Maidie Norman
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949. Norman first appeared on film in The Peanut Man in 1947. Throughout the fifties-not a good time for film roles for black women-she appeared in a number of films, such as Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge a...
Known For
Filmography
Delphine and Carole
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Edna
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
1983
as Neddy
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
as Nurse Agnes
Hotel
1982
as Carrie Garland
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Elevator Operator
Matt Houston
1982
Thornwell
1981
as Ruth Thornwell
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
Simon & Simon
1981
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Sister Scrap Scott
Movie Movie
1978
as Gussie ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Airport '77
1977
as Dorothy
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Mrs. Dennison
A Star Is Born
1976
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Jeffersons
1975
Baretta
1975
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
as Weedy Warren
Good Times
1974
Rhoda
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Mrs. Henry
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Librarian
Harry O
1974
Police Woman
1974
The Lie
1973
as Janine
Maurie
1973
as Mrs. Stokes
A Dream for Christmas
1973
as Jennie Daley
Sixteen
1972
as Aunt Ada
Another Part of the Forest
1972
as Coralee
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
as Nurse Ferguson
Kung Fu
1972
as Omar's Mother
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Cannon
1971
Funny Face
1971
Adam-12
1968
as Ethel May
Adam-12
1968
as Mary Handlin
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Mrs. Pierce
The F.B.I.
1965
as Caregiver
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Mama Lou
4 for Texas
1963
as Burden's Maid
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Elvira Stitt
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Johnson
No Greater Love
1960
as Queto's Mother
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Maid (uncredited)
Written on the Wind
1956
as Bertha
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Violet (uncredited)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
as Suma
Mad at the World
1955
as Miss Lovett
Man with the Gun
1955
as Sarah (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Eloise
Matinee Theater
1955
Executive Suite
1954
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Georgette
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Camilla
Bright Road
1953
as Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother
Forever Female
1953
as Emma (uncredited)
Torch Song
1953
as Anne
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Flora
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Josi
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Aunt Nellie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Coralee
The Well
1951
as Martha Crawford
Dragnet
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lurie
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Flora
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Maid
Manhandled
1949
as Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited)
The Peanut Man
1947
as Lucretia