Actor
Karen Morley
December 12, 1909 · Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
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).
Notable work
Often works with
C. Henry Gordon
3 titles together
Scarface, Mata Hari, Gabriel Over the White House
Vince Barnett
3 titles together
Scarface, Black Fury, Flesh
Tully Marshall
3 titles together
Scarface, Black Fury, Arsène Lupin
Henry Armetta
3 titles together
Scarface, Arsène Lupin, Laughing Sinners
Lionel Barrymore
3 titles together
Dinner at Eight, Mata Hari, Arsène Lupin
Jean Hersholt
3 titles together
Dinner at Eight, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Flesh
Full filmography · 47
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Born to the Saddle
as Kate Daggett
1953
M
as Mrs. Coster
19516.5
Framed
as Beth
19476.5
The Thirteenth Hour
as Eileen Blair
1947
The Unknown
as Rachel Martin
1946
Jealousy
as Dr. Monica Anderson
1945
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs. Collins
19406.9
Kentucky
as Mrs. Goodwin - 1861
1938
On Such a Night
as Gail Stanley
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
as Baroness Helene Rafitte
1937
The Girl from Scotland Yard
as Linda Beech
1937