Caren Kaye

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Caren Kaye is a retired American television and film actress who has appeared in dozens of films and guest-starred in many TV series. She is best known for her roles in the 1983 film My Tutor and the short-lived sitcoms The Betty White Show (1977–1978), Who's Watching the Kids? (1978), and It's Your Move (1984–1985).

Early years and education

Kaye was educated at the High School of Performing Arts and Carnegie Mellon University.{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Mike |title=Pretty, funny Caren Kaye embarks on sixth TV series |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67758008/caren-kaye/ |access-date=January 16, 2021 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette |agency=Gannett News Service |date=October 7, 1984 |page=12|via = Newspapers.com}} In the early 1970s, she studied and practiced the improvisational games created by Viola Spolin.

Career

From college, Kaye went to Europe, where she performed in avant-garde theater and drove a taxi. After she returned to New York, she co-founded the War Babies comedy troupe.

One of Kaye's early roles was in a training film for the United States Navy about a young woman going through basic training. During the mid-1970s, she guest-starred in episodes of Alice, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, and The Practice. She played Bambi Benton on Blansky's Beauties,{{cite book |last1=Leszczak |first1=Bob |title=Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide |date=2 November 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6812-6 |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvE6snvtSesC&dq=%22Caren+Kaye%22&pg=PA17 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |language=en}} a spin-off of Happy Days, which aired from February to June 1977. In September 1977, she co-starred in a similar role as a regular on The Betty White Show,{{r|sss|page1=12-13}} which lasted one season.

Her film credits include Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Cuba Crossing (1980), Some Kind of Hero (1982), My Tutor (1983), Teen Witch (1989) and Satan's Princess (1990).

In 1984, Kaye co-starred as the mother of Jason Bateman and girlfriend of David Garrison in the teen comedy It's Your Move. This series lasted one season.{{cite book |last1=Leszczak |first1=Bob |title=Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s: A Complete Guide |date=16 May 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2384-9 |pages=73–74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70szDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Caren+Kaye%22&pg=PA74 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |language=en}}

She was featured in six episodes of The Love Boat and has guest-starred in 21 Jump Street, Mr. Belvedere, Fantasy Island, Simon & Simon, Matt Houston, Taxi and Murder, She Wrote.