{{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{distinguish|Karen Lam}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{short description|American actress (1952–2001)}} {{Infobox person | name = Karen Lamm | image = | caption = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1973–1995 | birth_name = Barbara Karen Perk | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|6|21}} | birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|6|29|1952|6|21}} | death_place = Playa del Rey, California, U.S. | resting_place = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Robert Lamm|1970|1971|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Dennis Wilson|May 21, 1976|September 19, 1977|reason=divorce}} * {{marriage|<!--Dennis Wilson-->|July 28, 1978|May 23, 1980 |reason=divorced}} }} | children = | relatives = }}
'''B. Karen Lamm'''<ref name="V"/> ({{nee|'''Perk'''}}; June 21, 1952 – June 29, 2001) was an American character actress known for her roles in ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' (1974), ''The Unseen'' (1980) and ''Trackdown'' (1976).
She was married to musicians Dennis Wilson and Robert Lamm.<ref name="V"/>
==Life and career== Lamm was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.{{Citation needed |date=September 2022}} Lamm co-wrote the Beach Boys’ song "Baby Blue" for the ''L.A. (Light Album)'' release and was featured as backup vocalist and songwriter on Dennis Wilson's solo album ''Pacific Ocean Blue''. Wilson drowned in 1983 in Marina del Rey, California, and Lamm subsequently contributed to many of his biographies, including the ABC miniseries ''The Beach Boys Story''.
As an actress, Lamm was featured in more than 150 national commercials, TV movies, miniseries, series and films. She appeared in late 1974 in the ''Columbo'' episode ''By Dawn's Early Light'' and six months after that she co-starred in the ''Starsky & Hutch'' pilot-episode.<ref name="V">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/b-karen-lamm-1117803094/|title = B. Karen Lamm|date = July 20, 2001|work=Variety}}</ref>
Lamm appeared as a model on the cover of David Blue's 1975 album ''Com'n Back for More''.
She helped produce miniseries ''Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills'' and UPN series ''The Watcher''.
Lamm died in June 2001 in Playa del Rey, California, from heart failure.<ref name="V"/>
==Filmography== * ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' (TV series) (1984) * ''The Unseen'' (1980) * ''240-Robert'' (TV series) (1979) * ''The Power Within'' (TV movie) (1979) * ''Tilt'' (1979) * ''A Last Cry for Help'' (TV movie) (1979) * ''The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'' (TV series) (1979) * ''Coming Attractions'' (1978) * ''Almost Summer'' (1978) * ''Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.'' (TV movie) (1977) * ''It Happened at Lakewood Manor'' (aka ''Ants'') (TV movie) (1977) * ''Police Woman'' (TV series) (1974–1977) * ''The Night They Took Miss Beautiful'' (TV movie) (1977) * ''Trackdown'' (1976) * ''Starsky and Hutch'' (TV series) (1975) * ''The Hatfields and the McCoys'' (TV movie) (1975) * ''Columbo (TV Series)'' (1974) * ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' (1974) * ''Kojak'' (TV series) (1974) * ''Scarecrow'' (1973) * ''Harry O'' (TV series) (1973)
;Producer * ''Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills'' (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0483556|name=Karen Lamm}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamm, Karen}} Category:1952 births Category:2001 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:Actresses from Indiana Category:People from Indianapolis Category:20th-century American actresses