Karen Kopins

Last updated
Karen Kopins
Born (1961-10-10) October 10, 1961 (age 62)
Alma mater Marymount College
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1977–94
Spouse
Mark Shaw
(m. 1990)
Children4

Karen Kopins Shaw (born October 10, 1961) [1] is an American beauty pageant winner, former actress and former model.

Contents

Early life

Kopins was born on October 10, 1961. [1] Kopins attended Ridgefield High School [2] and graduated from Marymount College before moving to California to pursue an acting career.[ citation needed ]

She was Miss Connecticut 1977, having entered the pageant as Miss Ridgefield. [2]

Career

Kopins starred in films Fast Forward , Creator , Once Bitten , opposite Jim Carrey, [3] and Jake Speed , and appeared in guest roles in various television shows, such as The A-Team and Riptide . [4] She was cast as one of Charlie's Angels in the unaired spinoff Angels '88. Kopins had a small role in an episode of Amazing Stories , one of two directed by series creator Steven Spielberg. Other than one-off guest appearances, her only recurring role on a series was during seasons 11 and 13 of Dallas , playing Kay Lloyd, a love interest of Bobby Ewing. [1]

Personal life

In 1990, Kopins married her high school sweetheart, property developer Marc Shaw, with whom she has four children. [5] The family lived in Litchfield, Connecticut's Rye House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, from 2000 to 2012. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1985 Fast Forward Susan Granger
1985 Creator Lucy Wolper
1985 Once Bitten Robin Pierce
1986 Jake Speed Margaret Winston
1988 The Tracker Sarah Bolton
1989 Troop Beverly Hills Lisa
1994Lady in WaitingFiona Richards

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 The Fall Guy Government AgentEpisode: "Baker's Dozen"
1984 Riptide Kimba HallEpisode: "Pilot"
1984 T.J. Hooker Officer Maggie PaineEpisode: "Target: Hooker"
1984 Knight Rider Cindy MorganEpisode: "Dead of Knight"
1985 The Love Boat Misty LawsonEpisode: "Getting Started/Daughter's Dilemma/The Captain Wears Pantyhose"
1985HeartBeatErin TV movie
1985 Amazing Stories LizEpisode: "The Mission"
1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Sonja ChenkoEpisodes: "Stemwinder: Part 1" and "Stemwinder: Part 2"
1986 The A-Team Dominique ConréEpisode: "The Spy Who Mugged Me"
1988 Full House Linda StrattonEpisode: "Danny's Very First Date"
1988CircusJenniferTV Movie, unsold pilot
1988–1989 Dallas Kay LloydRecurring role (seasons 11, 13)
1989 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson Kimberly McDonaldTV movie
1989 Midnight Caller Kathy HellerEpisode: "Blood Red"
1990 Designing Women Eugenia WeeksEpisode: "Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend"
1991 Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again Veronica Lodge TV movie
1994 The Cosby Mysteries Lauren MurdochEpisode: "The Fine Art of Murder"

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairfield County, Connecticut</span> County in Connecticut, United States

Fairfield County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 957,419, representing 26.6% of Connecticut's overall population. The closest to the center of the New York metropolitan area, the county contains four of the state's top 7 largest cities—Bridgeport (1st), Stamford (2nd), Norwalk (6th), and Danbury (7th)—whose combined population of 433,368 is nearly half the county's total population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susan Saint James</span> American actress and activist

Susan Saint James is an American actress and activist, most widely known for her work in television during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially the detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Meriwether</span> American actress and former model

Lee Ann Meriwether is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the title character's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her portrayal of Catwoman, replacing Julie Newmar in the film version of Batman (1966), and for a co-starring role on the science fiction series The Time Tunnel. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mildred Dunnock</span> American actress (1901–1991)

Mildred Dorothy Dunnock was an American stage and screen actress. She was nominated twice for an Academy Award for her works in Death of a Salesman (1951) and Baby Doll (1956).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anita Yuen</span> Hong Kong actress

Anita Yuen Wing Yee is a Hongkonger actress and beauty pageant titleholder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christy Fichtner</span> American actress and beauty queen

Christiane Crane Fichtner is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1986. In 2003, she participated in Who Wants to Marry My Dad?.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paula Trickey</span> American actress (born 1966)

Paula Trickey is an American actress. She is known for her role as Cory McNamara on the USA Network series Pacific Blue (1996–2000), and for her roles in a number of television films.

<i>Once Bitten</i> (1985 film) 1985 film by Howard Storm

Once Bitten is a 1985 American teen horror comedy film, starring Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins. Carrey has his first major lead role playing Mark Kendall, an innocent and naive high school student who is seduced in a Hollywood nightclub by a sultry blonde countess (Hutton), who unknown to him is a centuries-old vampire. While the film underperformed at the box office, it has since become a cult classic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jill Marie Jones</span> American actress

Jill Marie Jones is an American actress and former professional dancer and cheerleader. Jones is best known for her role as Antoinette "Toni" Childs-Garrett on the UPN comedy series, Girlfriends (2000–2006). Jones has appeared in a number of films, and had the recurring role as Cynthia Irving on the Fox supernatural series, Sleepy Hollow (2013–15). From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Amanda Fisher in the Starz horror-comedy series, Ash vs Evil Dead.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deborah Shelton</span> American actress

Deborah Shelton is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1970, she appeared on Dallas for three seasons and a special guest return in 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julie Hayek</span> American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder

Julie Lynne Hayek is an American actress, model, charity worker and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1983.

"The Chaperone" is the 87th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the first episode for the sixth season. It aired on September 22, 1994. This is the first episode to be directed by Andy Ackerman. In this episode Jerry's efforts to date Miss Rhode Island of the Miss America competition are frustrated by Kramer's insinuating himself as her personal coach, and Elaine takes a job as Justin Pitt's personal assistant.

The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of West Virginia in the Miss America Pageant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miss Connecticut</span> Beauty pageant competition

The Miss Connecticut competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Connecticut in the Miss America pageant. Connecticut has won the Miss America crown once, and is the only New England state which has produced a Miss America.

Molly Line is an American news correspondent who works for Fox News Channel. Molly Line joined Fox News as a Boston-based correspondent in January 2006.

The Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant is a national scholarship competition for young women of African descent that was founded in 1986 by Karen Arrington. While Ms. Arrington has a long-standing history of hosting a national Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant, her system has not been exclusive in doing so consecutively. As indicated by the chart below, there have been some years where "no pageant was held" by Ms. Arrington's State of Maryland organized non-profit, for example in years such as 1998, 1999 and 2000. However, similar to Miss USA and Miss America both being national systems, there have been other non-profits to host national scholarship pageants to celebrate Black women, with documented queens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rye House (Litchfield, Connecticut)</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

Rye House is a historic summer estate property at 122-132 Old Mount Tom Road in Litchfield, Connecticut. Developed in 1910 for a wealthy New York City widow, it is a prominent local example of Tudor Revival architecture, and a major example of the trend of country estate development in the region. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Kandace Greer Grammer is an American actress and former beauty queen. She is best known for her role as Lissa Miller in the MTV series Awkward and for her role in the 2021 Netflix-released film Deadly Illusions.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Karen Kopins". Sun Sentinel. 1998-05-01. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Josette (July 10, 1977). "Ridgefield Girl Has Chance To Win Miss America Contest". The Bridgeport Post. Connecticut, Bridgeport. p. D 1. Retrieved September 27, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Maslin, Janet (November 15, 1985). "Once Bitten (1985) FILM: 'ONCE BITTEN,' VAMPIRE HUMOR". The New York Times.
  4. "Karen Kopins - Filmography - Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  5. 1 2 Torsiello, John (2012-09-20). "Former "Dallas" Actress Karen Shaw and Her Family Script a New Role for Their Rye House in Litchfield" . CTInsider. Archived from the original on 2023-07-07.
Preceded by Miss Connecticut
1977
Succeeded by