Karen was raised in Sebastopol by her parents about whom she hasn’t shared a lot, neither has she spoken about siblings whom she might have; it’s known that she’s of Portuguese descent, and it was her grandfather who … 展开

The year 1967 saw Karen play 2nd Singer in the episode “The Cave Family Swingers” of the science fiction comedy “It’s About Time”, and she then appeared in the 1969 episode “The Shortest Courtship” of the comedy “My Frie… 展开

Karen’s debut film role was playing the lead character Gidget Lawrence in the 1969 comedy “Gidget Grows Up”, directed by James Sheldon, and which also starred Edward Mulhare and Paul Petersen. It follow Gidget wh… 展开

Karen sang various songs in the 1975 TV special “Monsanto Night Presents Johnny Mathis in the Canadian Rockies”, and in the 1976 talk-show “The Sonny and Cher Show”. Some of her other talk-show appearances we… 展开