Karen Allen
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-10-05 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Acting

2024

A Stage of Twilight as Cora

2024

Unsinkable: Titanic Untold as Nancy Smith

2024

The Easy Kind as Kathy

2022

The Last Movie Stars as Frances Woodward (voice)

2022

The Last Movie Stars as Self / Frances Woodward

2021

Things Heard & Seen as Mare Laughton

2021

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

2020

50 States of Fright as Sheriff Stallings

2020

Josh Gates Tonight as Self

2019

Colewell as Nora

2017

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as director

2016

Bad Hurt as Elaine Kendall

2016

Year by the Sea as Joan

2011

White Irish Drinkers as Margaret

2011

November Christmas as Claire Sanford

2010

Blue Bloods as Betty Lowe

2009

A Dog Year as Paula (voice)

2005

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel as Katherine Farewell

2004

When Will I Be Loved as Alexandra Barrie

2004

Poster Boy as Eunice Kray

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

1997

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

1997

All the Winters that Have Been as Hannah Raven

1994

The Road Home as Alison Matson

1993

The Sandlot as Mom

1993

Ghost in the Machine as Terry Munroe

1993

King of the Hill as Miss Mathey

1993

Voyage as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell

1993

Rapture as Georgianne Corcoran

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Not available

1992

Malcolm X as Miss Dunne

1992

The Turning as Glory Lawson

1991

Sweet Talker as Julie Maguire

1990

Law & Order as Judith Sandler

1990

Challenger as Christa McAuliffe

1990

Secret Weapon as Ruth

1989

Animal Behavior as Alex Bristow

1988

Scrooged as Claire Phillips

1988

Backfire as Mara McAndrew

1987

Terminus as Gus

1987

The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield

1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jackie Foster

1984

Starman as Jenny Hayden

1984

Until September as Mo Alexander

1982

Split Image as Rebecca / Amy

1982

Shoot the Moon as Sandy

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark as Marion Ravenwood

1981

East of Eden as Abra

1981

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

1980

Cruising as Nancy Gates

1980

A Small Circle of Friends as Jessica Bloom

1979

Knots Landing as Annie Fairgate

1979

Manhattan as Television Actor #2

1979

The Wanderers as Nina

1978

Animal House as Katy

NaN

The Cutting Room Floor as Not available
Crew

2017

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. Screenplay