Karen Allen
Birthdate
October 5, 1951 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
October 5, 1951 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
Karen Allen's LGBTQ+ Titles
Cruising
Nancy Gates
Poster Boy
Eunice Kray
Acting (79)
2024
Unsinkable: Titanic Untold as Nancy Smith
2024
A Stage of Twilight as Cora
2024
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones as Self
2023
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
2023
Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs as Marion (voice)
2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Marion
2022
The Last Movie Stars as Frances Woodward (voice) (1 episode)
2022
The Last Movie Stars as Self (1 episode)
2022
The Last Movie Stars as Self / Frances Woodward (1 episode)
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Things Heard & Seen as Mare Laughton
2020
50 States of Fright as Sheriff Stallings (3 episodes)
2020
Josh Gates Tonight as Self (1 episode)
2019
Colewell as Nora
2017
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as director
2016
Year by the Sea as Joan
2016
Bad Hurt as Elaine Kendall
2011
November Christmas as Claire Sanford
2011
White Irish Drinkers as Margaret
2010
Blue Bloods as Betty Lowe (1 episode)
2009
A Dog Year as Paula (voice)
2008
Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Marion Ravenwood
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Herself (1 episode)
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Herself
2005
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel as Katherine Farewell
2004
When Will I Be Loved as Alexandra Barrie
2004
Poster Boy as Eunice Kray
2003
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Katy Schoenstein
2003
Plain Dirty as Butcher Lee
2002
World Traveler as Delores
2001
In the Bedroom as Marla Keyes
2001
My Horrible Year! as Belinda Faulkner
2000
The Perfect Storm as Melissa Brown
2000
Wind River as Martha
2000
The Basket as Bessie Emery
1999
Falling Sky as Resse Nicholson
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Varney (1 episode)
1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Katy
1997
All the Winters that Have Been as Hannah Raven
1997
Til There Was You as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story as Margaret
1994
The Road Home as Alison Matson (6 episodes)
1993
Ghost in the Machine as Terry Munroe
1993
King of the Hill as Miss Mathey
1993
Voyage as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
1993
The Sandlot as Mom
1993
Rapture as Georgianne Corcoran
1992
Malcolm X as Miss Dunne
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes)
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)
1992
The Turning as Glory Lawson
1991
Sweet Talker as Julie Maguire
1990
Law & Order as Judith Sandler (1 episode)
1990
Secret Weapon as Ruth
1990
Challenger as Christa McAuliffe
1989
Animal Behavior as Alex Bristow
1989
Animal Behaviour as Alex Bristow
1988
Scrooged as Claire Phillips
1988
Backfire as Mara McAndrew
1987
The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield
1987
Terminus as Gus
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jackie Foster (1 episode)
1984
Starman as Jenny Hayden
1984
Until September as Mo Alexander
1982
Split Image as Rebecca / Amy
1982
Shoot the Moon as Sandy
1981
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as Self
1981
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark as Self (archive footage)
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark as Marion Ravenwood
1981
East of Eden as Abra (3 episodes)
1980
A Small Circle of Friends as Jessica Bloom
1980
Cruising as Nancy Gates
1979
Knots Landing (1 episode)
1979
The Wanderers as Nina
1979
Manhattan as Television Actor #2
1978
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II as Elizabeth
1978
Animal House as Katy
Directing (1)
2017
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
• Director
Writing (1)
2017
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
• Screenplay