Karen X. Gaylord

Karen X. Gaylord (born Jane Goerner; August 29, 1921 – August 1, 2014) was an American actress and a Miss Minnesota state pageant winner.

Early years The daughter of W. C. and Marie Goerner, Gaylord was born Jane Goerner on August 29, 1921. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but grew up in Minneapolis She attended West High School in Minneapolis and a junior college in North Dakota. She worked at a bank in Minneapolis and won the Miss Minnesota title in 1942.

In Hollywood, Gaylord became a member of the Goldwyn Girls musical stock company. Films in which she appeared included Cover Girl (1944), Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), Night in Paradise (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), A Song Is Born (1948), and The Girl From Jones Beach (1949).

Personal life On August 15, 1948, Gaylord married Don McGuire, an actor, television writer and director. By the mid-1950s, she had retired from acting to be a homemaker.