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Karen Allen

Karen Allen

Actor · Born October 5, 1951 · Carrollton, Illinois, USA

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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).

Acted in 64

2010s

  1. 2019

    Colewell

    Nora

  2. 2016

    Year by the Sea

    Joan

  3. 2011
  4. 2010

    November Christmas

    Claire Sanford

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008
  3. 2005

    Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

    Katherine Farewell

  4. 2004

    When Will I Be Loved

    Alexandra Barrie

  5. Poster Boy

    Eunice Kray

  6. 2003

    Plain Dirty

    Butcher Lee

  7. 2002

    World Traveler

    Delores

  8. 2001
  9. My Horrible Year!

    Belinda Faulkner

  10. 2000
  11. Wind River

    Martha

1990s

  1. 1999

    Falling Sky

    Resse Nicholson

  2. 1997
  3. 'Til There Was You

    Betty Dawkan

  4. 1996

    Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

    Margaret

  5. 1993
  6. King of the Hill

    Miss Mathey

  7. Rapture

    Georgianne Corcoran

  8. 1992
  9. Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

    (voice)

  10. Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    (voice)

  11. The Turning

    Glory Lawson

  12. 1991
  13. 1990
  14. Secret Weapon

    Ruth

  15. Challenger

    Christa McAuliffe

1980s

  1. 1989

    Animal Behavior

    Alex Bristow

  2. 1988
  3. Backfire

    Mara McAndrew

  4. 1987
  5. 1985
  6. 1984
  7. Until September

    Mo Alexander

  8. 1982
  9. Shoot the Moon

    Sandy

  10. 1981
  11. East of Eden

    Abra · 3 episodes

  12. 1980

    A Small Circle of Friends

    Jessica Bloom

Directed 1

2010s

  1. 2017

    A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

    Director

Wrote 1

2010s

  1. 2017

    A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

    Screenplay

Appearances14

2020s

  1. 2024

    The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones

    Self

  2. 2023
  3. 2022
  4. 2021

    Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

    Self - Actress (archive footage)

  5. 2020

    Josh Gates Tonight

    Self · 1 episode

2000s

  1. 2008

    Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend

    Self

  2. Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

    Self

  3. Animal House: The Inside Story

    Self

  4. 2007
  5. 2003

    Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

    self

1990s

  1. 1998

    The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

    Self - Katy

1980s

  1. 1981

    The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

    Self

  2. Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 1980