The following are minor fictional characters on the NBC/DirecTV soap
opera Passions whose connections to the four major families are either
weak or non-existent.For the character from the Psycho franchise, see
Norma Bates (Psycho). Marianne Muellerleile (January 22, 2001 - August
5, 2008)For the character from the Psycho franchise, see Norma Bates
(Psycho). Marianne Muellerleile (January 22, 2001 - August 5,
2008)Norma Bates was introduced as the owner of a motel in 2001 that
Tabitha Lenox and her companion, Timmy, fled to in order to escape the
backlash from the release of Hidden Passions, a collection of
Tabitha's memories that Timmy had compiled into a novel. Norma told
Tabitha and Timmy that no one ever stopped at their hotel anymore, the
reason for which the witch and doll later discovered â€" Norma was
insane. She attempted to kill Tabitha with an axe while she showered,
and the two later discovered that her father, with whom she had been
conversing earlier, was dead â€" Norma had left his skeleton, dressed
in his clothes, in a rocking chair. Timmy accidentally destroyed the
skeleton, with only the skull surviving, and Norma swore to kill Timmy
for hurting "Daddy". Tabitha and Timmy fled the motel.Norma resurfaced
five months later during the Harmony High School Class of 2001's
senior trip to Warlock Island. Bates befriended the teens and stayed
in their camp, all the while plotting to murder Tabitha and Timmy.
After Hank Bennett and TC Russell rescued the stranded people, Norma
was locked away in a psychiatric ward. Minor Passions characters Top Movies & Young Movies