Katharyn Powers was born Lorna Theresa Patton in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 1943. Her mother, Miriam Aulman, was sixteen years old; her father is still unknown. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960, and went on to study theatre with television actor Bert Holland at Santa Monica College. In 1962, she married stage actor Terry Boole. The two had one daughter,
Alexandra Powers, in 1967, but divorced shortly thereafter. In 1969, she married Michael Michaelian. The two had one daughter, Nicole Powers (Nicole Montgomery), in 1970. In 1979, she married actor and model Dana Reno Andrews after having divorced Michaelian. The two had one daughter, Sterling Powers, in 1979, and wrote one episode of
The Fitzpatricks together before divorcing in 1984. == List of episodes written by Powers ==