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Karen Carlson
Highest Rated: 89% The Candidate (1972)
Lowest Rated: 25% 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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dangerous Company | Janet Brody (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Dream | Donna Novak (Character) | - | 1981 |
25% |
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The Octagon | Justine (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The Candidate | Nancy McKay (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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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% | 82% | Hill Street Blues | Nancy McCoy (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 76% | 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 | 54% | 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 |