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Karen Allen

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress | * 10/05/1951 (72) | Carrollton, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American film and stage actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film Animal House (1978), which was soon followed by a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Manhattan (1979) and a co-lead role in Philip Kaufman's coming-of-age film The Wanderers (1979), before co-starring opposite Al Pacino in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980). Her critical and commercial breakthrough came when she portrayed Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She later co-starred in Shoot the Moon (1982), Starman (1984), for which she was again nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, an... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to h ...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Certification unknown

2008 | 3.0/5 | 2h 2min
Adventure, Action
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When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them. ...

Starman

Certification unknown

1984 | 3.4/5 | 1h 55min
Science Fiction, Romance / Love
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At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him. ...

Animal House

Certification unknown

1978 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy
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When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up ...

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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1981 | 4.0/5 | 1h 55min
Adventure, Action
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Awards & Nominations for Karen Allen

Theatre World Award
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Movies with Karen Allen as Actress(63)

as Nancy Smith2024 Unsinkable
as Cora2024 A Stage of Twilight
as Marion Ravenwood2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self - Actress (archive footage)2021 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Mare Laughton2021 Things Heard & Seen
as Nora2019 Colewell
as director2017 A Tree a Rock a Cloud
as Elaine Kendall2016 Bad Hurt
as Joan2016 Year by the Sea
as Margaret2011 White Irish Drinkers
as Claire Sanford2011 November Christmas
as Paula (voice)2009 A Dog Year
as Self (archive footage)2008 Adventures in Post-Production
as Marion Ravenwood2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as herself2008 Animal House: The Inside Story
as herself2006 Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Katherine Farewell2005 Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
as Alexandra Barrie2004 When Will I Be Loved
as Eunice Kray2004 Poster Boy
as herself2003 Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as Katy Schoenstein2003 Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Butcher Lee2003 Plain Dirty
as Delores2002 World Traveler
as Marla Keyes2001 In the Bedroom
as Belinda Faulkner2001 My Horrible Year!
as Bessie Emery2000 The Basket
as Melissa Brown2000 The Perfect Storm
as Martha2000 Wind River
as Resse Nicholson1999 Falling Sky
as Herself - 'Katy'1998 The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)1997 Til There Was You
as Hannah Raven1997 All the Winters that Have Been
as Margaret1996 Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
as Georgianne Corcoran1993 Rapture
as Miss Mathey1993 King of the Hill
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell1993 Voyage
as Mom1993 The Sandlot
as Terry Munroe1993 Ghost in the Machine
as (voice)1992 Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)1992 Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as Glory Lawson1992 The Turning
as Miss Dunne1992 Malcolm X
1991 Sweet Talker
as Christa McAuliffe1990 Challenger
as Ruth1990 Secret Weapon
as Alex Bristow1989 Animal Behavior
as Mara McAndrew1988 Backfire
as Claire Phillips1988 Scrooged
as Laura Wingfield1987 The Glass Menagerie
as Gus1987 Terminus
as Jenny Hayden1984 Starman
as Mo Alexander1984 Until September
as Rebecca / Amy1982 Split Image
as Sandy1982 Shoot the Moon
as Self (archive footage)1981 Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
as herself1981 The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
as Marion Ravenwood1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Nancy Gates1980 Cruising
as Jessica Bloom1980 A Small Circle of Friends
as Nina1979 The Wanderers
as Television Actor #21979 Manhattan
as Katy1978 Animal House
as Elizabeth1978 Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

TV Shows/Series with Karen Allen as Actress(14)

as Frances Woodward (voice)2022 The Last Movie Stars
as herself2022 The Last Movie Stars
as Self / Frances Woodward2022 The Last Movie Stars
as herself2020 Josh Gates Tonight
as Sheriff Stallings2020 50 States of Fright
as Betty Lowe2010 Blue Bloods
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Paula Varney1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Alison Matson1994 The Road Home
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Judith Sandler1990 Law & Order
as Jackie Foster1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Abra1981 East of Eden
1979 Knots Landing

Movies with Karen Allen as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2017 A Tree a Rock a Cloud

Additional Information

Full Name: Karen Allen
Born: Friday, 10/05 1951 (October) in Carrollton, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 72 years + 205 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Educated at: Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Fashion Institute of Technology, DuVal High School, University of Maryland, George Washington University
Employer: Bard College
Spouses (current/former): Kale Browne
Other names for Karen Allen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Karen Jane Allen"
Karen Allen frequently works together with these people:
Lou Martini Jr. (14x, Actor)
George Lucas (12x, Crew)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
William H. Burns (12x, Actor)
Adam LeFevre (11x, Actor)
James Biberi (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
John Doman (10x, Actor)
Michelle Hurst (10x, Actress)
Dick Wolf (10x, Crew)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (10x, Actor)
Joe Pentangelo (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1877, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024