Karen Morley
Born: 1909-12-12 in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
Died: 2003-03-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karen Morley (December 12, 1909 – March 8, 2003) was an American film actress.After working at the Pasadena Playhouse, she came to the attention of the director Clarence Brown when he was looking for an actress to stand-in for Greta Garbo in screen tests. This led to a contract with MGM and roles in such films as Mata Hari (1931), Scarface (1932), The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Arsene Lupin (1933) and Dinner at Eight (1933). In 1934, Morley left MGM after arguments about her roles and her private life. Her first film after leaving MGM was Our Daily Bread (1934) directed by King Vidor. She continued to work as a freelance performer, and appeared in Michael Curtiz's Black Fury, and The Littlest Rebel with Shirley Temple. Without the support of a studio, her roles became less frequent, however she played a supporting role in Pride and Prejudice (1940). Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Morley licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2003
- Complicated Women as Self - Interviewee
1974
1973
- Kojak as Mrs. Webber
1972
- Kung Fu as Mrs. Roper
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedy as Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1953
- Born to the Saddle as Kate Daggett
1951
- M as Mrs. Coster
1947
- Framed as Beth
- The Thirteenth Hour as Eileen Blair
1946
- The Unknown as Rachel Martin
1945
- Jealousy as Dr. Monica Anderson
1940
- Pride and Prejudice as Mrs. Collins
1938
- Kentucky as Mrs. Goodwin - 1861
1937
- Outcast as Margaret Stevens
- The Last Train from Madrid as Baroness Helene Rafitte
- The Girl from Scotland Yard as Linda Beech
- On Such a Night as Gail Stanley
1936
- Beloved Enemy as Cathleen O'Brien
- Devil's Squadron as Martha Dawson
1935
- $10 Raise as Emily Converse
- Black Fury as Anna Novak
- Thunder in the Night as Countess Madalaine
- The Littlest Rebel as Mrs. Cary
- The Healer as Evelyn Allen
1934
- Our Daily Bread as Mary Sims
- Straight Is the Way as Bertha
- The Crime Doctor as Andra
- Wednesday's Child as Kathryn Phillips
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Lucy Talbot
- Gabriel Over the White House as Pendola Molloy
1932
- Downstairs as Karl's New Employer (uncredited)
- Scarface as Poppy
- Flesh as Laura
- The Phantom of Crestwood as Jenny Wren
- The Mask of Fu Manchu as Sheila Barton
- Arsène Lupin as Sonia
- The Washington Masquerade as Consuela Fairbanks
- Are You Listening? as Alice Grimes
- Man About Town as Helena
1931
- Laughing Sinners as Estelle
- Daybreak as Emily Kessner
- Mata Hari as Carlotta
- Inspiration as Liane Latour
- Politics as Myrtle Burns
- High Stakes as Anne Cornwall
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Alice
- Never the Twain Shall Meet as Maisie
- Strangers May Kiss as Dining Companion
- The Cuban Love Song as Crystal
1929
- Thru Different Eyes as Bit Part (uncredited)