Norma Varden

Norma Varden was born Norma Varden Shackleton on January 20, 1898, in London, the daughter of a retired sea captain. Source: Wikipedia

She trained as a concert pianist in Paris and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama before turning to acting. Source: Wikipedia

RadioGOLDINdex lists her in 78 radio recordings from 1949 to 1958, most of them on The NBC University Theatre (22) and The Lux Radio Theatre (19). Source: RadioGOLDINdex

She has nine Suspense entries from 1952 to 1956, including both parts of "The Moonstone" in November 1953. Source: RadioGOLDINdex

On The Whistler she was in episodes from 1950 to 1954, among them "The Wall" (October 22, 1950) and "Bad Penny" (January 20, 1952). Source: RadioGOLDINdex

On The Railroad Hour's musical broadcasts she was in "Show Boat" in 1949 and 1950, "Rosalie" (1951) and "The Swedish Nightingale" (1952). Source: RadioGOLDINdex

She was in The Lux Radio Theatre's "Strangers on a Train" on December 3, 1951, and its rebroadcast on April 12, 1954. Source: RadioGOLDINdex

Her films include Casablanca (1942), Strangers on a Train (1951) and The Sound of Music (1965, as Frau Schmidt), and she played Harriet Johnson on TV's Hazel. Source: Wikipedia

She died of heart failure on January 19, 1989, in Santa Barbara, California, at 90. Source: Wikipedia