What is Karen X. Gaylord?
{{Infobox person | image = | imagesize = 210px | caption = c. 1940s | name = Karen X. Gaylord | birth_name = Karen Xandra Gaylord | other_names = Jane Goerner | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|1|4}} | birth_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] | years_active = 1941 &ndash; 1949 | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|08|01|1921|01|04}} | death_place = [[Ocala]], [[Florida]] | death_cause = advanced age | spouse = never married }} '''Karen X. Gaylord''' (January 4, 1921 - August 1, 2014) was an American [[Actor|actress]], [[Model (person)|model]], and former Miss [[Minnesota]], whose career was most successful during the 1940s. He is not married thier life. ==Early Life== She was born Karen Xandra Gaylord on January 4, 1921, in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, to a [[working class]] family. She was the oldest of four children (all girls). Her father worked as an [[engineer]] with the Northern Pacific [[Rail transport|Railway]]. After she graduated from North Community High School in 1939, Gaylord wanted to go to [[college]] to study music and art. But then a friend of hers saw a notice in a magazine called ''Movie Mirror.'' It said that the [[Movie studio|movie studios]] in [[California]] were accepting photographs with names and addresses to help them find new actors for movies. Without telling Gaylord, her friend mailed in Gaylord's picture. Not long after, Gaylord got a letter telling her that she had been chosen to come to California for a tryout. The entire Gaylord family decided this would be a good chance for all of them. The whole family moved to California with Karen. == Career in entertainment == After moving to California, Karen began going to all of the major studios in [[Hollywood]], doing screen and wardrobe tests (tryouts to see how she acted and looked on movie screens and in [[Costume|costumes]]). In 1941, Gaylord was in her first [[Movie|film]], ''The Chocolate Soldier'' with [[Nelson Eddy]] (though she was not listed in the credits at th