Norah Howard

Norah Howard

Born: December 12, 1900
Died: May 2, 1968
in London, England, UK

Movies for Norah Howard...

Two Loves
Title: Two Loves
Character: Mrs. Cutter
Released: May 24, 1961
Type: Movie
American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Released: April 27, 1961
Type: Movie
This live hour long show has Young Jane Eyre, fresh from the orphanage looking forward to her job as governess to a little girl at Thornfield Hall. Edward Rochester the cold forbidding master of Thornfield Hall brings on a terrifying secret.
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The Winslow Boy
Title: The Winslow Boy
Character: Violet
Released: November 13, 1958
Type: Movie
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
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An Englishman's Home
Title: An Englishman's Home
Character: Maggie
Released: January 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
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The Saint in London
Title: The Saint in London
Character: Edith Morgan
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
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The Lambeth Walk
Title: The Lambeth Walk
Character: The Duchess
Released: April 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.
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A Yank at Oxford
Title: A Yank at Oxford
Character: Barmaid (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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The Big Noise
Title: The Big Noise
Character: Mary Miller
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' dodgy dealings will be found out by the authorities.
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Fighting Stock
Title: Fighting Stock
Character: Ada
Released: April 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
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Car of Dreams
Title: Car of Dreams
Character: Anne Fisher
Released: January 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the owner of a musical instrument factory. He is in love with Vera, one of the factory workers, who is unaware of his position. So when she jokes one day that she would love a Rolls-Royce, Robert makes sure that she gets one. Then he decides to raise her salary out of all proportion to hint at who he is...
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Love, Life and Laughter
Title: Love, Life and Laughter
Character: Princess Grapfel
Released: March 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
Title: A Cuckoo in the Nest
Character: Gladys
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
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Condemned to Death
Title: Condemned to Death
Character: Gwen Banting
Released: January 21, 1932
Type: Movie
A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.
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The W Plan
Title: The W Plan
Character: Lady of the Town
Released: February 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.