Caren Kaye


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 attended Carnegie Mellon University and holds a Ph.D. in psychology. She is best known for her roles in the 1983 film My Tutor and the short-lived NBC situation comedy It's Your Move.

Career

Kaye was born in New York City. In the early 1970s, she studied and practiced the improvisational games created by Viola Spolin.
One of her earliest roles was in a United States Navy training film 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 NBC situation comedy The Practice. She was a regular in the cast of the ABC situation comedy Blansky's Beauties, a spin-off of Happy Days which aired from February to June 1977. In September of 1977, she co-starred in a similar role as a regular on The Betty White Show, which also lasted only one season.

Her film credits include Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Cuba Crossing, Some Kind of Hero, My Tutor, Teen Witch and Satan's Princess.
In 1984, Kaye co-starred as the mother of Jason Bateman and girlfriend of David Garrison in the teen comedy It's Your Move on NBC. This series also lasted only one season.
She was featured in 10 episodes of The Love Boat television series, and has guest-starred in such other series as 21 Jump Street, Mr. Belvedere, Fantasy Island, Simon & Simon, Matt Houston, Taxi and Murder, She Wrote.