Deborah Norton (born 1944) is an English actress.

Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1944. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK.

Norton has taken part in productions of Six Degrees of Separation, Thérèse Raquin, The School for Scandal, and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, Bristol Old Vic, the Nottingham Playhouse, the National Theatre and others.

Norton has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust and roles in A Bit of Fry & Laurie.

She is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's advisor Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.

Nominated for Best Actress for her work on Kennedy's Children by Plays and Players Magazine

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for School For Scandal by the Manchester Evening News