Karen Kondazian | |
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Karen Kondazian, 2012
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Born |
Newton, Massachusetts |
January 27, 1950
Alma mater | San Francisco State College, University of Vienna, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor, Novelist |
Website | http://www.kondazian.com |
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.
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.