Karen Morley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-12-12 (94 years old)

Deathday

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) direct...

Acting

1932

Scarface

as Poppy

1932

The Mask of Fu Manchu

as Sheila Barton

1932

1947

The Thirteenth Hour

as Eileen Blair

1947

Framed

as Beth

1945

Jealousy

as Dr. Monica Anderson

1936

Beloved Enemy

as Cathleen O'Brien

1935

The Littlest Rebel

as Mrs. Cary

1946

The Unknown

as Rachel Martin

1935

Black Fury

as Anna Novak

1933

1931

1934

Our Daily Bread

as Mary Sims

1932

Flesh

as Laura

1932

Downstairs

as Karl's New Employer (uncredited)

1932

1932

Are You Listening?

as Alice Grimes

1935

The Healer

as Evelyn Allen

1931

Politics

as Myrtle Burns

1934

1934

Wednesday's Child

as Kathryn Phillips

1934

1935

$10 Raise

as Emily Converse

1937

On Such a Night

as Gail Stanley

1937

The Last Train from Madrid

as Baroness Helene Rafitte

1932

The Washington Masquerade

as Consuela Fairbanks

1951

M

as Mrs. Coster

1931

2003

Complicated Women

as Self - Interviewee

1933

Dinner at Eight

as Lucy Talbot

1938

Kentucky

as Mrs. Goodwin - 1861

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Mrs. Collins

1936

Devil's Squadron

as Martha Dawson

1953

Born to the Saddle

as Kate Daggett

1931

Daybreak

as Emily Kessner

1935

Thunder in the Night

as Countess Madalaine

1931

High Stakes

as Anne Cornwall

1937

1932

1931

Strangers May Kiss

as Dining Companion

1931

Inspiration

as Liane Latour

1931

Mata Hari

as Carlotta

1937

Outcast

as Margaret Stevens

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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