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Karen Morley

Karen Morley (December 12, 1909 - March 8, 2003) was an American film actress.

Born Mildred Linton in Ottumwa, Iowa, Morley came to prominence in Hollywood films in the early 1930s, most notably in Mata Hari (1931), Scarface (1932), Arsene Lupin (1933), and Dinner at Eight (1934). She was a frequent player in films until the end of the decade, and was married to director Charles Vidor from 1932 until 1943. In 1943 she married the actor Lloyd Gough.

Her career came to an end in 1947, when she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee and refused to answer questions about her alleged Communist Party membership. She maintained her political activism for the rest of her life, running unsuccessfully for government in 1954, but was never able to rebuild her acting career. She remained married to Gough until his death in 1984, and moved to the San Francisco Bay area late in life. In December 1999, she appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair in an article about blacklist survivors.

She died from pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California.


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She died from pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California. An irony: Betsy's brother's widow married the older brother of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. In December 1999, she appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair in an article about blacklist survivors. She is buried in the Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. She remained married to Gough until his death in 1984, and moved to the San Francisco Bay area late in life. Betsy returned to Baltimore with her son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. She maintained her political activism for the rest of her life, running unsuccessfully for government in 1954, but was never able to rebuild her acting career. Jerome gave in to his brother, returned to the French Navy and married a German princess.

Her career came to an end in 1947, when she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee and refused to answer questions about her alleged Communist Party membership. She gave birth to a son in 1805, in London. In 1943 she married the actor Lloyd Gough. Jerome returned to France with Betsy but she was denied landing in continental Europe. She was a frequent player in films until the end of the decade, and was married to director Charles Vidor from 1932 until 1943. Jerome's brother Napoleon ordered his brother back to France and had the marriage annulled. Born Mildred Linton in Ottumwa, Iowa, Morley came to prominence in Hollywood films in the early 1930s, most notably in Mata Hari (1931), Scarface (1932), Arsene Lupin (1933), and Dinner at Eight (1934). They were married on December 24, 1803, at a ceremony presided over by the Archbishop of Baltimore.

Karen Morley (December 12, 1909 - March 8, 2003) was an American film actress. He was a Catholic, and the wealthiest man in Maryland after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Elizabeth's father, William, had been born in Ireland and came to North America prior to the American Revolutionary War. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879), known as "Betsy", was the daughter of a Baltimore, Maryland merchant, and was the first wife of Jerome Bonaparte, and sister-in-law of Emperor Napoleon I of France.