Karen Allen
- Acting
- October 5, 1951 · Carrollton, Illinois, USA
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Other Mommy · Grandma Ruth
- The Easy Kind · Kathy
- Unsinkable · Nancy Smith
- A Stage of Twilight · Cora
- The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones · Self
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford · Self
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Marion
- The Last Movie Stars · Self, Self / Frances Woodward
- Going Home · Bonnie
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age · Self
- Things Heard & Seen · Mare Laughton
- 50 States of Fright · Sheriff Stallings
- Josh Gates Tonight · Self
- Colewell · Nora
- A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. · Director, Screenplay
- Year by the Sea · Joan
- Bad Hurt · Elaine Kendall
- White Irish Drinkers · Margaret
- November Christmas · Claire Sanford
- Blue Bloods · Betty Lowe
- A Dog Year · Paula (Voice)
- Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend · Self
- Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' · Self
- Animal House: The Inside Story · Self
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · Marion Ravenwood
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills · Self
- Shaka Zulu: The Citadel · Katherine Farewell
- When Will I Be Loved · Alexandra Barrie
- Poster Boy · Eunice Kray
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy · Self
- Plain Dirty · Butcher Lee
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update · Katy Schoenstein
- World Traveler · Delores
- In the Bedroom · Marla Keyes
- My Horrible Year! · Belinda Faulkner
- The Perfect Storm · Melissa Brown
- Wind River · Martha
- The Basket · Bessie Emery
- Falling Sky · Resse Nicholson
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Paula Varney
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion · Self
- All the Winters that Have Been · Hannah Raven
- 'Til There Was You · Betty Dawkan
- Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story · Margaret
- The Road Home · Alison Matson
- Ghost in the Machine · Terry Munroe
- King of the Hill · Miss Mathey
- Voyage · Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
- The Sandlot · Mom
- Rapture · Georgianne Corcoran
- Malcolm X · Miss Dunne
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems · Voice
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes · Voice
- The Turning · Glory Lawson
- Sweet Talker · Julie Maguire
- Law & Order · Judith Sandler
- Secret Weapon · Ruth
- Challenger · Christa McAuliffe
- Animal Behavior · Alex Bristow
- Scrooged · Claire Phillips
- Backfire · Mara McAndrew
- The Glass Menagerie · Laura Wingfield
- Terminus · Gus
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Jackie Foster
- Starman · Jenny Hayden
- Until September · Mo Alexander
- Split Image · Rebecca / Amy
- Shoot the Moon · Sandy
- The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' · Self
- Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark · Self
- Raiders of the Lost Ark · Marion Ravenwood
- East of Eden · Abra
- Fridays · Self
- A Small Circle of Friends · Jessica Bloom
- Cruising · Nancy Gates
- Knots Landing · Annie Fairgate
- The Wanderers · Nina
- Manhattan · Television Actor #2