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Karen MacKenzie (maiden name Cooper; formerly Fairgate) is a long-running fictional character in the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing. Karen is portrayed by actress Michele Lee, and has appeared on the show since its pilot episode, first broadcast on December 27, 1979.
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This article is about Karen Fairgate MacKenzie. You may be looking for Karen Allen.
Karen Fairgate MacKenzie (née Cooper) is a character on Knots Landing.
She was portrayed by Michele Lee who was the only cast member to appear in all 344 episodes, as well as the Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac miniseries
Before the pilot, Karen Cooper moves from New York to Philadelphia to study, where she meets and falls in love with young mechanic Sid Fairgate, who lives with his wife, Susan Philby and their daughter, Annie. When Sid divorces Susan, he marries Karen and they move to Knots Landing, California where they live with their three children Diana, Eric and Michael Fairgate. Karen gets along with everybody in the neighborhood, except for her sister in law, Abby Cunningham,who joins the show in its second season. She always sees through her conniving, manipulating persona, much to the dismay of Sid. However, it is Valene Ewing, her next door neighbor, who soon becomes her closest and dearest friend. In 1981, Sid's brakes are messed with and he plunges off the side of a cliff. When Sid dies shortly after, Karen takes over the running of Knots Landing Motors, and when Sid’s killers are released in 1982, she goes to see Detective Mack MacKenzie, who is the Federal Prosecutor, in order to get help to try and bring them to justice. Her and Mack fall in love and they elope in Las Vegas. Karen soon gets hooked on prescription pills when her daughter, Diana, runs off and marries Chip Roberts, the murderer of singer Ciji Dunne. When Chip accidentally dies, Diana goes to live with her Aunt Abby and Gary Ewing at Westfork, thus increasing Karen’s dependency on pills. When Mack finds her unconscious in the bathroom, she is admitted to hospital to recuperate.
Karen decides to divorce Mack when she discovers he is still tracking down the Wolfbridge Group, a dangerous crime organization. Karen’s children frantically try to get her to change her mind from divorcing Mack and she eventually forgives him, as she is still in love with him. She ends up having an operation to try and remove a bullet from a gunshot wound, which was lodged in a precarious position, thus preventing her from being paralysed. She goes to work at Lotus Point when Gary makes her an equal partner to make up for Abby’s indiscretion with Sid’s uncle’s apartment. In 1986, an old friend of Mack’s, Phil Harbert, kidnaps Karen as he is seeking revenge fo Mack testifying against him years ago. However, she escapes and is soon reunited with Mack.
Dec 17, 2021 · Michele Lee starred as Karen on "Knots Landing" for 14 years. Find out what she's been doing since the nighttime soap ended.
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- Michele Lee (Karen MacKenzie) Karen MacKenzie is a mother of three and a community activist. After her husband, Sid has the most literal cliffhanger in television history after careening off a cliff, MacKenzie takes over Knots Landing Motors.
- Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) Gary Ewing was first introduced to fans in the show Dallas. The second son of oil baron Jock Ewing and always left in J.R.’
- Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing) Valene Ewing, aka Val, had our sympathy for sure. For example, she was met with hardship after hardship, like having her firstborn daughter stolen.
- Kevin Dobson (Mackensie) Mackensie, or Mack, is Karen’s second husband and works as an attorney. The two meet after Sid’s killers’ charges were dropped.
Sep 10, 2024 · When Sid died, Karen took over the running of Knots Landing Motors, and when Sid’s killers had been released, she went to Marion Patrick MacKenzie (Mack), who was the Federal Prosecutor, for help to try and bring them to justice. Her and Mack fell in love and they eloped in Las Vegas.
May 13, 2023 · In the meantime, see what the 10-longest serving Knots Landing cast members got up to after the show’s 1993 finale. Mario Casilli/TV Guide/CBS/Courtesy: Everett Collection Michele Lee (Karen ...
Dec 12, 2022 · A Broadway veteran who was nominated for two Tony Awards, Michele Lee played the upbeat Karen Fairgate MacKenzie, the only character to appear in all 344 episodes of the series. Karen was a...
