Caren Kaye

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Caren Kaye
OccupationActress
Years active1972–1994
Spouse
Renny Temple
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(m. 1980)​

Caren Kaye is a retired American television and film actress who has appeared in dozens of films and guest-starred in many TV series. She is best known for her roles in the 1983 film My Tutor and the short-lived sitcoms The Betty White Show (1977–1978), Who's Watching the Kids? (1978),[1] and It's Your Move (1984–1985).

Early years and education[edit]

Kaye was educated at the High School of Performing Arts and Carnegie Mellon University.[2] In the early 1970s, she studied and practiced the improvisational games created by Viola Spolin.

Career[edit]

From college, Kaye went to Europe, where she performed in avant-garde theater and drove a taxi. After she returned to New York, she co-founded the War Babies comedy troupe.[2]

One of Kaye's early roles was in a training film for the United States Navy about a young woman going through basic training. During the mid-1970s, she guest-starred in episodes of Alice, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, and The Practice. She played Bambi Benton on Blansky's Beauties,[1] a spin-off of Happy Days, which aired from February to June 1977. In September 1977, she co-starred in a similar role as a regular on The Betty White Show,[1]: 12-13  which lasted one season.

Her film credits include Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Cuba Crossing (1980), Some Kind of Hero (1982), My Tutor (1983), Teen Witch (1989) and Satan's Princess (1990).

In 1984, Kaye co-starred as the mother of Jason Bateman and girlfriend of David Garrison in the teen comedy It's Your Move. This series lasted one season.[3]

She was featured in six episodes of The Love Boat and has guest-starred in 21 Jump Street, Mr. Belvedere, Fantasy Island, Simon & Simon, Matt Houston, Taxi and Murder, She Wrote.

Personal life[edit]

Kaye married actor Renny Temple,[3]: 193  who performed with her in the War Babies troupe, and they have one child.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Checkmate Alex
1974 The Lords of Flatbush Student
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar Rhoda
1980 Cuba Crossing Tracy
1982 Some Kind of Hero Sheila Daniels
1983 My Tutor Terry Green
1989 Teen Witch Margaret Miller
1989 Satan's Princess Leah
1993 Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings Beth Braddock

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1976 Alice Debbie Episode: "Pay the Fifty Dollars"
1976 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Barbara Jean Smathers Episode: "What's Wrong with Swimming?"
1976 Monster Squad Mimi Falters Episode: "The Astrologer"
1976 The Practice Rhonda Curtis Episode: "It's All in the Head"
1976 Van Dyke and Company Computer Female Date #1 Episode #1.6
1976 Rhoda Cissy Episode: "A Touch of Classy"
1977 Blansky's Beauties Bambi Benton 13 episodes
1977 The Natural Look Jane Television film
1977–1978 The Betty White Show Tracy Garrett 13 episodes
1978 Fantasy Island Dina McKay / Nina McKay Episode: "Fool for a Client/Double Your Pleasure"
1978 Starsky & Hutch Melinda Rogers Episode: "The Groupie"
1978–1979 Who's Watching the Kids? Stacy Turner 11 episodes
1978–1986 The Love Boat Various roles 6 episodes
1980 The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts Marcia 5 episodes
1982 Help Wanted: Male Aggie Swoboda Television film
1982 Taxi The Beautiful Actress Episode: "Alex the Gofer"
1983 Remington Steele Megan O'Toole Episode: "Hearts of Steele"
1983 Hardcastle and McCormick Donna May McCabe Episode: "Goin' Nowhere Fast"
1984 Empire Meredith 6 episodes
1984 Matt Houston Karen Andrews Episode: "The Bikini Murders"
1984–1985 It's Your Move Eileen Burton 18 episodes
1985 Finder of Lost Loves Kathy Cullen Episode: "From the Heart"
1985 Poison Ivy Margo Klopper Television film
1985 Comedy Factory Deborah Kazinsky Episode: "Side by Side"
1985, 1986 Simon & Simon Elizabeth Charles 2 episodes
1985, 1987 Hotel Various roles
1986 Amazing Stories Dorothy Episode: "Magic Saturday"
1987 Murder, She Wrote Lois Ames Episode: "Death Takes a Dive"
1987 Mr. Belvedere Waitress Episode: "Baby"
1987 21 Jump Street Mrs. Sheffield Episode: "In the Custody of a Clown"
1988 Out of This World Diane Episode: "Pen Pals"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Leszczak, Bob (2 November 2012). Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide. McFarland. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7864-6812-6. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Hughes, Mike (October 7, 1984). "Pretty, funny Caren Kaye embarks on sixth TV series". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Gannett News Service. p. 12. Retrieved January 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Leszczak, Bob (16 May 2016). Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s: A Complete Guide. McFarland. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1-4766-2384-9. Retrieved January 16, 2021.

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