Biography
Nora Gordon (29 November 1893, West Hartlepool, County Durham – 11 May 1970, London) was a British film and television actress. She was married to Leonard Sharp. Her daughter is the actress Dorothy Gordon. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Complete Filmography
All on Her Own
1968
as Jean
Rosemary returns from a party to the empty Hampstead house where she has lived since the death of her husband. He died of an overdose of sleeping pill...
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968
as Proprietress
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during ...
The Nanny
1965
as Mrs. Griggs
Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of hi...
The Intelligence Men
1965
as Madame Petrovna's Dresser (uncredited)
A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5...
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964
as Sir Giles' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedi...
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962
as Cleaner
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenn...
The Piper's Tune
1962
as Theresa
A group of children fleeing Napoleon's armies attempt to protect a mountain escape route from being discovered by a pursuing French platoon.
Victim
1961
as Farr's Housekeeper (uncredited)
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of suc...
Ticket to Paradise
1961
as Mrs. Withers
Travel agent Emrys Jones and tourist Patricia Dainton fall in love in sunny Italy. Jones has led Dainton to believe that he's fabulously wealthy, and ...
Top Floor Girl
1959
An ambitious and unscrupulous young woman joins an advertising agency.
Sapphire
1959
as Newsagent's Wife
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspec...
High Jump
1959
as Mrs. Barlow
After he accidentally causes the death of his partner, trapeze artist Bill Ryan leaves the circus and sinks into an alcoholic mire of self-pity. Thing...
Horrors of the Black Museum
1959
as Woman in Hall
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
as Mrs. Williams
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beau...
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
as Customer (uncredited)
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tel...
Police Dog
1955
as Mrs. Lewis
When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.
The Constant Husband
1955
as Housekeeper
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his lif...
The Glass Cage
1955
as Marie Sapolio
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in ...
Radio Cab Murder
1954
as Fred's Landlady (uncredited)
Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However th...
Blackout
1954
as Casey's Mother
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But w...
Murder at 3am
1953
as Nanna
A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.
Night Was Our Friend
1951
as Kate
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr....
Circle of Danger
1951
as Sheila
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.
Blackmailed
1951
as Sine's Housekeeper
A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young arti...
The Woman in Question
1950
as Neighbour
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions...
Once a Sinner
1950
as Mrs. Barker (uncredited)
Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections -...
My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Mrs. Stevens
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work a...
Death in High Heels
1947
as Miss Arris
Crime Mystery directed by Lionel Tomlinson.
Old Mother Riley's Circus
1941
as Charwoman
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
Danny Boy
1941
as Mrs. Maloney
A remake of Oswald Mitchell's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful singer in America who returns to Britain during the ...