Kathrine Baumann

• Education — Bowling Green State University • Known for — 99 and 44/100% Dead • Occupation — * Fashion designer • model • actress • Title — Miss Ohio 1969 • Years Active — 1971-1988 (as actress)

Baumann grew up in Independence, Ohio. She was a cheerleader in high school, and in 1966 was named Miss Independence.[2] Kathrine is a 1971 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Kathy Lynn Baumann was "Miss Cleveland" in the 1968 Miss USA-World Pageant prior to becoming Miss Ohio 1969.[4] At the 1970 "Miss America Pageant" (held in September, 1969) Baumann became first runner-up to Miss America[5] winning both talent and swimsuit awards. Her talent presentation consisted of a space travel gymnastic routine to "Those Were the Days." (The Moon landing was still fresh in everyone's minds, having occurred only a few months prior to the pageant.) She later traveled to Vietnam as part of USO with Bob Hope to entertain the troops. Baumann became an actress, and guest-starred on a variety of television shows, including season 2 M*A*S*H as Nancy Sue Parker in the 1974 episode entitled 'Henry In Love', The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Knight Rider, Simon & Simon, The Fall Guy, Banacek, Fantasy Island, Trapper John, M.D., CHiPs, The Dukes of Hazzard, Vegas and several movies of the week. Her film credentials include a co-starring role with Richard Harris and Chuck Connors in 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974),[6][7] and roles in Chrome and Hot Leather (1971), The Thing with Two Heads (1972), The Take (1974) and Slashed Dreams (1975).

In 1988, Baumann founded K. Baumann Design in Beverly Hills, California (now known as Kathrine Baumann Beverly Hills), where she designs luxury evening bags (minaudieres) and other women's accessories.[8][9] The handbags were made in California and Italy. Her designs includs cartoon characters and well-known product logos in her fashion designs.[11] She designed a Titanic-shaped minaudiere, which was carried to events surrounding the release of the 1997 feature film.[13] Baumann created several seasons of her Americana Collection and characters such as Betty Boop, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Miss Piggy,[14] Barbie and Ms. Green M&M were made into crystal-encrusted minaudieres.[15] In 2001 Baumann sued a group of retailers in Manhattan who were selling unauthorized copies of her designer handbags.[16] Her work was included in a fashion exhibit at Stephens College.[17]

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1973 — The Great American Beauty Contest — Melinda Wilson (as Kathy Baumann) — TV film • Letters from Three Lovers — Girl at Pool — TV film • 1974 — M*A*S*H — Nancy Sue Parker — Episode: "Henry in Love" • Banacek — Gloria Barker — Episode: "Now You See Me, Now You Don't" • Rural Doctor — Sue Ellen McKendrick — Episode: "A Time to Grow" Episode: "Survival" • Apple's Way — Nurse — Episode: "The Accident" • 1975 — Harry O — Betsy — Episode: "For the Love of Money" Episode: "The Confetti People" Episode: "Sounds of Trumpets" • Death Among Friends — Carol — TV film • 1976 — McCloud — Eunice — Episode: "Our Man in the Harem" • Switch — Kathy — Episode: "Come Die with Me" • 1977 — Flight to Holocaust — Sheila Waters — TV film • 1979 — Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders — Ginny O'Neil — TV film • CHiPs — Sorrell — Episode: "Roller Disco: Part 1" Episode: "Roller Disco: Part 2" • The Dukes of Hazzard — Sally (as Kathrine Bauman) — Episode: "Arrest Jesse Duke" • 1980 — The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo — Erika — Episode: "Treasure of Nature Beach" • Trapper John, M.D. — Mrs. Sheldon — Episode: Girl Under Glass: Part 1" Episode: "Girl Under Glass: Part 2" • 1981 — Fantasy Island — Kathi Fox (as Katherine Baumann) — Episode: "High Off the Hog/Reprisal" • Enos — Sgt. Parton — Episode: "The House Cleaners" • 1980–1981 — Vegas — Ann (as Katherine Baumann) Katy Hedrick — Episode: "Consortium" Episode: "Seek and Destroy" • 1981 — B.J. and the Bear — Gypsy (as Katherine Baumann) — Episode: "Who Is BJ?" • Border Pals — Corporal Juliet Marais — TV film • 1982 — Terror at Alcatraz — Sally — TV film • Rooster — Amy Hammond — TV film • Simon & Simon — Rhonda Fairbanks — Episode: "Sometimes Dreams Come True" • 1981–1984 — The Fall Guy — Marylou Virginia Carly — Episode: "The Fall Guy" Episode: "The Winner" • 1985 — Knight Rider — Tyler Jastrow (as Katherine Baumann) — Episode: "Knight Strike" • 1988 — Ohara — Deirdre Lynn — Episode: "Last Year's Model"