Highest Rated: 100% Colewell (2019)
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‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ at 40: Karen Allen on Having Snakes Dumped on Her and How Tom Selleck Almost Got Harrison Ford’s Role‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Turns 40: Karen Allen Revisits Her Iconic Character With New In-Depth Tales About Making the Classic Adventure FilmHarlow Collinge: Childminder Karen Foster jailed for 12 years and seven months for killing baby boy with 'forceful shaking'Karen Read on trial for death of boyfriend John O'Keefe as defense claims police cover upLowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Oct 5, 1951
Birthplace: Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Blessed with a husky voice, an earthy manner and a generous smile, Karen Allen was a popular actress in the late 1970s and early 1980s with roles in such blockbuster hits as "Animal House" (1978), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) and "Starman" (1984). Allen seemed to prefer stage acting to movie stardom, and after the birth of her son in 1990, stepped away from acting to concentrate on running her own yoga center and knitwear company, as well as teaching acting and directing at a college in Massachusetts. That all changed once buzz began surrounding a possible Indiana Jones film years after the final installment in 1989. Fans would not accept any other leading lady on the arm of the beloved archeologist than the one who had made the most impact from the jump. So in 2007, Allen announced that she would be reprising her role as the feisty Marion Ravenwood in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), the long-awaited third sequel to "Raiders."
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Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 73% | Unsinkable: Titanic Untold | Nancy Smith (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Stage of Twilight | Cora (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 38% | 23% | Mare Laughton (Character) | - | 2021 | |
| 100% | 51% | Colewell | Nora (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 48% | 81% | Year by the Sea | Joan (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. | Director | - | 2016 |
| 80% | 70% | Bad Hurt | Elaine Kendall (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | November Christmas | Claire Sanford (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 47% | 71% | White Irish Drinkers | Margaret Leary (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 77% | 53% | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Marion Ravenwood (Character) | $317.0M | 2008 |
| 32% | 32% | When Will I Be Loved | Alexandra Barrie (Character) | $159.4K | 2004 |
| 30% | 47% | Poster Boy | Eunice Kray (Character) | $61.4K | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Briar Patch | Butcher Lee (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | Katherine Farewell (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 34% | 36% | World Traveler | Delores (Character) | $98.0K | 2001 |
| 93% | 81% | In the Bedroom | Marla Keyes (Character) | $35.9M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | My Horrible Year! | Belinda Faulkner (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 46% | 63% | The Perfect Storm | Melissa Brown (Character) | $182.6M | 2000 |
| 44% | 23% | The Basket | Bessie Emery (Character) | $609.0K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Wind River | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Falling Sky | Resse Nicholson (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All the Winters That Have Been | Hannah Raven (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story | Margaret (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 91% | 83% | King of the Hill | Miss Mathey (Character) | $879.6K | 1993 |
| 10% | 23% | Ghost in the Machine | Terry Monroe (Character) | $4.6M | 1993 |
| 65% | 89% | The Sandlot | Mom (Character) | $31.7M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | Voyage | Catherine "Kit" Norvell (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Turning | Glory Lawson (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rapture | Georgianne Corcoran (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Talker | Julie Maguire (Character) | $364.3K | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Challenger | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Weapon | Ruth (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 14% | 40% | Animal Behavior | Alex Bristow (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 71% | 71% | Scrooged | Claire Phillips (Character) | $58.2M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Terminus | Gus (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 75% | 62% | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield (Character) | $332.9K | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Backfire | Mara McAndrew (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 0% | 70% | Until September | Mo Alexander (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 86% | 70% | Starman | Jenny Hayden (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Split Image | Rebecca/ | - | 1982 |
| 86% | 75% | Shoot the Moon | Sandy (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 93% | 96% | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Marion Ravenwood (Character) | $248.2M | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | A Small Circle of Friends | Jessica Bloom (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 51% | 49% | Cruising | Nancy Gates (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 94% | 92% | Manhattan | Television Actor No. 2 (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 89% | 87% | The Wanderers | Nina (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 91% | 89% | National Lampoon's Animal House | Katy (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 80% | The Last Movie Stars | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Josh Gates Tonight | Guest | 2020 |
| 86% | 50% | 50 States of Fright | Sheriff Stallings (Character) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Betty Lowe (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 78% | 81% | Paula Varney (Guest Star) | 2001 | |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 | |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Challenger | Christa McAuliffe (Character) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchco*ck Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East of Eden | Unknown (Character) | 1981 |
