Karen Lynn Gorney

Made films the shows talk about.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (3 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (3) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Karen Lynn Gorney → All My Children. She came from All My Children and could not get back on it after the film.
    “She was on all my children, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:06:55 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Karen Lynn Gorney → Jessica Lange. Jessica Lange was reportedly considered for Stephanie.
    “Jessica Lang keeps getting mentioned”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:57:53 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Karen Lynn Gorney → Carrie Fisher. Carrie Fisher reportedly auditioned for Stephanie before Star Wars came out.
    “Carrie Fisher.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:58:10 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Karen Lynn Gorney → Fran Drescher. Simmons says anyone would be better than Gorney, though he could be talked into Fran Drescher.
    “you could have also talked me into Fran Dresher.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:02:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Karen Lynn Gorney → Cher. Kimmel floats Cher as an older Stephanie.
    “What about like Cher?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:03:04 · Jimmy Kimmel (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Karen Lynn Gorney: Simmons spent half an hour searching for why she was cast and found nothing; she is also about nine years older than Travolta and a weak dancer.
    “I'm so confused why she got cast for this movie that I actually spent like a half hour Googling it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:55:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Karen Lynn Gorney: Her take on why her career stalled: people thought she was Stephanie; she turned down a Saturday Night Fever TV series.
    “people didn't know what to do with Stephanie Mangano.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:08:01 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)