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Karen Kondazian Biography (1950-)

Born January 27, 1950, in Boston, MA; daughter of Edward (a lawyer) and Lillian M. (a teacher; maiden name, Mosesian) Kondazian. Education: San Francisco State College, B.A., 1963; also attended University of Vienna; trainedfor the stage at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and at Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg, Jose Quintero, and Milton Katselas. Addresses:Agent: H. David Moss and Associates, 733 North Seward St., Penthouse, Hollywood, CA 90038.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

January 27, 1950

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Off-Broadway debut) Member of chorus, The Trojan Women, Circle inthe Square, 1964
• Serafina, The Rose Tattoo, Beverly Hills Playhouse, Beverly Hills,CA, 1978
• Alexandra Del Lago, Sweet Bird of Youth, Gene Dynarski Theatre, Los Angeles, 1979
• Lady House Blues, South Coast Repertory Company, Los Angeles, 1980
• Vieux Carre, Beverly Hills Playhouse, 1983
• Andorra, American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Broken Eggs, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Aelis, Tamara, Il Vittoriale Theatre, Los Angeles, 1985
• Foolin' Around with Infinity, Los Angeles Theatre Center, LosAngeles, 1987
• The Women of Guernica, Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles, 1995
• Freedomland, South Coast Repertory Theatre, 1997
• Made London debut in a production of Playing with Fire; and appeared in Hamlet, Mark Taper Forum, Kiss Me Good Morning, Theatre West, Museum, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, and Richard II, Ahmanson Theatre, all Los Angeles.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Irene Locatelli, Shannon, CBS, 1981-82
• Movies
• Madeleinska, Bride of Boogedy, ABC, 1987
• Rose Croce, Mortal Sins, USA Network, 1992
• Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (also known as Other Side of Love), CBS, 1992
• Voice of television host, Shadow of Doubt (also known as Reasonable Doubt), Cinemax, 1998
• Episodic
• (Television debut) Kate Holiday, "Shootout at the OK Corral," Appointment with Destiny, CBS, 1972
• Franzia, "The Gypsies," The Waltons, 1973
• Saleswoman, "Shooter," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982
• "Poltergeist III--Dipesto Nothing," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987
• "Aria for Don Aiuppo," Wiseguy, 1988
• Marjorie, Ferris Bueller, 1990
• Rosalee Rossari, "Lines of Excellence," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1991
• Rosalind's mom, "Summer of '85," Baywatch, 1992
• Mrs. Commandante, "El Perico," Land's End, 1995
• Adrienne Pettibone, "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon," Frasier, 2000
• Also appeared as gypsy fortune teller, "Ellen's Choices," Ellen, ABC; as Mrs. Luciano, The Gangster Chronicles, NBC; in "Sex," Tracey Takes On ... ; and in Cagney and Lacey, CBS.
• Other Television Appearances
• (As Karen Kondan) Mrs. Mortimer, The Hound of the Baskervilles (also known as Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles), 1972
• Mrs. Modesta, A Rumor of War (miniseries), 1980
• Lila Grappas, Reno and Yolanda (special), HBO, 1987
• James Dean: An Invented Life, 2001
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Francesca Giordano, Yes Giorgio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
• Nurse, Cobra, 1986
• Mrs. Agopian, Steal Big, Steal Little, 1995
• (As Karen Colonna Kondazian) Rose Casale, My Brother Jack, GodranoFilms, 1997
• California Myth, 1999
• Beyond City Limits, 2000
• RECORDINGS
• Video Games
• Second female patient, Zonk: Nemesis, 1996
• WRITINGS
• Author of the treatment for the television play "The Whip," filmed by Universal, 1985-86. Contributor to periodicals, including Back Stage Westand Drama-Logue.