Karen Carpenter

Career Overview

Karen Carpenter has 26 screen credits in a career dating back to 1964. Signature works include Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection, The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait, Carpenters Very First Television Special. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

26

Birth Date

1950-03-02

Birth Place

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Known For

• 

  Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
• 

  The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
• 

  Carpenters Very First Television Special
• 

  Carpenters: Christmas Memories
• 

  Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
• 

  Carpenters: Yesterday Once More

Frequent Collaborators

• Richard Carpenter (6 collaborations)
• Olivia Newton-John (2 collaborations)
• Cynthia Gibb (1 collaborations)
• Suzanne Somers (1 collaborations)
• Kristin Chenoweth (1 collaborations)
• Belinda Carlisle (1 collaborations)
• Carol Burnett (1 collaborations)
• Cubby O'Brien (1 collaborations)
• Carnie Wilson (1 collaborations)
• Gene Kelly (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (25 credits)

  • 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Herb Alpert Is...

    Archival footage

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • My Music: A Classic Christmas

    Self - The Carpenters (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Carpenters: Christmas Memories

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Carpenters: Yesterday Once More

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Mickey's 50

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Carpenters... Space Encounters

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Carpenters at Christmas

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Carpenters Very First Television Special

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Carpenters: A World of Music

    self

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Carpenters Concert: Live at the New London Theatre

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Perry Como Christmas Show

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Carpenters: Live at Budokan

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Carpenters: Live in Australia

    self

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Carpenters: Live at the BBC

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Carol Burnett Show

    - Ken Berry, The Carpenters, and Nanette Fabray (1972) ... Self - The Carpenters actor actors

    - The Carpenters and Tim Conway (1971) ... Self - The Carpenters actor actors
    1967
  • Die Drehscheibe

    - Episode 156 (1975) ... Self actor actors
    1964

• sound (1 credits)

  • Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    music

    sound
    1987