"Saturday Night Fever" Starlet Is Stayin' Alive

31. I didn't think her Brooklyn accent was bad, because my husband is from Queens and I am from New Jersey. It sounded just about right, and I used to watch her when she played Tara on All My Children in the early 70s when I was in first grade.

Posted at 6:48PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Kat

32. , she was real, not a typical beaty, that would have made her less interesting, and she was a good dancer,, though they played it down.. she was in great shape

Posted at 6:51PM on Aug 14th 2007 by k

33. John was paired with Olivia Newton-John back in Grease back in 1978, and she is about 6 years older than him. Gorney is about 8 years older, so there isn't much of a difference there.

Posted at 6:51PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Goldie

34. are you kidding about women aging bad??
have you looked at the balding pot bellied men who always have a bigger nose as they age?
no thank you, ...

Posted at 6:54PM on Aug 14th 2007 by k

35. Compared to Donna Pescow, who played the neighborhood whore in SNF, this woman was an absolute goddess.

Posted at 8:06PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Me

36. I thought she was great but the smokers teeth???? EWWW!! Even for the 70's.

Posted at 7:25PM on Aug 14th 2007 by tnchick31

37. AH MEMORIES OF MY FAVORITE KIND OF DANCING AND DRESSING. AS FOR THE FILM SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER IT WAS OK ACTING FOR ALL AND GREAT DANCING FOR TRAVOLTA. KAREN GORNEY FOR HER PART WAS STIFF AND FELT VERY SELF CONCIOUS IN THE ROLE AS WAS EVIDENT. HER DANCING WELL TRAVOLTA COULD MAKE ANYONE LOOK GOOD.

Posted at 12:18AM on Aug 15th 2007 by LIZBETH ANDREWS

38. Karen - Do not listen to the negative comments here. The people on this board (and most others like it) are negative and nasty towards almost everyone. Don't take it personally. Many people thought you were great in the role of Stephanie.

Posted at 7:34PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Blink

39. Man, you people are harsh!
What the hell is/was so great about John "Sweathog" Travolta? I'd rather spend an evening with Karen Lynn Gorney than that space agent.

Posted at 7:49PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Joe

40. She was terrible in SNF--and 30 yrs. later she is still trying to bank on it??!!!

Posted at 8:15PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Wowzie

41. #30 I remember.....Tara. Never would have put it together had you not mentioned her role on All My Children. Cool!

Posted at 9:40PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Me

42. I actually had Karen try to sell me some art in a gallery in NYC just a few years after the movie. She must have a had a really bad agent!

Posted at 11:57AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Swill

43. How funny both of his love interests in Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive, both were leading ladies on All My Children,
Didn't care much for Karen/Tara/Stephanie in the first one, F.Hughes was great (and still looks great) in the 2nd one, and Dear Tara have you noticed how well your arch rival Erica Kane has aged????????

Posted at 10:15PM on Aug 14th 2007 by All my Children!

44. I liked Stephanie Braxton's Tara better, but I never cared for the character. I always thought the Donna Beck/Billie Clyde storyline was hilarious.

Posted at 10:22PM on Aug 14th 2007 by Kat

45. I loved Karen Lynn Gorney as Tara on AMC. She was not a great dancer in Saturday Night Fever. But her problem, if what I read was true, is that she did not handle her career very well after the hit movie. She thought she was "hot property" and was a no-show on talk shows. She later appeared on the soap again, not aging well. I'm glad to see her pretty smile. Travolta wears a weave?

Posted at 10:43PM on Aug 14th 2007 by marsha