Karen LaVoie

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Karen LaVoie
Born
Karen Denice LaVoie [1]

(1958-12-20) December 20, 1958 (age 66)
Pasco, Washington, U.S.
Education Pasco High School
Occupations

Karen LaVoie (born December 20, 1958) is an American actress and model.

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Early Years

LaVoie attended Pasco High School where she excelled at Baton Twirling, competing professionally as a member of The Sunbeans. [2] [3] She began competing in pageants as a teenager and was crowned Junior Miss Washington in 1972 and Miss Western States Teen of 1973. [4] She later worked as a cheerleader with the Seattle Seahawks while studying at Columbia Basin College.

Career

She did walk-on roles on The Jeffersons and Diff'rent Strokes but had more substantial roles on Capitol , General Hospital , The Young and the Restless , and Divorce Court among others. [5] It was upon moving to Portland, Oregon that she focused on commercials while teaching acting.

She published Life Absolutes in November 2006.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com.
  2. ↑ "August Contest Next". Tri-City Herald. 3 June 1969. p. 5. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Twirlers to march Saturday". Tri-City Herald. 1 May 1970. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Scene and Heard". Tri-City Herald. 8 September 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Scene and Heard". Tri-City Herald. 27 May 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Singles". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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