(LA Times) Anna Karen Marrow, 94 - 'Peyton Place' soap opera actress
Bob Feigel
From the Los Angeles Times
PASSINGS
Anna Karen Morrow, 'Peyton Place' soap opera actress, dies at 94
July 3, 2009
Anna Karen Morrow
Actress was on 'Peyton Place' show
Anna Karen Morrow, 94, an actress who had a regular role on the 1960s
prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place" and also appeared on Broadway, in
films and on numerous other television shows, died Wednesday at a
retirement home in Woodland Hills.
The actress, a longtime resident of Encino, died from complications of
old age, her daughter Lissa Morrow Christian said.
As Anna Karen, her film credits included "The Price of Fear," which
starred Merle Oberon, "The Wrong Man" alongside Henry Fonda and "It
Happened in Athens" with Jayne Mansfield.
On "Peyton Place," she played Mrs. Chernak, the Harrington family
housekeeper. She also appeared in the TV series " Star Trek,"
"Gunsmoke," "Hazel" and "The Perry Como Show," and on Broadway in the
play "Red Gloves."
She was the widow of Jeff Morrow, who also acted on stage and screen
and was perhaps best known for his performances in several science
fiction films that achieved cult status. He died in 1993.
She was born Sept. 20, 1914, in New Jersey and worked as a model
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Brad Ferguson
<b...@surfwriter.net.not> wrote:
> From the Los Angeles Times
>
> PASSINGS
>
> Anna Karen Morrow, 'Peyton Place' soap opera actress, dies at 94
>
> July 3, 2009
>
> Anna Karen Morrow
>
> Actress was on 'Peyton Place' show
>
> Anna Karen Morrow, 94, an actress who had a regular role on the 1960s
> prime-time soap opera "Peyton Place" and also appeared on Broadway, in
> films and on numerous other television shows, died Wednesday at a
> retirement home in Woodland Hills.
>
> The actress, a longtime resident of Encino, died from complications of
> old age, her daughter Lissa Morrow Christian said.
>
> As Anna Karen, her film credits included "The Price of Fear," which
> starred Merle Oberon, "The Wrong Man" alongside Henry Fonda and "It
> Happened in Athens" with Jayne Mansfield.
>
> On "Peyton Place," she played Mrs. Chernak, the Harrington family
> housekeeper. She also appeared in the TV series " Star Trek,"
> "Gunsmoke," "Hazel" and "The Perry Como Show," and on Broadway in the
> play "Red Gloves."
>
> She was the widow of Jeff Morrow, who also acted on stage and screen
> and was perhaps best known for his performances in several science
> fiction films that achieved cult status. He died in 1993.
As the obit says, she worked under the name Anna Karen. Here's her
picture from Star Trek. She was in an episode called All Our
Yesterdays (the one in which Spock falls in love with Mariette
Hartley):
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Sarpeidon_mort.jpg
BTW, there is another actress named Anna Karen. She's had a long
career in British film and TV, and is best known for having been in a
series called On the Buses. She's still with us at 72.