February 14, 2020

Hello fans,

Today is Valentine's Day so, naturally, our featured celebrity is none other than Karen Valentine. Karen Valentine starred on the award-winning ABC comedy-drama series 'Room 222'. Let's see what she's been doing these days!

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Karen Valentine

Learn More About Karen Valentine, see Then & Now pictures, and find out What She's Been Up To on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: May 25, 1947 in Sebastopol, California, USA

BIRTH NAME: Karen Lynne Valentine

CLAIM TO FAME: Karen Valentine is an American actress best known for her role as young idealistic schoolteacher Alice Johnson in the ABC comedy drama series Room 222 from 1969 to 1974; she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1970, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1971.

FAMILY LIFE: Valentine married Carl Bird McLaughlin Jr. in 1969, they later divorced in 1973. 4 years later, Valentine married Gary Lewis Verna and the two have been together since 1977.

INFO: Valentine is of Portuguese heritage, and her grandfather changed the family name from Valentin before her birth.

She was the Apple Blossom Queen of Sebastopol, California when she was a teenager.

Worked as a model, waitress and switchboard operator.

She was a contestant on "Miss Teenage America" and when Ed Sullivan saw her talent he called in and said, "I want that girl on my show."

She was nominated twice for an Emmy and once for a Golden Globe, winning an Emmy in 1970 for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role.

TRIVIA: She was discovered by Gene Reynolds, the director of Room 222, who saw her lip-synching in rehearsal and realized she was funny.

In 1966-1967, she made her television debut as "The Resident Dream Girl" on The Dream Girl of 1967, replacing Beverly Adams from the first weekday broadcast opposite hosts Dick Stewart and Wink Martindale.

She also appeared on another Chuck Barris show, The Dating Game.

Valentine was a semi-regular on The Hollywood Squares from 1971 to 1977 on both NBC-TV and in syndication, often trading quips with Paul Lynde.

She credits Michael Constantine as her favorite acting mentor/best friend.

She has starred on stage in many productions, including Romantic Comedy on Broadway (1980) and National Tour, Breaking Legs Off-Broadway and National Tour, and the Los Angeles production of Steel Magnolias (2003).

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: It would appear that Valentine has retired from acting, which is a shame. Her bubbly personality always seemed to enliven any production she was involved with. I hope she returns to television. It would be a real treat to see her on the screen again, but if retirement is treating her well, then I guess...live it up, Karen Valentine!

CREDITS:

2004 Wedding Daze (TV Movie)...Audrey Landry

2000 Family Law (TV Series)...Karen Anderson Bell
- Affairs of the State (2000) ... Karen Anderson Bell

1996 Cybill (TV Series)...Wanda
- Three Women and a Dummy (1996) ... Wanda

1995 The Power Within (Video)...Clyda Dryer

1994 The Untouchables (TV Series)...Pascualina Petucci
- Til Death Do Us Part (1994) ... Pascualina Petucci

1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series)...Donna Stern
- The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern (1991) ... Donna Stern

1990 Monsters (TV Series)...Victoria
- The Young and the Headless (1990) ... Victoria

1990 Hurricane Sam (TV Movie)...Jeanie Kelvin

1989 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)...Claire Hendricks
- Many, Many Monkeys (1989) ... Claire Hendricks

1988 Perfect People (TV Movie)...Margo

1988 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Ellen Cosgrove
- Murder Through the Looking Glass (1988) ... Ellen Cosgrove

1988 She's the Sheriff (TV Series)...Rosalind
- Hair (1988) ... Rosalind

1987 Hotel (TV Series)...Rebecca Lloyd
- Second Thoughts (1987) ... Rebecca Lloyd

1987 The New Mike Hammer (TV Series)...Sister Amelia
- Who Killed Sister Lorna? (1987) ... Sister Amelia

1986 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)...Meg Taylor
- A Fighting Choice (1986) ... Meg Taylor

1984 He's Fired, She's Hired (TV Movie)...Annabelle Grier

1984 Children in the Crossfire (TV Movie)...Pam Chandler

1983 Jane Doe (TV Movie)...Victoria Schaffer

1983 Illusions (TV Movie)...Linda Dobbins

1982 Skeezer (TV Movie)...Carrie Jessup

1982 Money on the Side (TV Movie)...Janice Vernon

1982 Adams House (TV Movie)...Chris Bennett

1982 Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever (TV Movie)...Paula McFadden

1982 Muggable Mary, Street Cop (TV Movie)...Mary Glatzle

1981 A Girl's Life (TV Movie)...Gay Brooks

1979 Eischied (TV Series)...Margaret Manning
- Only the Pretty Girls Die: Part 2 (1979) ... Margaret Manning
- Only the Pretty Girls Die: Part 1 (1979) ... Margaret Manning

1979 America 2100 (TV Movie)...Dr. Karen Hartland

1979 The North Avenue Irregulars...Jane

1978 Hot Lead and Cold Feet...Jenny

1978 Go West, Young Girl (TV Movie)...Netty Booth

1978 The Love Boat (TV Series)...Taffy Martino
- The Eyes of Love/Masquerade/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper: Part 2 (1978) ... Taffy Martino
- The Eyes of Love/Masquerade/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper: Part 1 (1978) ... Taffy Martino

1978 Fantasy Island (TV Series)...Janet Fleming
- Return to Fantasy Island (1978) ... Janet Fleming

1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV Series)...Diana Harmon
- Fatal Charm (1977) ... Diana Harmon

1977 Murder at the World Series (TV Movie)...Lois Marshall

1977 McMillan & Wife (TV Series)...Sgt. Maureen Rupert
- Dark Sunrise (1977) ... Sgt. Maureen Rupert

1976 Having Babies (TV Movie)...Beth Paterno

1976 The Love Boat (TV Movie)...Ellen Carmichael

1975 Baretta (TV Series)...Holly
- A Bite of the Apple (1975) ... Holly

1975 Karen (TV Series)...Karen Angelo
All 13 episodes

1975 e'Lollipop...Carol Anne

1969-1974 Room 222 (TV Series)...Alice Johnson
All 113 episodes

1974 The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (TV Movie)...Sandy Brown / Sandy Benson

1973 Coffee, Tea or Me? (TV Movie)...Carol Burnham / Carol Burns

1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (TV Movie)...Charity

1972 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series)...Donna Cohen
- Murder in the Abstract (1972) ... Donna Cohen

1970-1972 Love, American Style (TV Series) (segment "Love and the Scroungers") / Alice Graff (segment "Love and the Four-Sided Triangle") / Jane (segment "Love and the Elopement") / ...
- Love and the Plane Truth/Love and the Scroungers/Love and the Small Wedding (1972) ... (segment "Love and the Scroungers")
- Love and the Awakening/Love and the Bashful Groom/Love and the Four-Sided Triangle/Love and the Naked Stranger (1971) ... Alice Graff (segment "Love and the Four-Sided Triangle")
- Love and the Elopement/Love and the Visitor (1970) ... Jane (segment "Love and the Elopement")
- Love and the Coed Dorm/Love and the Optimist/Love and the Teacher (1970) ... Pat Stark (segment "Love and the Coed Dorm")

1971 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series)...Guest Performer
- Episode #5.4 (1971) ... Guest Performer

1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series)...Gayle Ritter
- Tender Predator (1971) ... Gayle Ritter

1969 Gidget Grows Up (TV Movie)...Gidget Lawrence

1969 My Friend Tony (TV Series)
- The Shortest Courtship (1969)

1967 It's About Time (TV Series)...2nd Singer
- The Cave Family Swingers (1967) ... 2nd Singer

1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)...Singer / Dancer
- Episode #17.26 (1964) ... Singer / Dancer

To see Then & Now pictures of Karen Valentine, visit: Celebrity Nooz