---
name: "Norma Connolly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norma-connolly"
fi1m_id: "norma-connolly"
imdb_id: "nm0175337"
tmdb_id: 88882
wikidata_id: "Q1248971"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 August 1927"
died: "18 November 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:51:47.655938+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Norma Connolly

## Identity

Norma Connolly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norma-connolly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norma-connolly
- **IMDb ID:** nm0175337
- **TMDB ID:** 88882
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1248971
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Connolly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1248971, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88882

Actor. Born 20 August 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 18 November 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 August 1927, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 18 November 1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Connolly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1248971, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175337/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88882

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wrong Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md) (83)

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## Biography

Norma Connolly was an American actress whose career spanned five decades from the early 1950s to 1998. She appeared in supporting film roles including Betty Todd in Alfred Hitchcock's *The Wrong Man* (1956), Aunt Vee in *The Other* (1972) and Mrs DeCamp in *They Only Kill Their Masters* (1972).

Connolly was best known for her television work, playing Lena Karr Gilroy in the soap opera *The Young Marrieds* (1964–1966) and Ruby Anderson in *General Hospital* (1979–1998). She also had guest roles in series including *The Twilight Zone*, *I Dream of Jeannie*, *Adam-12* and *The Streets of San Francisco*.

On stage she appeared on Broadway in *A Streetcar Named Desire* and other productions. She was married to screenwriter Howard Rodman from 1954 until his death in 1985; they had three children. Connolly received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her work on *General Hospital*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wrong Man* (1956), Fi1m 83, as Betty Todd — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood* (1975), as Zelda's Nurse
- *They Only Kill Their Masters* (1972), as Mrs. DeCamp
- *Ransom for a Dead Man* (1972), as Celia
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Mrs. Carter
- *The Other* (1972), as Aunt Vee
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Mrs. Eva Foster
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Ruth Oliver
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Mrs. Ross
- *The Young Marrieds* (1964), series, as Lena Karr Gilroy
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Night Nurse — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), as Betty Todd — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)

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