Karen Allen
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Oct 5, 1951 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
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
| 2026 | Other Mommy | |
| 2024 | UnsinkableNancy Smith | |
| 2024 | A Stage of TwilightCora | |
| 2024 | The Unofficial Science of Indiana JonesSelf | |
| 2024 | The Easy KindKathy | |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyMarion | |
| 2023 | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordSelf | |
| 2022 | The Last Movie StarsSelf | |
| 2022 | The Last Movie StarsSelf / Frances Woodward | |
| 2022 | The Last Movie StarsFrances Woodward (voice) | |
| 2022 | Going HomeBonnie | |
| 2021 | Things Heard & SeenMare Laughton | |
| 2021 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden AgeSelf - Actress (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | 50 States of FrightSheriff Stallings | |
| 2020 | Josh Gates TonightSelf | |
| 2019 | ColewellNora | |
| 2017 | A Tree a Rock a Clouddirector | |
| 2016 | Bad HurtElaine Kendall | |
| 2016 | Year by the SeaJoan | |
| 2011 | November ChristmasClaire Sanford | |
| 2011 | White Irish DrinkersMargaret | |
| 2010 | Blue BloodsBetty Lowe | |
| 2009 | A Dog YearPaula (voice) | |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMarion Ravenwood | |
| 2008 | Animal House: The Inside StorySelf | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelf | |
| 2005 | Shaka Zulu: The CitadelKatherine Farewell | |
| 2004 | When Will I Be LovedAlexandra Barrie | |
| 2004 | Poster BoyEunice Kray | |
| 2003 | Plain DirtyButcher Lee | |
| 2003 | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogyself | |
| 2003 | Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateKaty Schoenstein | |
| 2002 | World TravelerDelores | |
| 2001 | In the BedroomMarla Keyes | |
| 2001 | My Horrible Year!Belinda Faulkner | |
| 2000 | The Perfect StormMelissa Brown | |
| 2000 | The BasketBessie Emery | |
| 2000 | Wind RiverMartha | |
| 1999 | Falling SkyResse Nicholson | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPaula Varney | |
| 1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Katy | |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was YouBetty Dawkan | |
| 1997 | All the Winters that Have BeenHannah Raven | |
| 1996 | Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison StoryMargaret | |
| 1994 | The Road HomeAlison Matson | |
| 1993 | The SandlotMom | |
| 1993 | King of the HillMiss Mathey | |
| 1993 | Ghost in the MachineTerry Munroe | |
| 1993 | VoyageCatherine 'Kit' Norvell | |
| 1993 | RaptureGeorgianne Corcoran | |
| 1992 | Malcolm XMiss Dunne | |
| 1992 | The TurningGlory Lawson | |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice) | |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice) | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1991 | Sweet TalkerJulie Maguire | |
| 1990 | ChallengerChrista McAuliffe | |
| 1990 | Secret WeaponRuth | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderJudith Sandler | |
| 1989 | Animal BehaviorAlex Bristow | |
| 1988 | ScroogedClaire Phillips | |
| 1988 | BackfireMara McAndrew | |
| 1987 | The Glass MenagerieLaura Wingfield | |
| 1987 | TerminusGus | |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsJackie Foster | |
| 1984 | StarmanJenny Hayden | |
| 1984 | Until SeptemberMo Alexander | |
| 1982 | Shoot the MoonSandy | |
| 1982 | Split ImageRebecca / Amy | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost ArkMarion Ravenwood | |
| 1981 | Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost ArkSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1981 | The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'Self | |
| 1981 | East of EdenAbra | |
| 1981 | East of EdenAbra | |
| 1980 | CruisingNancy Gates | |
| 1980 | A Small Circle of FriendsJessica Bloom | |
| 1980 | FridaysSelf | |
| 1979 | The WanderersNina | |
| 1979 | ManhattanTelevision Actor #2 | |
| 1979 | Knots LandingAnnie Fairgate | |
| 1978 | Animal HouseKaty | |
| 1978 | Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part IIElizabeth | |
| - | The Cutting Room Floor |
| 2017 | A Tree a Rock a CloudDirector |
| 2017 | A Tree a Rock a CloudScreenplay |