Karen Lynn Gorney is the romantic star of Saturday Night Fever: the dance partner and fantasy girlfriend who said "no" to John Travolta, and won his heart in this Mega-Hit film, recently released on DVD to raves. Miss Gorney is also the legendary "Tara Martin" (Tad's big sister, Erica's mortal enemy) on ABC's award-winning All My Children. A classically trained Actress, and winner of the People's Choice and European Bravo Awards, Karen holds a BFA from Carngie Mellon and MFA from Brandeis University in Acting and Speech. She has received raves in New York City and throughout the United States performing everything from Shakespeare to Neil Simon. Karen has 5 new films in the can including A Crime with Harvey Keitel, and Searching for Bobby DeNiro with Sandra Bernhard. The daughter of the composer of "Brother Can you Spare a Dime" (Jay Gorney), Karen's new CD of her Dad's hits called Hot Moonlight! is in stores now, and has received international acclaim.
Daughter of American composer Jay Gorney (1896-1990) whose songs include, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "Moonlight and Pretzels", etc. In the late 70s Karen recorded a version of the Lynsey De Paul/Barry Blue song "Love Bomb". Is also an dancer and singer. Originally auditioned for the role of "Erica Kane" on All My Children. During the filming of "Saturday Night Fever," her favorite food was lettuce and Coca-Cola. Recorded a self-penned album "Used to Love You Madly" in 1979. The record was songs that detailed the inner life of Gorney's character Stephanie Mangano, from "Saturday Night Fever." She wrote the entire album in her dressing room while filming "Fever," and finished recording the album in 1979. It was recorded in Abbey Road, London, and live in Philadelphia and New York, with a promotional single 'Love the Way You Love,' backed with the album's title song, which told the story of Stephanie's affair with the record producer from the film. The single quickly disappeared, and the rest of the tracks were vaulted. It wasn't until Original Cast Records agreed to release the album back in 1998, unfortunately it did not include 'Love the Way You Love.' It was reissued in 2002, but now is out of print.