Suzanne Kaaren
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Suzanne Kaaren (March 21, 1912 – August 27, 2004) was an American B-movie actress and dancer who starred in stock film genres of the 1930s and 1940s: horror films, westerns, comedies and romances. Kaaren left for Hollywood in October 1933. Her starting salary was $150 per week, and was eventually cast opposite Tim McCoy in Ridin' Gents, a Monogram Pictures production. She was then signed by Republic Pictures to play a character in From Rags To Riches. Ridin' Gents was filmed without either McCoy or Kaaren.
She joined a troupe assembled by producer Walter Wanger, which also included Gloria Youngblood. The theatrical company was known as Trade Winds. The comedy When's Your Birthday? (1937) showcased the zany Joe E. Brown, with Kaaren among the supporting players in an RKO Radio Pictures movie about an astrologer.
In October 1941, Kaaren was added to the cast of I Married an Angel. She portrayed a maid named Simone, and was uncredited. In October 1943, Pete Smith assigned Kaaren and Harry Barris the leading roles in an MGM motion picture which was to be called Practical Joker. The film was never made.
Kaaren figured prominently in several Three Stooges comedy short films. They are Disorder in the Court, Yes, We Have No Bonanza, and What's the Matador?.
Miracles for Sale (1939) was based on the novel Death From A Tophat by Clayton Rawson. Kaaren plays a woman who is separated into halves and then joined together again suspensefully. The murder mystery has Robert Young and Florence Rice in prominent roles.
She starred opposite Bela Lugosi in The Devil Bat. The cult film of the horror film genre is a Poverty Row production released by Producers Releasing Corporation. In the movie, Lugosi breeds giant bats to attack people.
Her final appearance on film is uncredited role as the Duchess of Park Avenue (Manhattan) in 1984's The Cotton Club.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7586 |
| Birthday | 1912-03-21 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Suzanne Kaaren Blackmer, Suzanne Blackmer, Suzanne Karen, Sophie Kischnerman, |
1936
Disorder in the Court
6.702/43
The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is a...
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Disorder in the Court
1940
The Devil Bat
5.3/87
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He deci...
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The Devil Bat
1937
Angel
6.724/78
While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
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Angel
1939
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
6.571/14
Set in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they hope to marry. The proprietor of the saloon is a crook...
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Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1933
Close Relations
7/1
Roscoe believes he is in line to receive a large inheritance, but the reality is considerably more psychopathic-- no, nuts.
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Close Relations
1939
Pride of the Navy
7/1
A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats....
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Pride of the Navy
1942
What's the Matador?
6.05/10
The stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita th...
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What's the Matador?
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
7.5/2
Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.
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Rhythm in the Clouds
1936
White Legion
6.25/2
In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the w...
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White Legion
1938
Here's Flash Casey
5.571/7
After graduating college an aspiring photographer lands his first job--with a big city newspaper.
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Here's Flash Casey
1937
When's Your Birthday?
5.5/2
Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes of races and other events through astrology.
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When's Your Birthday?
1937
The Wildcatter
8/1
Eager to take advantage of a new oil boom, "Lucky" Conlon leaves his gas station and diner for Texas, with his wife Helen's blessing. In Texas, Lucky...
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The Wildcatter
1938
Phantom Ranger
4.714/7
A Treasury Department engraver is being held captive by a counterfeiting gang that wants him to make counterfeit plates for them. A lawman is sent to...
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Phantom Ranger
1935
Women Must Dress
3.5/4
A divorced woman finds success as a fashion designer.
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Women Must Dress
1937
Romance of Louisiana
7/4
A short historical drama about the Louisiana Purchase.
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Romance of Louisiana
1938
Trade Winds
6.375/8
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and...
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Trade Winds
1934
Bottoms Up
5.2/5
Three smart film-flammers help a homeless little girl to love and happiness by making monkeys out of Hollywood's big movie moguls. A love story to mak...
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Bottoms Up
1935
Strangers All
6.75/2
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
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Strangers All
1939
Idiot's Delight
6.118/17
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
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Idiot's Delight
1939
The Women
7.14/175
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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The Women
1939
Miracles for Sale
6.471/17
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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Miracles for Sale
1936
Undercover Man
7/3
An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally nefarious hirelings in this standard B-Western fro...
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Undercover Man
1941
Rags to Riches
9.5/2
A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
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Rags to Riches
1936
A Million to One
5/3
The son of a disgraced Olympic decathlete prepares to become a star in his own right. His quest is complicated by a beautiful girl and a bitter rival.
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A Million to One
1940
City of Chance
5.563/8
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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City of Chance
1941
Roar of the Press
6.333/6
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
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Roar of the Press
1934
Sleepers East
7/1
No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor...
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Sleepers East
1938
Blondes at Work
6.389/9
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in...
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Blondes at Work
1984
The Cotton Club
6.52/434
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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The Cotton Club
1934
Wild Gold
6.5/2
A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend some time alone with her when they're traveling through the Nevad...
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Wild Gold
1940
The Ghost Comes Home
5.667/3
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
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The Ghost Comes Home
1936
No Place like Rome
0/0
This ancient history musical comedy predates A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by a few decades. Frank Albertson plays a happy Roman bach...
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No Place like Rome
1936
Wives Never Know
9/1
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marr...
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