Karen Allen Biography

Birthday: 1951-10-05
Place of Birth: Carrollton, Illinois USA
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Wiki Biography: Born in rural southern Illinois, Karen spent her first 10 years traveling around the country with her mother, her FBI agent father, and two sisters. At 17, after graduating from high school, Karen moved to New York to study art and design. She later attended the University of Maryland and spent time traveling through South and Central America. In 1974 Karen joined a theatre group and 3 years later moved back to New York and studied with the Lee Strasberg Institute. In 1978, she made her major film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Hollywood took notice. Her next big break came in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) where she created the role of "Marion Ravenwood". Karen also debuted on Broadway in 1982 in "Monday After the Miracle, The". After a few small films, including the underrated Until September (1984), directed by Richard Marquand, and other stage appearances, she made the successful science fiction movie Starman (1984). After that her movie career waned as she preferred to work on the stage. She married Kale Browne in 1988 and had Nicholas, her first child in 1990. Since the birth of Nicholas, Karen has done smaller film roles and TV movies to concentrate on raising Nicholas.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Starman | Jenny Hayden | 1984 | Adventure |
This World | Paula | 2004 | Documentary |
Exposed | Eunice Kray | 2006 | |
Scrooged | Claire Phillips | 2010 | |
Perfect Storms | Melissa Brown | 2013 | History |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Animal House | Katy | 1978 | Comedy, Romance |
The Wanderers | 1979 | Drama, Action | |
Cruising | 1980 | Reality Tv, 0, 0, Game Show | |
A Small Circle of Friends | 1980 | Drama | |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Marion Ravenwood | 1981 | Action, Adventure |
Starman | Jenny Hayden | 1984 | Biography, Sport, 0, 0 |
Until September | 1984 | Drama, Romance | |
Terminus | Gus | 1987 | |
The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | 1988 | Drama |
Backfire | Mara McAndrew | 1988 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
Scrooged | Claire Phillips | 1988 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
Animal Behavior | Alex Bristow | 1989 | Comedy, Romance |
Challenger | Christa McAuliffe | 1990 | 0 |
Sweet Talker | Julie Maguire | 1991 | Comedy |
The Sandlot | 1993 | Comedy, Drama, Family | |
King of the Hill | Miss Mathey | 1993 | Drama, History |
Ghost in the Machine | 1993 | Horror, Sci Fi, Thriller | |
Falling Sky | Reese Nicholson | 1998 | |
The Basket | Bessie Emery | 2000 | Drama |
The Perfect Storm | Melissa Brown | 2000 | Action, Adventure, Drama |
In the Bedroom | Marla Keyes | 2001 | Game Show, 0 |
Wind River | Martha | 2001 | Drama |
World Traveler | Delores | 2002 | Drama |
Briar Patch | 2003 | ||
Poster Boy | Eunice Kray | 2004 | |
3:52 | Woman #1 | 2005 | Drama |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Marion Ravenwood | 2008 | Action, Adventure |
A Dog Year | 2009 | 0 | |
John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge | Herself | 2010 | Biography |
The Turning | Glory Lawson | 2013 | |
Bad Hurt | Elaine Kendall | 2015 | Drama |
Year by the Sea | Joan | 2016 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |