Karen Steele was born on March 20, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A former
cover girl and model, she was one of the most strikingly beautiful
actresses to ever work in film and television. She went to the
University of Hawaii and to Rollins College in Florida before gracing
our film screens with her first film in 1952. Rumor has it she was
mistaken for another actress by producer
Delbert Mann when he cast her as a
hard case in the drama film
Marty (1955).
Like many actresses, as she got older, she turned to television
commercials for income. She also became involved in charitable causes
and community service. Karen Steele died of cancer in Kingman, Arizona,
on March 12, 1988, little more than a week before her 57th birthday.
Trap on Cougar Mountain(1972)
Mannix(1967)as Sheila Sprague
The Happy Ending(1969)as Divorcee
A Boy... a Girl(1969)as Elizabeth
Hogan's Heroes(1965)as Lady Valerie Stanford
Bud Boetticher: A Documentary(2020)as Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That(2005)as Jeanie Miller
