Karen Valentine (born May 25, 1947) is an American actress. She is
best known for her role as young idealistic schoolteacher Alice
Johnson in the ABC comedy drama series Room 222 from 1969 to 1974, for
which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series in 1970, and received a Golden Globe Award
nomination in 1971. She later went to star in her own short-lived
sitcom Karen (1975), and played leading roles in the Disney films Hot
Lead and Cold Feet (1978) and The North Avenue Irregulars
(1979).Valentine was born in Sebastopol, California, on May 25, 1947.
She is of Portuguese heritage, and her grandfather changed the family
name from Valentin before her birth.Valentine was born in Sebastopol,
California, on May 25, 1947. She is of Portuguese heritage, and her
grandfather changed the family name from Valentin before her birth.In
1966â€"1967, she started her television career as "The Resident Dream
Girl" on The Dream Girl of 1967, replacing Beverly Adams from the
first weekday broadcast opposite hosts Dick Stewart and Wink
Martindale, and during that time she appeared on another Chuck Barris
show, The Dating Game.In 1969, Valentine won her breakthrough role as
a new teacher on the ABC television series Room 222 with Lloyd Haynes
and Michael Constantine. She was discovered by Gene Reynolds, the
director of Room 222, who saw her lip-synching in rehearsal and
realized she was funny. She was nominated twice for an Emmy and once
for a Golden Globe, winning an Emmy in 1970 for Outstanding Actress in
a Supporting Role. Karen Valentine Top Movies & Young Movies