Kala Lynne Savage (born October 16, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for the
TV series
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''
Undressed
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Synopsis
The series follows the relationships (both roma ...
'', ''
Santa Barbara'', and ''
8 Simple Rules
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''.
Early life
Savage was born in
Highland Park, Illinois
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, the daughter of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who were an industrial real estate broker and a consultant. Her older brother is actor/director
Fred Savage
Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series ''The Wonder Years'' (1988 to 1993). He has earned several awards and nominations, such as ...
, known of ''
The Wonder Years
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'' and her younger brother is actor/director
Ben Savage
Bennett Joseph Savage (born September 13, 1980) is an American actor. He played the lead role of Cory Matthews on the ABC sitcom ''Boy Meets World'' (1993–2000) and its Disney Channel sequel ''Girl Meets World'' (2014–2017).
Early life
Sava ...
known of ''
Boy Meets World
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''. Her grandparents were Jewish and from
Poland
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,
Ukraine
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,
Germany
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, and
Latvia
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, and Savage was raised in
Reform Judaism
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
Soundtrack
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses from Chicago
American child actresses
American film actresses
American people of German-Jewish descent
American people of Latvian-Jewish descent
American people of Polish-Jewish descent
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
American television actresses
American Ashkenazi Jews
Jewish American actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American Jews
1978 births
American Reform Jews