Karen Allen
American actress (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951)[1] is an American film and stage actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film Animal House (1978), which was soon followed by a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Manhattan (1979) and a co-lead role in Philip Kaufman's coming-of-age film The Wanderers (1979), before co-starring opposite Al Pacino in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980).
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Born | Karen Jane Allen (1951-10-05) October 5, 1951 (age 72) Carrollton, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | Fashion Institute of Technology George Washington University Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1974–present |
Known for | Role of Marion Ravenwood in the Indiana Jones movies Raiders of the Lost Ark Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dial of Destiny |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Website | karenallen-actor-director |
Her critical and commercial breakthrough came when she portrayed Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She later co-starred in Shoot the Moon (1982), Starman (1984), for which she was again nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, and Scrooged (1988). She has also received recognition for her work in The Glass Menagerie (1987), Year by the Sea (2016), and Colewell (2019). She reprised her role as Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).