Karen Tarleton
Biography
Karen Tarleton's work encompasses film, television, theater, voice-over and singing, in both the U.S. and Great Britain. Karen was born and raised in the Allegheny Mountains of northwestern Pennsylvania, part of a large musical and artistic family. She set out for Los Angeles in the early 1970s and spent the next several years as a production assistant and script supervisor on game shows, TV specials and variety shows in L.A., Nashville and Las Vegas. Having gained a great deal of experience behind the camera, Karen transitioned to the front of the camera, and in 1980 landed a recurring role on General Hospital, followed by a recurring role on The Young and the Restless, then on to a full TV, film and theater career. She was a long-time member of the West Coast Ensemble theater group, and has performed in many regional and Southern California venues, in both classical and contemporary shows. She moved to England, became a member of British Equity, and worked for three years in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Back in the States she has continued steady work as a versatile journeyman actress in film, TV, theater, commercials, voice-overs and singing (both secular and liturgical). She is also an educator, having taught for many years at Loyola Marymount University in Theater Arts, and at Jeff Alan Lee's Young Actors Studio. Karen has been a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association since 1980. She has been a member of the Los Angeles Classical Theatre Lab and the Writers and Actors Lab for over 30 years.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Trial Patient #2
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Wife
Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Temple Grandin
A grandfather struggles with the acceptance of his autistic grandson.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Connie Young
An estranged son returns to his hometown and must reconcile with his bitter younger brother to win an annual waffle-eating contest.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Emma
Benny certainly wasn't much to look at when he first arrived as a puppy on the doorstep of the pet store. Sam and Emma found him waiting there in a little box when they arrived for work one morning, just staring up at them with those tiny, lovable little eyes, and to this day no one knows where he came from or who brought him there. He's growing up to be the smartest, cutest dog you are ever likely to meet. This is his adventure!
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Sheila Moramarco
A forty-something man-child thinks he and his music has been discovered by a documentary film crew. The truth is, his parents are behind it, who are staging an intervention.