Karen Arthur (born August 24, 1941) is an American

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, producer, and

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. Arthur has directed three feature films, including '' Lady Beware'' (1987) and '' The Mafu Cage'' (1978), but the majority of her work has been in television, where she has had a long and prolific career directing

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and series. In 1985, she won a

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for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (for an episode of ''

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''). She is currently a resident of the

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of Springfield,

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Partial filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arthur, Karen 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