Kaaren Verne (6 April 1918 – 23 December 1967) was a German-born actress, long based in the United States.

Sometimes billed as Karen Verne, she was originally a stage actress and member of the Berlin State Theatre.

Verne was born in Berlin and christened Ingeborg Greta Katerina Marie-Rose Klinckerfuss.

[2] At first, the studios tried to downplay her German heritage by briefly changing her professional name to Catherine Young, but after America's entry into World War II, the publicity value of a Teutonic actress who had turned her back on Nazism was too good to avoid.

An Associated Press news story published January 19, 1955, tells that Verne obtained a divorce decree from Harold R. Susman, who was described as "sales director for a clothing manufacturer.