Karen Morley

She died from pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California. She contiued to accept occasional film roles until her death in Athens in 1973. In December 1999, she appeared in the magazine Vanity Fair in an article about blacklist survivors. She formed the Royal Theater of Athens with Alexis Minotis, her principal director and her husband since 1940. She remained married to Gough until his death in 1984, and moved to the San Francisco Bay area late in life. Returning to Greece in 1950, Paxinou resumed her stage career. 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 continued appearing in Hollywood films until 1949.

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 was selected to play Pilar in the 1943 film of For Whom the Bell Tolls, winning a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe. In 1943 she married the actor Lloyd Gough. When World War II broke out she was performing in London and unable to return to Greece she emigrated to the US. She was a frequent player in films until the end of the decade, and was married to director Charles Vidor from 1932 until 1943. Paxinou distinguished herself on the stage. 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). Trained as an opera singer but changed career and joined the Greek Royal Theater in 1929.

Karen Morley (December 12, 1909 - March 8, 2003) was an American film actress. Born Katina Constantopoulos in Pireas. Katina Paxinou (December 17, 1900 - February 22, 1973) was a Greek film and theatre actress. Un Été Sauvage (1970). Tante Zita (1968),.

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