Karen Philipp (born September 7, 1945) is an American singer and actress.

Career

Philipp came to national prominence in 1968 when she was hired as one of the two female vocalists in the second iteration of

Sérgio Mendes Sérgio Santos Mendes (; born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. His career took off with worldwide hits by his group Brasil '66. He has over 55 releases and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for ...

and Brasil '66, debuting on their Top Ten best-selling album, '' Fool on the Hill''. She remained with Brasil '66 (and its successor group, Brasil '77) until she left in 1972 to pursue an acting career. She portrayed Lt. Dish in the first season of ''

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''. Though her role was written out of the series after two episodes, a shot of her was used in the opening credits for the remainder of the series. She later had a recurring role on ''

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'' as Robin Rollin (seasons 3-6). Philipp also posed nude in a pictorial in the September 1972 issue of ''

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,'' promoting her role in ''M*A*S*H''.

Personal life

Philipp married movie producer

Pat Proft Pat Proft is an American comedy writer, actor, and director. Born in Minnesota in 1947, Proft began his career at Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis in the mid 1960s. He went on to perform as a one-man comedy act in the late 1960s. I ...

and they have a son. They reside in

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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