Katherine Saltzberg (née Maisnik) is an American actress, singer, and comic. She is best known for starring as the showbiz-talented 16-year-old daughter of

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's character in the ABC sitcom, ''

Star of the Family ''Star of the Family'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 30 to December 9, 1982. The show featured Brian Dennehy as fire chief Leslie "Buddy" Krebs and Katherine Saltzberg, then Maisnik, as his singer daughter, Jennie Lee Kr ...

''.

Theater

In 2009, Saltzberg wrote and performed the one woman show, ''Los Angelyne'', an autobiographical theater performance where the "personal" becomes very, very public, as she recounted how her life and home were invaded by Los Angeles icon

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, the attention-hungry queen of billboard self-promotion. ''Los Angelyne'' premiered at

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Television

Saltzberg starred in the ABC sitcom, ''

'', playing Jennie Lee Krebs, a 16-year-old singer who begins getting show business offers because of her talents in the country/pop genre. This scares her father, played by

. Saltzberg sang the opening theme song and was nominated for Best Young Actress in a new TV series.

Hugo's Amazing Tape

Saltzberg and her sister, Lauri Fraser, presented their father's, Hugo Maisnik's, adhesive-free-tape on

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, and sold to

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and

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Personal life

Saltzberg is the granddaughter of the British and American publicist, Jack Oliphant, who represented such individuals as

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, and

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References

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