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Occupation
  
Actress, singer

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Karen Morrow


Website
  
Official website

Years active
  
1958-present

Education
  
Clarke University

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Born
  
December 15, 1936 (age 87) (
1936-12-15
)

Similar People
  
Nancy Dussault, Lisa Hartman Black, Mel Stewart, Marvin J Chomsky

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Karen Morrow (born December 15, 1936) is an American singer – actress best known for her work in musical theater. Her honors include an Emmy Award and a Theatre World Award, and an Ovation Award and five Drama-Logue Award nominations.

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Early life and Broadway career

Morrow was born in Chicago and raised in Des Moines, Iowa by parents who were both classical singers. As a teenager, she first heard recordings by actress/singer Susan Johnson, which inspired her to try musical theater, beginning with the role of Meg in Brigadoon.

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After graduating from St. Joseph Academy (Des Moines, Iowa) in 1954, she graduated from Clarke College in 1958. She then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she taught and performed on the side, but she soon moved to Manhattan. Her career there began with an appearance in the Off-Broadway show, Sing, Muse! in 1961; she won a 1962 Theatre World Award for her performance. She played Luce in a 1963 Off-Broadway revival of Rodgers & Hart's The Boys from Syracuse and a number of roles in City Center over the next five years, including The Most Happy Fella in 1966 as Cleo.

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Morrow's first Broadway production, I Had a Ball, with Buddy Hackett and Richard Kiley, opened in December 1964, and folded six months later amid lackluster reviews. Most of Morrow's later Broadway productions would also have short runs despite some impressive casts. Two years later, she appeared as Mary Texas in A Joyful Noise, a misconceived effort to incorporate country music into a Broadway show. It closed after 4 previews and 12 performances. Next she played Na'Ama in 1968's I'm Solomon, which vanished just as quickly (9 previews, 7 performances). In November 1971, she appeared as Babylove in The Grass Harp (co-starring Barbara Cook, based on Truman Capote's novel of the same name), which lasted one week at the Martin Beck Theatre, but brought her good notices, especially for her rendition of "Babylove Miracle Show". In 1972, Morrow appeared as Irene Jantzen in another short-lived Broadway production, The Selling of the President, which had 5 regular performances. Her last Broadway performance was as The Princess Puffer/Miss Angela Prysock in The Mystery of Edwin Drood , as a replacement, in December 1986.

Asked why so many of the Broadway shows that she appeared in were flops, Morrow said, "I've analyzed this, trying to think of why I've had so many flops. I keep coming back to my contemporaries ... it was always the ones who could sing but also had something extra, something interesting about themselves ... I think with me, I was just a singer with a big voice and I was pleasant, and that can only take you so far."

Later years

From 1969, she made Los Angeles, California her home base, where she worked on local cable in a short-lived series called Singin' that co-starred her friend and peer, Nancy Dussault and appeared regularly on The Jim Nabors Hour (1969), The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show and Match Game. She won an Emmy Award (with Nancy Dussault) for the PBS program "Cabaret Tonight". Other TV work has included appearances in many series: Girl Talk (1968), Love, American Style (1973/two episodes), Medical Center (1974), Paul Sand in Friends & Lovers (1974), Karen (1975/two episodes), Starsky & Hutch (1976), Tabitha (1977/Aunt Minerva), Alice (1979), Friends (1979/Pamela Richards), Ladies' Man (1980/Betty Brill), The Love Boat (1979 and 1982/two episodes), Too Close for Comfort (1983), Trapper John, M.D. (1983), Goodnight, Beantown (1984), Falcon Crest (1988/two episodes), Murder, She Wrote (1988-89/Gladys), Night Court (1989) and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996-97/Nana).

Morrow has also appeared in three TV movies: Eve Wister in I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982), Martha Biggs in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), and Mrs. Turner in Cage Without a Key (1975).

She was also a regular on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion.

Her stage work outside of New York has included Parthy in Show Boat (1997, national tour of the 1994 Broadway production), Die Fledermaus, It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (1967 revival), Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Sally Adams in Call Me Madam (2000), Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, Carlotta in Follies (1990 Long Beach Civic Light Opera) Sweeney Todd and A New Brain. She also has appeared in concerts with major orchestras in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Honolulu.

She can be heard on the 2002 concept album Miss Spectacular, a studio recording of an unproduced work by Jerry Herman, with whom she has worked and recorded extensively. Other albums include An Evening with Jerry Herman (1998).

Morrow taught musical theatre performance at UCLA and continues to teach master classes in performance and audition skills. She is a member of the faculty of AMDA.

Filmography

Actress
2018
Break a Hip (TV Series short) as
Mamie
- The Millionaire (2018) - Mamie
- The Home (2018) - Mamie
1997
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series) as
Nana
- Sweet Charity (1997) - Nana
1989
Night Court (TV Series) as
Amanda Caswell
- For Love or Money (1989) - Amanda Caswell
1989
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Gladys
- Double Exposure (1989) - Gladys
1988
Falcon Crest (TV Series) as
Bernice Haberman
- A Madness Most Discreet (1988) - Bernice Haberman
- Hornet's Nest (1988) - Bernice Haberman
1983
Goodnight, Beantown (TV Series) as
Pauline
- Valerie's Fan (1983) - Pauline
- Invasions of Privacy (1983) - Pauline
1983
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) as
- May Divorce Be with You (1983) - Karen
1983
Too Close for Comfort (TV Series) as
Karen Day
- The Yearning Point (1983) - Karen Day
1982
I Was a Mail Order Bride (TV Movie) as
Eve Whister
1979
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Ruth Gaylor / Daphne Knox
- Baby Talk/My Friend, the Executrix/Programmed for Love (1982) - Ruth Gaylor
- The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love/Oldies But Goodies (1979) - Daphne Knox
1980
Ladies' Man (TV Series) as
Betty Brill
- The Committee (1981) - Betty Brill
- Games: Part 2 (1981) - Betty Brill
- Games: Part 1 (1981) - Betty Brill
- Women Need Not Apply (1981) - Betty Brill
- Think Young, Ladies (1981) - Betty Brill
- Susan the Playwright (1981) - Betty Brill
- Alan's Money Problem (1981) - Betty Brill
- Andrea's Crush (1981) - Betty Brill
- Alan's Infidelity Column (1980) - Betty Brill
- Holstein's Affair (1980) - Betty Brill
- The Mugger (1980) - Betty Brill
- An Obtuse Triangle (1980) - Betty Brill
- Amy's Fear (1980) - Betty Brill
- Gretchen's Problem (1980) - Betty Brill
- Play It Again, Alan (1980) - Betty Brill
- Pilot (1980) - Betty Brill
1980
Sådan er jeg osse as
Værtshusgæst
1979
Friends (TV Series) as
Pamela Richards
- A Case of Bad Timing (1979) - Pamela Richards
- Pressure (1979) - Pamela Richards
- Grandfather Arrives (1979) - Pamela Richards
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Pamela Richards
- Going Out (1979) - Pamela Richards
1979
Alice (TV Series) as
Ina Simpson
- Alice's Decision (1979) - Ina Simpson
1977
Tabitha (TV Series) as
Aunt Minerva
- Tabitha's Party (1978) - Aunt Minerva
- Paul Goes to New York (1978) - Aunt Minerva
- What's Wrong with Mister Right? (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- That New Black Magic (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- Tabitha's Triangle (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- Arrival of Nancy (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- Mr. Nice Guy (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- Minerva Goes Straight (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- A Star Is Born (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- Halloween Show (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- Tabitha's Weighty Problem (1977) - Aunt Minerva
- The Pilot (1977) - Aunt Minerva
1977
The Practice (TV Series) as
Eileen
- Jules in Jail (1977) - Eileen
1976
Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) as
Mitzi Graham
- Nightmare (1976) - Mitzi Graham
1976
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (TV Movie) as
Martha Biggs
1976
Good Heavens (TV Series) as
Lila
- Jack the Ribber and Me (1976) - Lila
1975
Karen (TV Series) as
Cerita
- A Day in the Life (1975) - Cerita
1975
Cage Without a Key (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Turner
1974
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (TV Series) as
Trudy
- Maid in the Snow (1974) - Trudy
1974
Medical Center (TV Series) as
Norma
- The World's Balloon (1974) - Norma
1973
Love, American Style (TV Series) as
Mrs. Sommers (segment "Love and the Odd Couples") / Elizabeth (segment "Love and the Vertical Romance")
- Love and the Big Top/Love and the Locksmith/Love and the Odd Couples/Love and the Unwedding (1973) - Mrs. Sommers (segment "Love and the Odd Couples")
- Love and the Crisis Line/Love and the Happy Family/Love and the Vertical Romance (1973) - Elizabeth (segment "Love and the Vertical Romance")
1969
The Jim Nabors Hour (TV Series) as
Blanche
- Episode #1.15 (1970) - Blanche
- Episode #1.2 (1969)
1962
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as
Guest Vocalist
- One Good Intern Deserves Another (1962) - Guest Vocalist
Soundtrack
1986
The 40th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "So in Love", "Do-Re-Mi", "I Believe in You", "Broadway Baby", "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina", "The Best of Times", "Muddy Water")
Self
-
Broadway: The Next Generation (Documentary) (filming) as
Self
2021
Stars in the House (TV Series) as
Self
- Broadway By The Decades - The 60s (2021) - Self
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (Documentary) as
Self
2020
Meet the Biz (TV Series) as
Self
- Meet The Biz : 'Surprises' (2021)
- Karen Morrow - "We're Still Here" (2020) - Self
- Karen Morrow - "Having a Ball" (2020) - Self
1994
Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (TV Special)
1988
A Prairie Home Companion: The Second Annual Farewell Performance (TV Movie) as
Self
1986
The 40th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
1981
A Gift of Music (TV Special) as
Self
1981
The Toni Tennille Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.69 (1981) - Self
1979
Password Plus (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 March 1979 (1979) - Self
- Episode dated 29 March 1979 (1979) - Self
- Episode dated 28 March 1979 (1979) - Self
- Episode dated 27 March 1979 (1979) - Self
- Episode dated 26 March 1979 (1979) - Self
1978
Song by Song (TV Series) as
Self - Music Performer
- By Hart (1978) - Self - Music Performer
1978
The Jim Nabors Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.42 (1978) - Self
1971
The Bob Braun Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actress / Vocalist
- Episode dated 27 August 1975 (1975) - Self - Actress / Vocalist
- Episode dated 17 August 1972 (1972) - Self - Actress / Vocalist
- Episode dated 15 July 1971 (1971) - Self - Actress / Vocalist
1974
Dinah! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.164 (1975) - Self
- Episode #1.44 (1974) - Self
1975
Match Game (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode #3.102 (1975) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #3.101 (1975) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #3.100 (1975) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #3.99 (1975) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #3.98 (1975) - Self - Panelist
1963
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Guest
- Charlton Heston, Vincent Price, Richard Dawson, Karen Morrow (1974) - Self - Guest
- Davy Jones, Karen Morrow, Clint Davis, Alan Weeks, Betty Rhodes, Joe Masiello, Barry Bostwick (1973) - Self
- James Brown, Rich Little, Donald O'Connor, Karen Morrow (1973) - Self
- Irving Berlin Music (1972) - Self
- David Janssen, Frankie Avalon, Lainie Kazan, Karen Morrow, Danny Kaleikini, Joe Flynn (1971) - Self
- Rudy Vallee, David Susskind, Frank Campanella, Bill Fiore, Karen Morrow (1970) - Self
- Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Satchell Paige, Karen Morrow, Harvey Orkin (1970) - Self
- From Hollywood with guests Dan Dailey, Julie Sommars, Marlo Thomas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marty Allen, Karen Morrow, Boyce & Hart (1970) - Self
- Ray Charles, Karen Morrow, Hermione Gingold, Dr. Joyce Brothers (1969) - Self
- Henry Morgan, Bernadette Peters, Karen Morrow, Patchett & Tarsus, Mark Russell, Gay Talese (1969) - Self
- Orson Bean, Jane Russell, Karen Morrow, Artie Shaw, Lily Tomlin, Jud Strunk, C.L. Macnelly (1969) - Self
- Karen Morrow, Jackie Mason, Alejandro Rey, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Bishop James Pike, Willie Tyler & Lester (1969) - Self
- Orson Bean, Eddie Fisher, Malcolm McDowell, Karen Morrow, Leonard Melfi, Barbara Tai Sing, Marty Brill (1969) - Self
- Ray Anthony, Ron Carey, Karen Morrow, Norm Crosby, Genevieve, Don Herbert (1969) - Self
- Guest host: Alan Hamel; guests: Karen Morrow, Jean Shrimpton, Robert Brown, Guido Basso, Charlie Manna, Walter Sullivan, Peter Max (1969) - Self
- guest host: Orson Bean; guests: Tony Randall, Karen Morrow, Arlene Francis, Pat Cooper, Joe Hyams, Cathy Macauley, Dr. Joyce Brothers (1968) - Self
- Soupy Sales, Robert Merrill, Patti Deutsch, Bobby Ramsen, Karen Morrow, Joseph Heller (1968) - Self
- Raquel Welch, Jack Douglas and Reiko, Rodney Dangerfield, Karen Morrow, Tiger Haynes, Dr. Lendon Smith (1968) - Self
- Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Morey Amsterdam, Donna Jean Young, London Lee, Karen Morrow (1968) - Self
- Lynn Redgrave, Eva Gabor, Betsy Palmer, Norm Crosby, Jerry Shane, Martin Yarbrough (1967) - Self
- Forrest Tucker, Josephine Premice, Hermione Gingold, Bobby Ramsen, Karen Morrow, Merriman Smith (1967) - Self
- Red Buttons, Joe Namath, Carol Lawrence, Karen Morrow, London Lee, Genevieve, Louis Lomax (1967) - Self
- Richard Chamberlain, Sheilah Graham, Peggy Cass, Karen Morrow, London Lee, Frank Garcia (1967) - Self
- Sarah Churchill, Henry Morgan, Jack Carter, Karen Morrow, Renee Taylor, Bobby Ramsen (1967) - Self
- Jack E. Leonard, Dagmar, Renee Taylor, The Barry Sisters, Willard & Greco, Karen Morrow, Charlotte Moorman (1967) - Self
- Susan Saint James, Orson Bean, Flip Wilson, Karen Morrow, Stephen Strimpell, Reverend Malcolm Boyd (1967) - Self
- Tom Ewell, Rocky Graziano, Billy Eckstine, Karen Morrow, Morty Gunty, Selma Diamond (1967) - Self
- guest host: Jimmy Dean; guests: Hugh O'Brian, Catherine Spaak, Donna Jean Young, Karen Morrow, Harold Poole, the Geezinslaw Brothers (1967) - Self
- Dick Gregory, Genevieve, Murray Roman, Karen Morrow, Merriman Smith (1966) - Self
- Pat O'Brien, Ethel Griffes, Marty Ingels, Karen Morrow (1966) - Self
- Adele Asientra, Helen Gurley Brown, Henny Youngman, Karen Morrow, Marvin Kaplan (1966) - Self
- Peter Noone, Hermione Gingold, Sam Jaffe, Bettye Ackerman, Reni Santoni, Karen Morrow (1966) - Self
- Gene Kelly, Jackie Mason, Arlene Dahl, Karen Morrow, Merriman Smith (1966) - Self
- Jerry Lewis, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Karen Morrow, the Geezinslaw Brothers (1965) - Self
- Soupy Sales, Carmel Quinn, Karen Morrow, Jackie Mason, George Carlin (1965) - Self
- Dody Goodman, Karen Morrow, Richard Pryor, Virginia Graham, Walter Kiernan (1965) - Self
- Betty Friedan, Milt Kamen, Merriman Smith, Karen Morrow (1963) - Self
1964
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Vocalist / Actress / Self - Singer / ...
1969
The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.200 (1972) - Self
- Episode #4.199 (1972) - Self
- Episode #4.176 (1972) - Self
- Episode #4.170 (1972) - Self
- Episode #4.163 (1972) - Self
- Episode #4.66 (1971) - Self
- Episode #4.57 (1971) - Self
- Episode #2.220 (1970) - Self
- Episode #2.150 (1970) - Self
- Episode #1.10 (1969) - Self
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 January 1972 (1972) - Self
- Episode dated 3 September 1971 (1971) - Self
- Episode dated 2 September 1971 (1971) - Self
- Episode dated 30 July 1971 (1971) - Self
- Episode dated 5 April 1971 (1971) - Self
- Ross Bagdasarian, Rosalind Elias, Jan De Ruth, Karen Morrow (1963) - Self
- Jackie Mason, John W. Bubbles Lucia Hawkins, Carmel Quinn (1963) - Self
1972
I'm a Fan (TV Special)
1971
The Virginia Graham Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 June 1971 (1971) - Self
1969
The Jim Nabors Hour (TV Series) as
Self
- Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (1971) - Self
- Jackie DeShannon (1971) - Self
- Tennessee Ernie Ford (1971) - Self
- Kay Starr (1970) - Self
- Rick Nelson and Bobbie Gentry (1970) - Self
- Kate Smith and Gary Puckett (1970) - Self
- Carol Burnett (1970) - Self
- The Jackson Five (1970) - Self
- Roman Gabriel, Daryle Lamonica and Beverlee & Sidro with the Sneakers (1970) - Self
- Rock Hudson and Beverlee & Sidro with the Sneakers (1970) - Self
- Minnie Pearl, Kay Starr (1969) - Self
- Wayne Newton, Karen Morrow (1969) - Self
1970
The Game Game (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.20 (1970) - Self
1969
Alan King and His Buddy (TV Movie) as
Self - Singer
1968
The Nick Clooney Show (TV Series) as
Self - Co-Host
1968
Girl Talk (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 9 February 1968 (1968) - Self
1965
Fanfare (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.12 (1965) - Self
1965
ABC's Nightlife (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.29 (1965) - Self
- Episode #1.24 (1965) - Self
1965
The Les Crane Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.75 (1965) - Self
- Episode #1.46 (1965) - Self
1965
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #18.15 (1965) - Self
1964
Stage 2 (TV Series documentary short) as
Self
- Rodgers and Hart Revisited (1964) - Self
1964
The Garry Moore Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Nat 'King' Cole, George Gobel, Karen Morrow (1964) - Self
- Gwen Verdon, Karen Morrow, Alan King (1964) - Self
1963
The Jimmy Dean Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Roy Clark, Al Hirt, Milt Kamen, Karen Morrow (1963) - Self
1962
The Gift of Talent (TV Special) as
Self - singer / comedienne

References

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