Karen Lynn Gorney

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Karen Lynn Gorney (born January 28, 1945 in Beverly Hills , California ) is an American actress and singer.

life and career

Karen Lynn Gorney was born to Sondra Karyl (1918–2015) and Jay Gorney (1894–1990) into a Jewish family in Beverly Hills. Her father was a composer who worked with Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? wrote a popular song about the Great Depression . At the age of 16 she made her film debut in a small supporting role in David and Lisa . She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and Brandeis University . After graduating from university with a Master of Fine Arts , she took on the role of Tara Martin in the popular US soap opera All My Children from 1970 , which brought her first notoriety. Until 1974 she played the character in All My Children continuously, until 1996 at irregular intervals. However, she only achieved worldwide fame through her appearance as Stephanie Mangano , the dance partner of John Travolta , in Saturday Night Fever (1977). In 1978 she was awarded the Bronze Bravo Otto in Germany.

In contrast to Travolta, she did not succeed in making a successful film career afterwards. Gorney said in an interview in 1990 that she was committed to her role from Saturday Night Fever , and all auditions were unsuccessful. In 1979 Gorney, who had experience as a night club singer, recorded an album in England with little success. She later worked increasingly as a stage actress in off-Broadway productions and at times managed an art gallery in New York. It wasn't until 1991, a full 14 years after Saturday Night Fever , that she played The Hard Way again in a Hollywood film - albeit only in a small role as a passenger on the subway. Since then, Gorney has taken on other, mostly small, cinema roles and guest roles in television series such as Law & Order and The Sopranos .

The actress, who lives in New York, has been married to Mark Toback for the second time since 1995.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Face: Karen Lynn Gorney . In: The New York Times . December 30, 1977, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 13, 2017]).
  2. ↑ From Stacy Jenel Smith: In Search of. . . Karen Lynn Gorney . In: Los Angeles Times . May 6, 1990, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed December 13, 2017]).
  3. ↑ From Stacy Jenel Smith: In Search of. . . Karen Lynn Gorney . In: Los Angeles Times . May 6, 1990, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed December 13, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Gorney, Karen Lynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Beverly Hills , California