caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
norah baring , 1938 8 february 1985 surrey london 26 november 1905 1928 -- 1934 norah_baring . jpg norah baring
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norah baring

norah baring -lrb- 26 november 1905 -- 8 february 1985 -rrb- , born norah minnie baker , was an english film actress most famous for portraying `` diana baring '' in the alfred hitchcock thriller `` murder ! ''
-lrb- 1930 -rrb- .
she is also known for playing the female lead in anthony asquith 's silent thriller `` a cottage on dartmoor '' -lrb- 1929 -rrb- .
originally she studied art before succumbing to the footlights and soon became well known to london theatre goers .
