Karen Allen
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).
Born: October 5, 1951
Place of Birth: Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Known For
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
Set at a roadside café in the early morning in the Spring of 1947, a young boy and an older man meet by chance. The man relates a luminous tale of personal heartbreak and loss, and of his hard won understanding of the nature of love
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg tell the struggles and the passion for making the Indiana Jones Trilogy.
Year by the Sea
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as producer, the latter as director. The story of how the charismatic archaeologist Indiana Jones was born and how his first adventure, released in 1981, triumphed at box offices around the world.
Josh Gates Tonight
Unable to travel due to the global pandemic, Josh Gates stays at home and interviews guests pertinent to the topic of the evening.
Blue Bloods
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Manhattan
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
An in-depth look at an incredible moment in film history when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas assembled an amazing creative team to collaborate on another cinematic benchmark featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with Spielberg, Lucas, Harrison Ford, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, James Mangold, and many others as well.
Filmography
as Kathy
as Nancy Smith
as Cora
as Self
as Self / Frances Woodward
as Frances Woodward (voice)
as Bonnie
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
as Mare Laughton
as Sheriff Stallings
as Self
as Nora
as director
as Joan
as Elaine Kendall
as Claire Sanford
as Margaret
as Betty Lowe
as Paula (voice)
as Marion Ravenwood
as Self
as Katherine Farewell
as Alexandra Barrie
as Eunice Kray
as Butcher Lee
as Delores
as Marla Keyes
as Belinda Faulkner
as Melissa Brown
as Martha
as Bessie Emery
as Resse Nicholson
as Paula Varney
as Self - Katy
as Hannah Raven
as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
as Margaret
as Terry Munroe
as Miss Mathey
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
as Mom
as Georgianne Corcoran
as Miss Dunne
as (voice)
as (voice)
as Glory Lawson
as Julie Maguire
as Judith Sandler
as Ruth
as Christa McAuliffe
as Alex Bristow
as Claire Phillips
as Mara McAndrew
as Laura Wingfield
as Gus
as Jackie Foster
as Jenny Hayden
as Mo Alexander
as Rebecca / Amy
as Sandy
as Marion Ravenwood
as Abra
as Abra
as Self
as Jessica Bloom
as Nancy Gates
as Annie Fairgate
as Nina
as Television Actor #2
as Elizabeth
as Katy