
Nora Marlowe
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Mr. Ricco
1975

The Shadow of a Gunman
1972

Texas Across the River
1966

Strange Bedfellows
1965

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975

Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975

The Shadow on the Window
1957

This Could Be the Night
1957

An Affair to Remember
1957

General Electric Theater: Into the Night
1955

Westworld
1973

The Thomas Crown Affair
1968

The Hostage
1967

North by Northwest
1959

That Funny Feeling
1965

I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955

Designing Woman
1957

Soylent Green
1973

The Brass Bottle
1964

Coffee, Tea or Me?
1973

Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
1971

Kitten with a Whip
1964

The Family Nobody Wanted
1956

The Playroom
1957

Family Affair
1966

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959

77 Sunset Strip
1958

The Great Adventure
1963

My Three Sons
1960

Starsky & Hutch
1975

The Odd Couple
1970

The F.B.I.
1965

Hawaii Five-O
1968

The Bob Newhart Show
1972

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

Petticoat Junction
1963

Charlie's Angels
1976

Mannix
1967

The Mod Squad
1968

Kojak
1973

Medical Center
1969

Gunsmoke
1955

Perry Mason
1957

Bewitched
1964

General Electric Theater
1953

Emergency!
1972

Cannon
1971

The Waltons
1972

87th Precinct
1961

Going My Way
1962

The Fugitive
1963

The Millionaire
1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Thin Man
1957

The Big Valley
1965

The Donna Reed Show
1958

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Law of the Plainsman
1959

Hot Wheels
1969

The Detectives
1959

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Dr. Kildare
1961

State Trooper
1956

Coronado 9
1960

The Outer Limits
1963

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

The Green Hornet
1966

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

Dr. Kildare
1961

Nichols
1971

The F.B.I.
1965

The Big Valley
1965

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Father Knows Best
1954

The Millionaire
1955

The Millionaire
1955

Petticoat Junction
1963

The Rockford Files
1974

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Ironside
1967

Family Affair
1966

The Second Hundred Years
1967

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Frontier Circus
1961

12 O'Clock High
1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963