Norah Baring (26 November 1905 – 8 February 1985), born Nora Minnie Baker, was an English stage and film actress most famous on screen for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller ''

Murder! ''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 19 ...

'' (1930). She is also known for playing the female lead in

Anthony Asquith Anthony William Landon Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951), among oth ...

's silent thriller '' A Cottage on Dartmoor'' (1929). Baring studied art prior to becoming an actress.

Filmography

* ''

Underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston * The Underground ...

'' (1928) * '' Parisiennes'' (1928) * '' The Celestial City'' (1929) * ''

The Runaway Princess ''The Runaway Princess'' is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey. Production The film was a co-production between Bri ...

'' (1929) * '' A Cottage on Dartmoor'' (1929) * ''

'' (1930) * '' Should a Doctor Tell?'' (1930) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''

The Lyons Mail ''The Lyons Mail'' is a 1931 British historical mystery adventure film directed by Arthur Maude and starring John Martin Harvey, Norah Baring, and Ben Webster. It was based on the 1877 play '' The Lyons Mail'' by Charles Reade which in turn wa ...

'' (1931) * ''

Strange Evidence ''Strange Evidence'' (also known as ''Dance of the Witches'', and ''Wife in Pawn'') is a 1933 British crime film directed by Robert Milton, produced by Alexander Korda and written by Lajos Bíró and Miles Malleson. Starring Leslie Banks, Geo ...

'' (1933) * ''

The House of Trent ''The House of Trent'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Anne Grey, Wendy Barrie, Moore Marriott and Peter Gawthorne. It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies ...

'' (1933) *'' Little Stranger'' (1934)

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* 1905 births 1985 deaths English film actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses Actresses from London {{England-film-actor-stub