Karen Arthur (born August 24, 1941) is an American
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
,
producer, and
actress
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.
Arthur has directed three feature films, including ''
Lady Beware
''Lady Beware'' is a 1987 American thriller film directed by Karen Arthur and starring Diane Lane, Michael Woods and Cotter Smith. It was filmed on location in and around Pittsburgh.
Plot
Katya Yarno is a window dresser for Horne's department ...
'' (1987) and ''
The Mafu Cage
''The Mafu Cage'' (also released as ''My Sister, My Love'', ''Deviation'' and ''Don't Ring the Doorbell'') is a 1978 American psychological horror film directed by Karen Arthur, and starring Carol Kane and Lee Grant. Its plot follows two siste ...
'' (1978),
[ but the majority of her work has been in television, where she has had a long and prolific career directing ]television movies
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and series
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People with the name
* Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series
* George Series (1920–1995), English physicist
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Series, the ordered sets used i ...
. In 1985, she won a Primetime Emmy Award
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for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (for an episode of ''Cagney & Lacey
''Cagney & Lacey'' is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982, to May 16, 1988. The show is about two New York City police detectives who lead very dif ...
'').[
She is currently a resident of the ]town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Springfield
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* Springfield (toponym), the place name in general
Places and locations Australia
* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
* Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
* Springfield, Queenslan ...
, Vermont
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.
Partial filmography
References
External links
Karen Arthur
at Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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1941 births
American women film directors
American television actresses
American television directors
Emmy Award winners
American women television directors
Living people
Actresses from Omaha, Nebraska
Film directors from Nebraska
21st-century American women