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Karen Valentine is an American actress. She is best known for her role as young idealistic schoolteacher Alice Johnson in the ABC comedy drama series Room 222 from 1969 to 1974, for which 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. She later went to star in her own short-lived sitcom Karen (1975), and played leading roles in the Disney films Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978) and The North Avenue Irregulars (1979).
Birth Name
Karen Lynne Valentine
Born
Sunday, 25 May 1947
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| GSN Live | Self | 2008 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| Wedding Daze | Audrey Landry | 2004 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Family Law | Karen Anderson Bell | 1999 |
| The Power Within | Clyda Dryer | 1995 |
| Cybill | Wanda | 1995 |
| The Untouchables | Pascualina Petucci | 1993 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| Monsters | Victoria | 1988 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| GSN Live | Self | 2008 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| Wedding Daze | Audrey Landry | 2004 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Family Law | Karen Anderson Bell | 1999 |
| The Power Within | Clyda Dryer | 1995 |
| Cybill | Wanda | 1995 |
| The Untouchables | Pascualina Petucci | 1993 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| Monsters | Victoria | 1988 |
| Perfect People | Margo | 1988 |
| She's the Sheriff | Rosalind | 1987 |
| The Twilight Zone | Claire Hendricks | 1985 |
| Our Time | Host / Self - Host | 1985 |
| Children in the Crossfire | Pam Chandler | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Ellen Cosgrove | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Sister Amelia | 1984 |
| Skeezer | Carrie Jessup | 1982 |
| Money on the Side | Janice Vernon | 1982 |
| Hotel | Rebecca Lloyd | 1982 |
| The Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1981 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Donna Stern | 1980 |
| Eischied | Margaret Manning | 1979 |
| Bonkers! | Self | 1979 |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | Jane | 1979 |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Jenny | 1978 |
| Go West, Young Girl | Netty Booth | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Taffy Martino | 1977 |
| Murder at the World Series | Lois Marshall | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Janet Fleming | 1977 |
| The Sonny and Cher Show | Various Characters / Self | 1976 |
| Donny and Marie | Self | 1975 |
| The Bobby Vinton Show | Self | 1975 |
| The Rich Little Show | Self | 1975 |
| The Jim Stafford Show | Self | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Diana Harmon | 1975 |
| Sammy and Company | Self | 1975 |
| Forever Young, Forever Free | Carol Anne | 1975 |
| Karen | Karen Angelo | 1975 |
| Baretta | Holly | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| The Sonny Comedy Revue | Self | 1974 |
| The Mac Davis Show | Self | 1974 |
| Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
| The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped | Sandy Brown / Sandy Benson | 1974 |
| Baffle | Self | 1973 |
| The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Charity | 1972 |
| McMillan & Wife | Sgt. Maureen Rupert | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Donna Cohen | 1971 |
| The Real Tom Kennedy Show | Self | 1970 |
| Gidget Grows Up | Gidget Lawrence | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Alice Graff (segment "Love and the Four-Sided Triangle") / Jane (segment "Love and the Elopement") / Marty Feniman (segment "Love and the Scroungers") / Pat Stark (segment "Love and the Coed Dorm") | 1969 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Room 222 | Alice Johnson | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Gayle Ritter | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Dream Girl of '67 | Self - Hostess | 1966 |
| It's About Time | 2nd Singer | 1966 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself / Herself - Guest / Self / Herself - Guest Hostess | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress / Herself | 1961 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Meg Taylor | 1954 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Singer / Dancer | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1971 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress - Television | Nominated |
| 1971 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy | Nominated |
| 1970 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy | Won |
