Full Name Karen Kondazian Books The Whip Role Actress | Name Karen Kondazian Occupation Actor, Novelist | |
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Alma mater San Francisco State University, University of Vienna, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Movies Cobra, The Blue Hour, Bare Knuckles, Gangster Wars, Dream On! Similar People Lex Barker, Eric Nazarian, George P Cosmatos, Richard C Sarafian, Don Edmonds | ||
stagecoach rules of the road w karen kondazian
Karen Kondazian (born January 27, 1950 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an American award-winning actress and author. She is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award's Best Actress award and is a four-time Drama-Logue Awards winner. She had a regular starring role in CBS' Shannon, as well guest starring roles on Wiseguy, Frasier and NYPD Blue, among others.
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- stagecoach rules of the road w karen kondazian
- Robin weigert and karen kondazian discuss the whip on sirius xm s book radio cover to cover
- Life and career
- Video game
- Acting
- Writing
- Filmography
- References
Robin weigert and karen kondazian discuss the whip on sirius xm s book radio cover to cover
Life and career
Karen Kondazian attended Abraham Lincoln High School, and received a B.A. from San Francisco State College, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She began working in theater, starring in productions such as The Rose Tattoo and Master Class.
As a child, she appeared on Art Linkletter's Kids Say the Darndest Things
She won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award's Best Actress award for her role in the Tennessee Williams play The Rose Tattoo and four Drama-Logue Awards for Sweet Bird of Youth (1980), Lady House Blues (1981), Vieux Carré (1983) and Tamara (1985). Kondazian met Williams at a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle luncheon honoring him, and Williams reportedly allowed Kondazian to produce any of his plays. She was also nominated for an Ovation Best Actress Award in Master Class.
Her work on the stage lead to numerous TV and film roles, including a recurring starring role the CBS series Shannon as Irene Lokatelli, and guest starring roles in Wiseguy, Frasier, NYPD Blue and the TV biopic James Dean. She can also be seen in Yes, Giorgio and Cobra.
In 2000 Kondazian wrote the reference work The Actors Encyclopedia of Casting Directors and The Whip in 2012, published by the Hansen Publishing Group, a historical novel about stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst. The Whip was well reviewed for its historical accuracy and story.
Kondazian is a member of the Actors Studio and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Video game
Kondazian's likeness has been used in the Video Game Zork Nemesis