Karen Carlson
Karen Carlson (born March 2, 1944) is an American actress.
Life and career
Carlson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and educated at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. While attending university, she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Society and represented the university and state of Arkansas in the 1964 Miss America Pageant, finishing first runner up to Vonda Kay Van Dyke.
Carlson started her career in Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller variety shows, Laugh In, and The Hollywood Palace. She also appeared in television series and films, including The Candidate (1972) with Robert Redford, The Octagon (1980) with Chuck Norris, and In Love with an Older Woman (1982) with John Ritter.
In television, Carlson played Nancy Scotfield in seven episodes of the soap opera Dallas (1986) and Sarah Hallisey in twelve episodes of In the Heat of the Night. She was also a series regular in American Dream with Stephen Macht, The Yellow Rose with David Soul and Cybill Shepherd, and Two Marriages with Michael Murphy. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, she made over one hundred guest-star appearances.
'Karen Carlson' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Childhood Sweetheart? (1997)
Actors: Michael Reilly Burke (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), Trevor Davis (actor), Brian Grandison (actor), Ed Lauter (actor), Keith MacKechnie (actor), Buck McDancer (actor), Warren Munson (actor), Leon Russom (actor), Derek Webster (actor), Rutanya Alda (actress), Barbara Babcock (actress), Chelsea Blatt (actress), Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal (actress), Anthony Alexander (actor),
Plot: Karen and Greg were childhood sweethearts. Twelve-year-old Karen mysteriously disappears on her way to Greg's house. Seventeen years later, a woman claiming to be Karen shows up outside Greg's window. She tells Greg that she was abducted by a man who kept her prisoner for years. Greg and Karen's mother are convinced that this woman is Karen. However, Karen's father and the police detective who has been searching for Karen all these years have their doubts. A small-town sheriff contacts the police detective and says the woman claiming to be Karen may be wanted for murder.
Keywords: childhood-sweetheart, kidnapping, mistaken-identityGenres: Drama,
Taglines: After seventeen years, a missing girl returns home. But is she a long-lost friend or a cold-blooded killer?
Carlson, Karen Filmography
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2015, role: actress , character name: Dr. Corine Fulton
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2014, role: actress , character name: Maude
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2013, role: writer
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2013, role: producer
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2013, role: actress , character name: Leslie Anne Cameron
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2013, role: producer
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2013, role: director
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2008, role: actress , character name: Ms. Little
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2008, role: producer
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2008, role: producer
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1999, role: writer
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1999, role: director
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1999, role: producer
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1997, role: actress , character name: Grace
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1995, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Slauson
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1994, role: actress
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1992, role: actress
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1988, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Murphy
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1986, role: actress
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1985, role: actress , character name: Donna Ryder
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1985, role: actress , character name: Ann Cooper
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1984, role: actress , character name: Shirley Pinter
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1982, role: actress , character name: Isobel
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1982, role: actress , character name: Janet Brody
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1980, role: actress , character name: Justine
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1978, role: actress , character name: Kathleen Smith
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1977, role: actress , character name: Violet
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1977, role: actress , character name: Jean Kerr
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1977, role: actress
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1977, role: actress , character name: Lucy Metcalf
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1975, role: actress , character name: Nurse Clive Olin
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1975, role: actress , character name: Betty Holian
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1972, role: actress , character name: Janice
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1972, role: actress , character name: Nancy McKay
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1970, role: actress , character name: Phred
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1970, role: actress , character name: Vico's wife
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1969, role: actress , character name: Susan Barton
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1965, role: actress , character name: Sheila Hammond #1
Carlson, Karen Filmography
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2011, role: actress , character name: Russian 3
Carlson, Karen Filmography
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2007, role: writer
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2007, role: producer
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2007, role: producer
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2006, role: producer
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1992, role: producer
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1992, role: writer
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1992, role: producer
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1992, role: producer
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