Personal Info
Birth date
1909-12-12 (115 Years)
Day of death
2003-03-08
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
Also known as
Mildred Linton
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
Police Woman
6.2
Overview:
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.Kojak
6.996
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.Scarface
7.4
Overview:
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.Kung Fu
7.6
Overview:
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.Pride and Prejudice
6.896
Overview:
Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.Dinner at Eight
6.715
Overview:
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.Our Daily Bread
6.841
Overview:
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.The Mask of Fu Manchu
5.5
Overview:
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.M
6.3
Overview:
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.Mata Hari
6.193
Overview:
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.Framed
6.4
Overview:
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.Flesh
5.6
Overview:
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3
Overview:
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.The Last Train from Madrid
4.7
Overview:
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.The Sin of Madelon Claudet
5.9
Overview:
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.Laughing Sinners
5.4
Overview:
Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.The Littlest Rebel
6.2
Overview:
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.Complicated Women
6.7
Overview:
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.Kentucky
5.833
Overview:
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.Outcast
NYR
Overview:
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.Inspiration
6.1
Overview:
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.Beloved Enemy
6.1
Overview:
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.Gabriel Over the White House
6.9
Overview:
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.Arsène Lupin
6.9
Overview:
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.The Crime Doctor
3.5
Overview:
When he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect murder--and pins the crime on his wife's boyfriend so well that the man is convicted of the murder.Black Fury
6.477
Overview:
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.Downstairs
6.9
Overview:
In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed.The Phantom of Crestwood
6
Overview:
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.Acting
2003Complicated Women as Self - Interviewee
1974Police Woman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Mrs. Webber
1972Kung Fu (1 Episode) as Mrs. Roper
1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1953Born to the Saddle as Kate Daggett
1951M as Mrs. Coster
1947Framed as Beth
1947The Thirteenth Hour as Eileen Blair
1946The Unknown as Rachel Martin
1945Jealousy as Dr. Monica Anderson
1940Pride and Prejudice as Mrs. Collins
1938Kentucky as Mrs. Goodwin - 1861
1937On Such a Night as Gail Stanley
1937The Last Train from Madrid as Baroness Helene Rafitte
1937The Girl from Scotland Yard as Linda Beech
1937Outcast as Margaret Stevens
1936Beloved Enemy as Cathleen O'Brien
1936Devil's Squadron as Martha Dawson
1935The Littlest Rebel as Mrs. Cary
1935Thunder in the Night as Countess Madalaine
1935The Healer as Evelyn Allen
1935Black Fury as Anna Novak
1935$10 Raise as Emily Converse
1934Wednesday's Child as Kathryn Phillips
1934Our Daily Bread as Mary Sims
1934Straight Is the Way as Bertha
1934The Crime Doctor as Andra
1933Dinner at Eight as Lucy Talbot
1933Gabriel Over the White House as Pendola Molloy
1932Flesh as Laura
1932The Mask of Fu Manchu as Sheila Barton
1932The Phantom of Crestwood as Jenny Wren
1932Downstairs as Karl's New Employer (uncredited)
1932The Washington Masquerade as Consuela Fairbanks
1932Man About Town as Helena
1932Scarface as Poppy
1932Are You Listening? as Alice Grimes
1932Arsène Lupin as Sonia
1931Mata Hari as Carlotta
1931The Cuban Love Song as Crystal
1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Alice
1931High Stakes as Anne Cornwall
1931Laughing Sinners as Estelle
1931Never the Twain Shall Meet as Maisie
1931Daybreak as Emily Kessner
1931Strangers May Kiss as Dining Companion
1931Politics as Myrtle Burns
1931Inspiration as Liane Latour