Nora Marlowe
Known for: Acting
Nora Marlowe (September 5, 1915 – December 31, 1977) was an American film and television character actress. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Marlowe was an actress best known for her role from 1973 to 1977 as boardinghouse owner/operator Flossie Brimmer in 27 episodes of the drama The Waltons. Marlowe also played Sara Andrews in 23 episodes of the sitcom The Governor and J.J., starring Dan Dailey, and she was cast in films such as The Thomas Crown Affair, North by Northwest (as Anna, the housekeeper who holds Roger O. Thornhill at gunpoint), and Westworld.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Landlady
1957
Series
Bewitched
1964
Series
Ironside
Landlady (uncredited)
1967
Series
Ironside
Nora Clitterhouse
1967
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Verna
1969
Series
Charlie's Angels
Cicely
1976
Series
The Fugitive
Woman in hotel
1963
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
The Rockford Files
Viola Wenke
1974
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
Dr. Kildare
Mamie Delaney
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Smith (uncredited)
1961
Series
My Three Sons
1960
Series
Emergency!
1st Woman
1972
Series
Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Whipple
1963
Series
Petticoat Junction
Mrs. Quincy
1963
Series
The Waltons
1972
Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Series
Starsky & Hutch
Diedre
1975
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Charwoman
1963
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Joanie
1972
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Mrs. Brandell
1972
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Mrs. Manning
1972
Series
The Twilight Zone
Margaret Phillips
1959
Series
The Big Valley
Cora Wellman
1965
Series
The Big Valley
Martha Tate
1965
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Mary Ogilvey
1956
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Belle Newton
1969
Series
Barnaby Jones
Maid
1973
Series
Medical Center
1969
Series
The F.B.I.
Miss Ashley
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
1965
Series
The Odd Couple
Nurse
1970
Series
Father Knows Best
Mrs. Kermit
1954
Series
Hawaiian Eye
Annie Doud
1959
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
Family Affair
1966
Series
Family Affair
Miss Ponsonby
1966
Series
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Bowen
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Jennie
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Perkins
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Passenger
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Ma Dagget
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Ma Fowler
1955
Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Series
Kojak
Jacobs
1973
Series
The Detectives
1959
Series
12 O'Clock High
Bridget Foote
1964
Series
The Mod Squad
1968
State Trooper
1956
Series
The Millionaire
Bessie Mulcahy
1955
Series
The Millionaire
Mrs. Gallager
1955
Series
The Millionaire
Mrs. Pritchett
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Policewoman
1955
Series
The Outer Limits
Mrs. Ives
1963
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Moll Seabright
1960
Series
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The Nurse
1959
Film
North by Northwest
Anna, the Menacing Housekeeper (uncredited)
1959
Series
The Green Hornet
Apple Annie
1966
Series
Public Defender
Sister Marie
1954
Series
The Thin Man
1957
Series
The Great Adventure
Widow Chich
1963
Series
87th Precinct
1961
Series
Nichols
Mrs. Goudge
1971
Series
Law of the Plainsman
Martha Commager
1959
Series
The Second Hundred Years
Picketer
1967
Series
Coronado 9
1960
Film
Soylent Green
Soylent Crumbs Seller (uncredited)
1973
Series
Going My Way
1962
Film
Westworld
Hostess
1973
Series
Hot Wheels
Mother O'Hare (voice)
1969
Film
The Thomas Crown Affair
Marcie
1968
Film
An Affair to Remember
Gladys (uncredited)
1957
Series
General Electric Theater
Mrs. Caspar
1953
Series
Frontier Circus
Madame Sonya
1961
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Katherine
1951
Film
Texas Across the River
Emma
1966
Film
Designing Woman
Jennifer Deane (uncredited)
1957
Film
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Nurse (uncredited)
1955
Film
Coffee, Tea or Me?
Mrs. Fitzgerald
1973
Film
Kitten with a Whip
Matron
1964
Film
The Shadow on the Window
Mrs. Bergen (uncredited)
1957
Film
Strange Bedfellows
Mrs. Carmody (Toni's Maid) (uncredited)
1965
Film
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Woman in Car (uncredited)
1975
Film
That Funny Feeling
Woman at Phone Booth
1965
Film
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Autograph Seeker
1971
Film
This Could Be the Night
Mrs. Gretchma (uncredited)
1957
Film
Mr. Ricco
Mrs. Callahan
1975
Film
The Playroom
Mrs. Beal
1957
Film
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Emily
1975
Film
The Shadow of a Gunman
Mrs. Henderson
1972
Film
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
Farmer Tom's Wife
1955
Film
The Brass Bottle
Mrs. McGruder
1964
Film
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
Film
The Hostage
Selma Morton
1967