This is an original movie publicity photograph from The High and the Mighty,
a 1954 aviation disaster film,directed by William Wellman, starring John Wayne as a veteran
airline first officer, Dan Roman, whose airliner has a catastrophic
engine failure while crossing the Pacific Ocean. The film's supporting
cast includes Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling,
Phil Harris, and Robert Newton. In 1955 Sharpe won the Golden Globe Award in the category New Star of
the Year – Actress for her acting performance as Nell Buck in the film The High and the Mighty, along with actresses, Shirley MacLaine
and Kim Novak.
Karen Sharpe (born 1934) is an
American film and
television actress. Sharpe began her career in 1952, starring in the
film Army Bound. She is known for playing Laura Thomas in the
American western television series Johnny Ringo.
She was married to producer and director Stanley Kramer (1966-2001, his death).
Sharpe
also appeared in the films The Sniper, Bomba and the Jungle Girl,
Holiday for Sinners, The Vanquished, Strange Fascination and Mexican
Manhunt. She guest-starred in television programs, including Gunsmoke,
Bonanza, Death Valley Days, Perry Mason, The Wild Wild West, The Texan,
Rawhide, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Trackdown, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer,
77 Sunset Strip, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Millionaire and I Dream
of Jeannie.
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