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Caroline Kava (born September 25, 1949 [1] ) [2] is an American actress and playwright of the 1986 Off-Broadway play, The Early Girl. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
She portrayed a prostitute in the 1980 film Heaven's Gate . [8] In Year of the Dragon (1985), she portrayed the wife of Mickey Rourke's character. [9] [10] [11] In Little Nikita (1988), she portrayed the mother of the title character played by River Phoenix. [12] [13] She also played the mother of Ron Kovic, portrayed by Tom Cruise, in Born on the Fourth of July (1989). [14] [15] She has also appeared in television films such as Act of Vengeance (1986) [16] and Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991). [17] Kava also appeared with Alan Arkin in Four Days in September (1997). [18]
In 1976, Kava appeared as Polly in Threepenny Opera for Joe Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center.
In 2009, Kava adapted Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler for the Mauckingbird Theatre Company in Philadelphia. [19] [20]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Heaven's Gate | Stefka | |
1985 | Year of the Dragon | Connie White | |
1988 | Little Nikita | Elizabeth Grant | |
1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Patricia Kovic | |
1997 | Four Days in September | Elvira Elbrick | |
1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Helen Chambers | |
2005 | Everything Good | Madam | Short |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Ivan the Terrible | Sonia Petrovsky | "Ivan's Out of Work" |
1986 | Nobody's Child | Dr. Blackwell | TV film |
1986 | Act of Vengeance | Charlotte Yablonski | TV film |
1987 | Max Headroom | Harriet Garth | "Grossberg's Return" |
1988 | Body of Evidence | Jean | TV film |
1988 | Internal Affairs | Jean Harp | TV film |
1990 | Murder in Black and White | Jean | TV film |
1990 | Quantum Leap | Thelma Beckett | "The Leap Home: Part 1" |
1990 | Murder Times Seven | Jean Harp | TV film |
1991 | Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Mary Hohne | TV film |
1991 | In a Child's Name | Janice Miller | TV miniseries |
1991 | Law & Order | Rose Schwimmer | "Life Choice" |
1992 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Dr. Toby Russell | "Ethics" |
1992 | Jumpin' Joe | Irene Dugan | TV film |
1993 | L.A. Law | Mrs. Clark | "Cold Shower" |
1995 | The X-Files | Doris Kearns | "Our Town" |
1996 | Shattered Mind | Martha Treymayne | TV film |
1996 | Law & Order | Betty Abrams | "Corruption" |
1998 | Dawson's Creek | Mrs. McPhee | "Full Moon Rising", "The Reluctant Hero" |
2000 | The Practice | Mary Donovan | "Death Penalties", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Liberty Bells" |
2001 | 100 Centre Street | Mrs. Truskie | "Love Stories" |
2001 | Third Watch | Grace Owens | "The Relay" |
2004 | Strip Search | Alvira Sykes | TV film |
2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Vivian Gleason | "Day" |
2011 | Oklahoma! | Aunt Eller | TV film |
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