Karen Arthur
American film director, producer, and actress
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Born | (1941-08-24) August 24, 1941 (age 82) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, actress |
Years active | 1979–present |
Karen Arthur (born August 24, 1941) is an American film director, producer, and actress.[1]
Early life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska,[2] Arthur has directed three feature films, including Lady Beware (1987) and The Mafu Cage (1978),[1] but the majority of her work has been in television, where she has had a long and prolific career directing television movies and series. In 1985, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (for an episode of Cagney & Lacey).[1]
She is currently a resident of the town of Springfield, Vermont.[3]
Partial filmography
Title | Year | Notes |
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The Christmas Blessing | 2005 | TV movie |
Judging Amy | TV series | |
The Locket | 2002 | TV movie |
The Song of the Lark | 2001 | TV movie, based on The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather |
The Lost Child | 2000 | TV movie |
The Staircase | 1998 | TV movie |
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story | 1995 | TV movie |
The Jacksons: An American Dream | 1992 | TV miniseries |
The Secret | 1992 | TV movie |
Shadow of a Doubt | 1991 | TV movie |
Blue Bayou | 1990 | TV movie |
Lady Beware | 1987 | Film |
Crossings | 1986 | TV miniseries |
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story | 1984 | TV movie |
Cagney & Lacey | TV series | |
Remington Steele | TV series | |
Hart to Hart | 1979 | TV series |
The Mafu Cage | 1978 | Film |
Legacy | 1975 | Film |
Like It Is (re-released as Not My Daughter) | 1970 / 1971 | Film, final big screen appearance, co-starring in 1970 exploitation film[4][5] whose 1971 straight-to-drive-in re-release was advertised as "A TRUE STORY DESCRIBED IN THE LURID LANGUAGE KNOWN ONLY BY TODAY'S YOUTH"[6][7][8] |
Mannix | 1970 | TV series, Season 4 Ep. 11 "Bang Bang, You Are Dead" |
Get Smart | 1969 | TV series, Season 5 Ep.7 "And Baby Makes Four Part.1" |
The Wild Wild West | 1967 | TV series, Season 3 Ep.15 "The Night of the Running Death" |
References
- ^ a b c Hal Erickson (2015). "Karen Arthur". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27.
- ^ Film Directors: A Complete Guide, Volume 9. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9780943728469.
- ^ "Christmas in July?". Rutland Herald. 2008-05-20. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "Fine Food and Entertainment: Drive-In Theaters". Chula Vista Star-News. July 29, 1971. p. D-2. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Nix, David (August 5, 1971). "Latest John Wayne Film and 'Plaza Suite' In Town". Arizona Daily Star. Sec. D, p. 11. Retrieved February 25, 2024. "PRINCE — 'Bunny O'Hare' (GP), with Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine, and John Wayne's recent 'Rio Lobo' will be followed next Wednesday by 'Not With My Daughter' (R) and 'Sex and the College Girl.'"
- ^ "Not My Daughter". The Sacramento Bee. May 21, 1971. p. A17. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ "Not My Daughter". Los Angeles Times. January 12, 1972. pt. IV, p. 12. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Willis John (1976). John Willis' Screen World, Volume 27. New York: Crown Publishers. p. 120. OCLC 773245941
External links
- Karen Arthur at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Karen Arthur at IMDb
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- Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
- Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960)
- George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961)
- Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders (1962)
- Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963)
- Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964)
- Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965)
- Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966)
- Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967)
- Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968)
- David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
- Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970)
- Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" (1971)
- Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972)
- Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" (1973)
- Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974)
- Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975)
- David Greene for "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976)
- David Greene for "Part 1" (Roots) (1977)
- Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978)
- Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
- Roger Young for "Cop" (1980)
- Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981)
- Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982)
- Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)
- Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984)
- Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985)
- Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986)
- Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987)
- Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988)
- Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
- Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990)
- Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991)
- Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992)
- Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993)
- Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994)
- Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995)
- Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996)
- Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997)
- Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Lost Israel, Part 2" (1998)
- Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
- Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000)
- Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001)
- Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002)
- Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)
- Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004)
- J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005)
- Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)
- Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007)
- Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008)
- Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
- Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010)
- Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011)
- Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012)
- David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013)
- Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014)
- David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
- Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)
- Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017)
- Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018)
- Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)
- Andrij Parekh for "Hunting" (2020)
- Jessica Hobbs for "War" (2021)
- Hwang Dong-hyuk for "Red Light, Green Light" (2022)
- Mark Mylod for "Connor's Wedding" (2023)