Karen Allen

Karen Allen

72 · Born: Oct 5, 1951

Personal Details

Born Oct 5, 1951 Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Parents
  • Carroll Thompson Allen
  • Patricia A. Allen (Howell)
Relatives
  • Sibling (Sibling)
  • Sibling (Sibling)

Biography

Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).

Career

2024
Unsinkable
Unsinkable as Nana Smith
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2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Marion Ravenwood
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2022
A Stage of Twilight
A Stage of Twilight as Cora
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The Last Movie Stars
The Last Movie Stars as Frances Woodward (voice)
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The Last Movie Stars
The Last Movie Stars as Frances Woodward (voice)
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2021
Things Heard & Seen
Things Heard & Seen as Mare Laughton
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2020
50 States of Fright
50 States of Fright as Sheriff Stallings
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2019
Colewell
Colewell as Nora
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2017
A Tree a Rock a Cloud
A Tree a Rock a Cloud as director
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2016
Bad Hurt
Bad Hurt as Elaine Kendall
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Year by the Sea
Year by the Sea as Joan
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2013
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods as Betty Lowe
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2011
November Christmas
November Christmas as Claire Sanford
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White Irish Drinkers
White Irish Drinkers as Margaret
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2009
A Dog Year
A Dog Year as Paula (voice)
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2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2005
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel as Katherine Farewell
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2004
Poster Boy
Poster Boy as Eunice Kray
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When Will I Be Loved
When Will I Be Loved as Alexandra Barrie
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2003
Briar Patch
Briar Patch as Butcher Lee
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Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Katy Schoenstein
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2002
World Traveler
World Traveler as Delores
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2001
My Horrible Year!
My Horrible Year! as Belinda Faulkner
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In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom as Marla Keyes
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2000
Wind River
Wind River as Martha
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The Basket
The Basket as Bessie Emery
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The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm as Melissa Brown
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Varney
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1999
Falling Sky
Falling Sky as Resse Nicholson
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1997
'Til There Was You
'Til There Was You as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
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All the Winters That Have Been
All the Winters That Have Been as Hannah Raven
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1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Law & Order
Law & Order as Judith Sandler
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1993
Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine as Terry Munroe
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King of the Hill
King of the Hill as Miss Mathey
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Rapture
Rapture as Georgianne Corcoran
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Voyage
Voyage as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
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1992
The Turning
The Turning as Glory Lawson
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Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)
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1991
Sweet Talker
Sweet Talker
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1990
Challenger
Challenger as Christa McAuliffe
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Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon as Ruth
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1989
Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior as Alex Bristow
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1988
Scrooged
Scrooged as Claire Phillips
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Backfire
Backfire as Mara McAndrew
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1987
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield
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1984
Until September
Until September as Mo Alexander
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Starman
Starman as Jenny Hayden
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1982
Split Image
Split Image as Rebecca / Amy
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Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon as Sandy
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1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark as Marion Ravenwood
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East of Eden
East of Eden as Abra
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1980
Cruising
Cruising as Nancy Gates
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A Small Circle of Friends
A Small Circle of Friends as Jessica Bloom
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1979
The Wanderers
The Wanderers as Nina
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2020
Josh Gates Tonight
2011
American Masters
American Masters
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2008
Animal House: The Inside Story
The Graham Norton Show
2006
1981
2017
A Tree a Rock a Cloud
A Tree a Rock a Cloud as Director, Screenplay
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