Karen Glaser (actress)

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Karen Glaser
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Karen Glaser
Occupationactress
Years active1959–1980

Karen Glaser was an English actress, who was best known for playing Madame Chargon in A Patriotic Offering of the first episode of the fourth series of the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs . It first aired on 14 September 1974 on ITV.

Glaser was also known for playing Erica Vargas in the episodes The Last Journey and Budapest of the series of The Wanderer (1959). She was also known for playing Shirley Coniston in the Playbox (1959).

Glaser was also known for Very Like a Whale (1980) and The Two Ronnies (1971).

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