Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1909-12-12
Day of Death
2003-03-08
Place of Birth
Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
Karen Morley
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 (47)
Complicated Women
2003
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Born to the Saddle
1953
M
1951
Framed
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
The Unknown
1946
Jealousy
1945
Pride and Prejudice
1940
Kentucky
1938
On Such a Night
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
The Girl from Scotland Yard
1937
Outcast
1937
