In 1962, she played Patty Maxwell in "Patti's Tune" of the CBS military sitcom/drama Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper.
Born in Paulsboro, New Jersey on September 10, 1927, Montanaro earned a theater degree from Columbia University and began performing stock theater with actors such as Jason Robards and Jackie Cooper.
Alice Cooper | Jackie Chan | Jackie Gleason | Gary Cooper | Jackie Robinson | James Fenimore Cooper | Anderson Cooper | Nurse Jackie | Jackie Wilson | Jackie Stewart | Jackie McLean | Cooper Union | Cooper Creek | Chris Cooper (actor) | Chris Cooper | Anderson Cooper 360° | Jackie Evancho | Jackie Collins | Merian C. Cooper | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | Tommy Cooper | Sheldon Cooper | Jim Cooper | Henry Cooper | Jackie Kay | Gordon Cooper | Dennis Cooper | Cooper | Astley Cooper | Jeff Cooper |
His books included Please Don't Shoot My Dog: The Autobiography of Jackie Cooper and The Two of Us, with Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse.
From 1959 to 1962, Karns was cast as Admiral Walter Shafer in seventy-three of the ninety-five episodes of the CBS military sitcom/drama series, Hennessey, starring Jackie Cooper in the title role of a United States Navy physician, and Abby Dalton as nurse Martha Hale.