Kathy Cumberland played by Dinah Manoff, is an aspiring actress, but active gold digger who mistakenly sets her sights on Mork in Season 2's Mork's Baby Blues, telling everyone she is pregnant with his child.
Character Summary[]
Kathy a down at heel actress stranded in Boulder, sets her sight on Mork when overhearing him in the Deli talking to Remo & Mr. Bickley about how he plans to invest his fortune. Unbeknownst to her he is talking about the large amount of money he won off of Mindy when they played Monopoly the night before. Bursting into tears near him to attract his attention, she tells him of her failed plans (even Mork finding it odd that she came to Boulder to try and make it as an actress) and how lonely, broke and friendless she is. Always eager to make friends, Mork offers to be hers, and thinking she's on the road to getting what she wants she invites him back to her place. Unfortunately, for her, that's as far as she gets. After serving him dinner, Mork makes tracks to go, but she convinces him to stay a while longer attempting to seduce him, first subtlety and then as it goes over his head, with more and more directness, finally pretty much inviting him directly to share her bed. None of which works, Mork electing to sleep on her couch so she won't be alone.
Knowing that Mork is clueless. She turns up a few weeks later at the apartment while Mindy is out, to 'reminisce' with Mork about their 'night together' and to suggest that they get married. Mindy arrives home, having heard (and been none too pleased) about Mork's stay over with her. The two women having a passive aggressive face off over Mork. When Kathy tells her she and Mork were talking about getting married, Mindy informs her in no uncertain terms that she and Mork are living together and that she's well aware that Mork tends to fail to understand certain social interactions, and is pretty damn sure that's what is going on here. Which is when Kathy drops the bombshell on her that she's pregnant. Because Mork's ambiguous retelling of what happened that night, doesn't entirely discount the possibility. Mindy is both hurt and taken aback, but even more so when Kathy suggests that if Mork doesn't' want to marry her that's fine, she'll take money and plenty of it. When Mindy retaliates by saying she better have proof that Mork is the father, she tells them it doesn't matter, she can tie him up in court and smear his name all over town unless he does what she wants.
It backfires on her however, when Mork, clueless that he couldn't possibly have impregnated her, and having no money, opts to 'do the right thing'. and marry her. Turning up at her apartment with a Justice of the Peace instead of the money she wants. When Mindy and Bickley turn up to try and talk him out of it, things go from bad to worse for Kathy when she continuously drops the price to avoid being married to him, and it's ultimately revealed to her that he has absolutely no money. Worse still he's still intent on marrying her. Finally, she gives up and confesses that Mork never laid a hand on her...though it still takes Mindy to explain to him that Kathy isn't pregnant. Bickley grabbing hold of Kathy accuses her of setting a honeytrap and is intent on taking her to the cops to pay for what she tried to do. Whether she gets there or not is unknown as she plays on Bickley's weakness for not having to pay for meals offering to buy him dinner as they go.
Personality[]
Kathy is an amoral gold-digger pure and simple. Clever and manipulative she rolls with the punches, outmaneuvering Mindy, and even when she's finally caught up, still seems confident on being able to play Bickley to get out of it.
Relationships[]
None to speak of, beyond potential 'marks' it sounds like.
Behind the scenes[]
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