Kaaren Verne

Kaaren Verne (born Ingeborg Greta Katerina Marie-Rose Klinckerfuss; 6 April 1918 – 23 December 1967) was a German and American actress. Sometimes billed as Karen Verne, she was originally a stage actress and member of the Berlin State Theatre.

Life and career Verne was born in Berlin. Related to the Bechstein family, her first marriage took place when she was 18. She fled the Nazis in 1938 and made her English-language film début in the 1939 British film Ten Days in Paris. When British film production stopped during World War II, she emigrated to the USA.

Kaaren Verne remained in films until her death, appearing in Ship of Fools (1965).

Death Verne died at age 49 of a reported heart ailment in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. She was interred in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Filmography

Films Ten Days in Paris (1940) - Diane de Guermantes Sky Murder (1940) - Pat Evans The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) - Actress in Film Scene (uncredited) Underground (1941) - Sylvia Helmuth All Through the Night (1942) - Leda Hamilton Kings Row (1942) - Elise Sandor The Great Impersonation (1942) - Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) - Charlotte Eberli The Seventh Cross (1944) - Leni The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Rosa (uncredited) The Story of Three Loves (1953) - Madame Legay (segment "Equilibrium") (uncredited) The Juggler (1953) - Woman Mistaken for Hans's Wife (uncredited) A Bullet for Joey (1955) - Viveca Hartman Outside the Law (1956) - Mrs. Pulenski Silk Stockings (1957) - Postwoman (uncredited) Ship of Fools (1965) - Frau Lutz Madame X (1966) - Nurse Riborg (final film role)

Television Fireside Theatre (1954) - Anna Crusader (1 episode, 1956) - Mrs. Hawelka The Gale Storm Show (1 episode, 1956) - Marya Jezek General Electric Theater (1 episode, 1958) - Frau Schuman Bronco (1 episode, 1959) - Ilse von Waldenheim Michael Shayne (1 episode, 1960) - Flora The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1961) - Innkeeper The Untouchables (1 episode, 1961) - Mrs. Schoenbrun—Landlady Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 episode, 1965) - Inge The Duel at Mont Saint Marie (1966, TV episode) 12 O'Clock High (1 episode, 1966) - Woman Refugee