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Karen Arthur (born August 24, 1941) is an American television and film director, producer, and actress. She directed more than 40 feature and made-for-television movies, miniseries, and television series.
Karen Arthur is a multi-talented filmmaker who won a Primetime Emmy for directing. She has worked on TV shows like Cagney & Lacey, Get Smart and The Locket, and movies like Legacy and Artists of the Bahamas.
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- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Jun 17, 2024 · During the ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Karen Arthur became the first woman to win an Emmy for outstanding directing for a drama series, honored for “Heat,” a fourth-season episode.
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Karen Arthur is a director and actress who won an Emmy for her work on Legacy. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and studied film at UCLA. See her full biography, awards, trivia and film credits on IMDb.
- August 24, 1941
Karen Arthur (born August 24, 1941) is an American film director, producer, and actress. 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 television movies and series.
Few female directors have forged as lengthy a career in Hollywood as Karen Arthur, who has gone somewhat unnoticed, as the majority of her work has been done for television. Arthur originally...
Biography. Few female directors have forged as lengthy a career in Hollywood as Karen Arthur, who has gone somewhat unnoticed, as the majority of her work has been done for television. Arthur originally began her career as a dancer, working extensively on the New York stage in the 1960s.
