Caroline Kava

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Caroline Kava
Born (1949-09-25) September 25, 1949 (age 74)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, playwright
Website www.carolinekava.com

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]

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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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2005Everything GoodMadamShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Ivan the Terrible Sonia Petrovsky"Ivan's Out of Work"
1986 Nobody's Child Dr. BlackwellTV film
1986 Act of Vengeance Charlotte YablonskiTV film
1987 Max Headroom Harriet Garth"Grossberg's Return"
1988 Body of Evidence JeanTV film
1988Internal AffairsJean HarpTV film
1990Murder in Black and WhiteJeanTV film
1990 Quantum Leap Thelma Beckett"The Leap Home: Part 1"
1990Murder Times SevenJean HarpTV film
1991Guilty Until Proven InnocentMary HohneTV film
1991 In a Child's Name Janice MillerTV miniseries
1991 Law & Order Rose Schwimmer"Life Choice"
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation Dr. Toby Russell"Ethics"
1992Jumpin' JoeIrene DuganTV film
1993 L.A. Law Mrs. Clark"Cold Shower"
1995 The X-Files Doris Kearns"Our Town"
1996Shattered MindMartha TreymayneTV 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 SykesTV film
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Vivian Gleason"Day"
2011Oklahoma!Aunt EllerTV film

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