Karen Akers

Karen Akers is an American actress and singer, who has appeared on Broadway, and in cabaret and film.

She was born Karen OrthPallavicini in New York City on October 13, 1945. Her immigrant father, Heinnick Christian OrthPallavicini, was of Austrian and SwissItalian heritage. He was reportedly a member of the European nobility family Pallavicino who dropped his title when he came to America. Her Americanborn mother, Mary Louise , a chaplain, had Russian, Norwegian, and French forebears on one side of her family and ScotchIrish ones on the other. Her younger sister, Nicole OrthPallavicini, is also an actress. Another younger sister, Marie OrthPallavicini, is married to David Baker Cadman, a grandson of John Cadman, 1st Baron Cadman. Akers graduated from Manhattanville College.

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