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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-10-05 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Carrollton, Illinois, USA

Karen Allen

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

Acting

2024

Unsinkable: Titanic Untold as Nancy Smith

A Stage of Twilight as Cora

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones as Self

The Easy Kind as Kathy

2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Marion

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self

Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs as Marion (voice)

2022

The Last Movie Stars as Self

The Last Movie Stars as Self / Frances Woodward

The Last Movie Stars as Frances Woodward (voice)

2021

Things Heard & Seen as Mare Laughton

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2020

50 States of Fright as Sheriff Stallings

Josh Gates Tonight as Self

2019

Colewell as Nora

2017

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as director

2016

Bad Hurt as Elaine Kendall

Year by the Sea as Joan

2011

November Christmas as Claire Sanford

White Irish Drinkers as Margaret

2010

Blue Bloods as Betty Lowe

2009

A Dog Year as Paula (voice)

2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Marion Ravenwood

Animal House: The Inside Story as Self

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self

2006

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self

2005

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel as Katherine Farewell

2004

When Will I Be Loved as Alexandra Barrie

Poster Boy as Eunice Kray

2003

Plain Dirty as Butcher Lee

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self

2002

World Traveler as Delores

2001

In the Bedroom as Marla Keyes

My Horrible Year! as Belinda Faulkner

2000

The Perfect Storm as Melissa Brown

The Basket as Bessie Emery

Wind River as Martha

1999

Falling Sky as Resse Nicholson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Varney

1998

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Katy

1997

'Til There Was You as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)

All the Winters that Have Been as Hannah Raven

1996

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story as Margaret

1994

The Road Home as Alison Matson

1993

The Sandlot as Mom

King of the Hill as Miss Mathey

Ghost in the Machine as Terry Munroe

Voyage as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell

Rapture as Georgianne Corcoran

1992

Malcolm X as Miss Dunne

The Turning as Glory Lawson

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1991

Sweet Talker as Julie Maguire

1990

Challenger as Christa McAuliffe

Secret Weapon as Ruth

Law & Order as Judith Sandler

1989

Animal Behavior as Alex Bristow

1988

Scrooged as Claire Phillips

Backfire as Mara McAndrew

1987

The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield

Terminus as Gus

1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jackie Foster

1984

Starman as Jenny Hayden

Until September as Mo Alexander

1982

Shoot the Moon as Sandy

Split Image as Rebecca / Amy

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark as Marion Ravenwood

Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark as Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as Self

East of Eden as Abra

1980

Cruising as Nancy Gates

A Small Circle of Friends as Jessica Bloom

1979

The Wanderers as Nina

Manhattan as Television Actor #2

Knots Landing as Annie Fairgate

1978

Animal House as Katy

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II as Elizabeth

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The Cutting Room Floor

Directing

2017

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as Director

Writing

2017

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as Screenplay