Char Fontane

Char "Kaci" Fontane (January 12, 1952 – April 1, 2007) was an American actress and singer.

She was born in Los Angeles, to singer Tony Fontane and his wife, actress Kerry Vaughn Fontane. Early in her career, Fontane worked as an assistant to a disc jockey in Los Angeles.

She made guest appearances on several popular TV shows during the 1970s, including Love, American Style, Barnaby Jones, and The Love Boat. One of her most memorable performances was as a prostitute in the 1978 ABC television miniseries, Pearl. She starred in the 1983 TV movie The Night the Bridge Fell Down, and had a small role in the 1989 action film The Punisher. She also appeared on Broadway in Grease and toured in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Fontane died at age 55 on April 1, 2007, in Marietta, Georgia from breast cancer.

Filmography Film and Television Year Title Role Notes 1972 Banyon Helena Baxter 1 episode: "Meal Ticket" 1972 Love, American Style Lolita 1 episode: "Love and the Confession" 1973 The F.B.I. 1 episode: "The Double Play" 1978–79 Joe & Valerie Valerie Sweetzer Main cast (8 episodes) 1978 Pearl Shirley TV miniseries 1979 Barnaby Jones Candy Harper 2 episodes: "Echo of a Distant Battle" (Parts 1 & 2) 1979 Supertrain Cindy Chappel 1 episode: "Express to Terror" 1979 $weepstake$ Cathy 1 episode: "Episode #1.8" 1979 The Love Boat Stephanie Chapman 1 episode: "The Stimulation of Stephanie" 1981 Nero Wolfe Violet Crown 1 episode: "Before I Die" 1983 The Night the Bridge Fell Down Dee TV movie 1987 Too Much Dr. Finkel Feature film 1989 The Punisher Laurie Silver Feature film