​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Â
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.
Karen Morley Biography / Wiki
| Name | Karen Morley |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Ottumwa, Iowa, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1909-12-12 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 93 |
| Deathday | 2003-03-08 |
Karen Morley Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Unknown | Rachel Martin | 1946-07-04 | “The Unknown” was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inh… |
| Our Daily Bread | Mary Sims | 1934-10-02 | 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 coun… |
| The Girl from Scotland Yard | Linda Beech | 1937-05-30 | A female agent tacks down the cause of mysterious explosions…. |
| The Thirteenth Hour | Eileen Blair | 1947-02-06 | In this drama, a trucker’s business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled…. |
| The Phantom of Crestwood | Jenny Wren | 1932-10-14 | Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered…. |
| Black Fury | Anna Novak | 1935-05-18 | A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management…. |
| Gabriel Over the White House | Pendola Molloy | 1933-03-31 | A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fata… |
| The Healer | Evelyn Allen | 1935-06-14 | A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman… |
| The Crime Doctor | Andra | 1934-03-14 | 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 th… |
| Wednesday’s Child | Kathryn Phillips | 1934-10-26 | A 10-year-old’s happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced…. |
| The Washington Masquerade | Consuela Fairbanks | 1932-07-09 | An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptation… |
| Devil’s Squadron | Martha Dawson | 1936-04-30 | In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies, h… |
| Thunder in the Night | Countess Madalaine | 1935-09-16 | A whodunit set in Budapest, starring Edmund Lowe as a detective investigating the murder of an unemployed vaudeville actor…. |
| Man About Town | Helena | 1932-05-22 | In a plan to trap potential enemy spies in Washington, an American secret agent sets up a gambling house. He soon finds himself in a rivalry with his … |
| Outcast | Margaret Stevens | 1937-02-05 | A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide…. |
| $10 Raise | 1935-05-04 | A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart…… | |
| On Such a Night | Gail Stanley | 1937-08-27 | When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence…. |
| Scarface | Poppy | 1932-04-09 | A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life…. |
| The Mask of Fu Manchu | Sheila Barton | 1932-11-05 | 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 upris… |
| Jealousy | Dr. Monica Anderson | 1945-07-23 | A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband…. |
| Beloved Enemy | Cathleen O’Brien | 1936-12-25 | 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 no… |
| Flesh | Laura | 1932-12-08 | 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…. |
| Straight Is the Way | Bertha | 1934-08-10 | Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies…. |
| Arsène Lupin | Sonia | 1932-03-02 | 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 … |
| Complicated Women | Self – Interviewee | 2003-05-06 | A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the … |
| Born to the Saddle | Kate Daggett | 1953-03-15 | A naïve, recently-orphaned young man discovers he’s being used as a pawn in a crooked gambler’s plan to rig a July 4 horserace. Western…. |
| High Stakes | Anne Cornwall | 1931-08-18 | … |
| The Littlest Rebel | Mrs. Cary | 1935-12-27 | 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 se… |
| The Cuban Love Song | Crystal | 1931-12-05 | A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry…. |
| Never the Twain Shall Meet | Maisie | 1931-05-16 | Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as “the icebox” by his news reporter friend. As one… |
| Are You Listening? | Alice Grimes | 1932-03-21 | WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsor… |
| The Last Train from Madrid | Baroness Helene Rafitte | 1937-06-11 | The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War…. |
| Politics | Myrtle Burns | 1931-02-26 | A widow’s decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town…. |
| Framed | Beth | 1947-05-25 | 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 … |
| Kentucky | Mrs. Goodwin – 1861 | 1938-12-30 | 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 … |
| Daybreak | Emily Kessner | 1931-05-02 | An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy…. |
| Mata Hari | Carlotta | 1931-12-26 | A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I…. |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Alice | 1931-10-23 | Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school…. |
| M | Mrs. Coster | 1951-03-01 | 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’ cri… |
| Pride and Prejudice | Mrs. Collins | 1940-07-26 | Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentle… |
| Inspiration | Liane Latour | 1931-01-31 | The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist’s model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau a… |
| Dinner at Eight | Lucy Talbot | 1933-12-22 | An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of t… |
| Downstairs | Karl’s New Employer (uncredited) | 1932-08-06 | In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. … |
| Strangers May Kiss | Dining Companion | 1931-04-04 | After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advic… |
| Laughing Sinners | Estelle | 1931-05-30 | Ivy Stevens (Joan Crawford) is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman (Neil Hamilton) who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she… |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 | Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM’s history…. |
Credit: TMDB
Checkout The More Celebrities Profiles in Biography World