<P> In 2010, Karen Walker was ranked #23 on the TV Guide Network special 25 Greatest TV Characters of All Time . </P> <P> Karen Delaney was born on January 16, 1959 (which is revealed in the show's season 8). Karen had a difficult childhood, thanks in part to her unstable relationship with her mother, Lois Whitley (played by Suzanne Pleshette), a con artist who incorporated her young daughter into her schemes . Karen has made many references in the show to her education and her maiden name, Delaney, which suggest she is of Irish - American background . </P> <P> Although she tries to keep her age secret, Jack revealed that she was 42 in 2001, meaning she was born in January 1959 . She has been married four times--her first husband's surname was St. Croix, her second husband was named Popeil (a reference to the American culinary businessman / entrepreneur Ron Popeil), her third was Stan Walker (married since 1995), and she was married for 20 minutes to Lyle Finster (John Cleese) in May 2004 . As of the end of the series, she is still married to Stanley (see below), who has two children of his own, Olivia and Mason . She has intimated an illicit relationship with Ronald Reagan . Karen also goes under the alias "Anastasia Beaverhausen" ("Anastasia as in Russian royalty, Beaverhausen as in...where the beaver lives") and also once used the alias Pilar Palabundar to "beat up businessmen for cash in Chinatown ." Other alias was Lupita, used when she had an affair with a hotel janitor while trying to pass as a maid using Rosario's uniform . Her real name may not, in fact, be Karen, as she changes her name from time to time to "throw off the Feds ." Her mother refers to her as "Kiki", which was her childhood nickname . She has made more than one reference to attending Sarah Lawrence College, which contradicts one comment she makes to Grace that makes it seem as though she had not attended college . She is noted also for her shrill, squeaky voice; in one episode in the third season, Karen inhales helium from a balloon, only for the gas to have absolutely no effect on her voice . She is also noted for her addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol . </P> <P> Karen seems to have had a background in acting (including a performance in a soft core adult film as a naughty maid); however she vowed never to act again after her part as a bank teller in the TV show Mama's Family was cut . (Her one line was: "Would you like that in fives, tens, or fifteens?" delivered in a Southern accent). She has also spoken of a two - episode character arc in Dynasty . </P>

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