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Karen Carlson

Highest Rated: 89% The Candidate (1972)

Lowest Rated: 29% The Octagon (1980)

Birthday: Jan 15, 1945

Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Though born in Louisiana, actress Karen Carlson represented Arkansas in the 1965 Miss America pageant. Two years later the aspiring ingénue made her television debut on the secret agent adventure series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." This proved to be the first in a long-line of one-off roles, as the beautiful Carlson made her way onto such popular programs as the iconic "Mission: Impossible," the Western dramedy "Bonanza," and the superhero adventure "The Incredible Hulk." Though most prolific in her television work, Carlson has appeared in a handful of films. Most notably, she played a supporting role in the Robert Redford political satire "The Candidate." After landing noteworthy recurring roles on the acclaimed primetime soap opera "Dallas" and Carroll O'Connor's curmudgeonly sheriff drama "In the Heat of the Night," her interest in acting waned. Since the late 1990s, Carlson has become very selective about her onscreen appearances. In 2008, she deigned to costar in the socio-political docudrama "A Father's Rights," which explores the parental rights of an unwed father in modern America.

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Highest rated movies

89% 74% The Candidate
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29% 32% The Octagon
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Tail Gunner Joe
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The Man Next Door
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It Happened One Christmas
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53% Matilda
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Cage Without a Key
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Two Marriages
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12% Teen Vamp
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91% A Horse for Danny
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Norman Rockwell's Shuffleton's Barbershop Leslie Anne Cameron (Voice) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Next Door Grace (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 91% A Horse for Danny Mrs. Slauson (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice Sarah Hallisey (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Where the Red Fern Grows, Part II Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 12% Teen Vamp Mrs. Murphy (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Horses Ann Cooper (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brotherly Love Donna Ryder (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 13% Fleshburn Shirley Pinter (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Marriages Ann Daley (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Love With an Older Woman Isobel (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 17% Dangerous Company Janet Brody (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet American Dream Donna Novak (Character) - 1981
29% 32% The Octagon Justine (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 53% Matilda Kathleen Smith (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Happened One Christmas Violet (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Oak Conspiracy Lucy Metcalf (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tail Gunner Joe Jean Kerr (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cage Without a Key Betty Holian (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant Nurse Clive Olin (Character) - 1975
89% 74% The Candidate Nancy McKay (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 42% The Student Nurses Phred (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Chase Vico's wife (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name Susan Barton (Character) - 1969

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Mrs. Harper (Guest Star) 1985 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finder of Lost Loves Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
97% 85% Hill Street Blues Nancy McCoy (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet 74% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Starsky and Hutch Unknown (Guest Star) 1976-1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Gloria (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shaft Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Cathy Cullen (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Jennifer Holt (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Together Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Three Sons Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet 58% I Dream of Jeannie Betty (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here Come the Brides Mary Ellen (Guest Star) 1968-1969
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1967