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Karen Lynn Gorney (born January 28, 1945 in Beverly Hills, California) is an American actress, best known for her roles on television and film.
Gorney earned degrees from both Carnegie Mellon University and Brandeis University.
In the 1970s, the actress made a name for herself playing Tara Martin on the soap opera All My Children. She became so popular that she was offered the lead female role of Stephanie in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, alongside John Travolta, in which she was well-received.
After that, however, she almost completely vanished from the acting and entertainment scene, for reasons that have never been made clear. In July 1983 she appeared in a very graphic nude pictorial in Oui magazine.
In the early 1990's Gorney began to appear in small roles again in such films as The Hard Way, Ripe and Rock The Cradle among others and even returning to All My Children during 1995 in cameo spots. She has, and continues to, film guest starting roles in a number of popular TV shows including Law And Order, The Sopranos and Six Degrees.
These days Gorney is very busy concentrating her acting skills mostly on independent films and off-Broadway shows. She has also been featured on a number of Disco documentaries and specials including Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion, where she co-hosted the show with Saturday Night Fever choreographer Deney Terrio for PBS. During the show Karen and Deney dance to Tavares hit single More Than A Woman as she did with co-star John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever back in 1977. She appeared on VH1's When Disco Ruled The World and was interviewed for the Disco video documentary Disco: Spinning The Story.
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