudine and Norma Varden movies
Takes