- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1951
- Place of Birth
- Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Karen Allen
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).
Filmography
movieOther Mommy
2026
movieThe Easy Kind
2024 · Kathy
movieUnsinkable
2024 · Nancy Smith
movieA Stage of Twilight
2024 · Cora
movieThe Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
2024 · Self
movieTimeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023 · Self
movieIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · Marion
tvThe Last Movie Stars
2022 · Frances Woodward (voice), Self, Self / Frances Woodward
tvGoing Home
2022 · Bonnie
movieIndiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
movieThings Heard & Seen
2021 · Mare Laughton
tv50 States of Fright
2020 · Sheriff Stallings
tvJosh Gates Tonight
2020 · Self
movieColewell
2019 · Nora
movieA Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
2017 · director, Director, Screenplay
movieYear by the Sea
2016 · Joan
movieBad Hurt
2016 · Elaine Kendall
movieNovember Christmas
2011 · Claire Sanford
movieWhite Irish Drinkers
2011 · Margaret
tvBlue Bloods
2010 · Betty Lowe
movieA Dog Year
2009 · Paula (voice)
movieAnimal House: The Inside Story
2008 · Self
movieIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 · Marion Ravenwood
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006 · Self
movieShaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005 · Katherine Farewell
movieWhen Will I Be Loved
2004 · Alexandra Barrie
moviePoster Boy
2004 · Eunice Kray
movieIndiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003 · self
moviePlain Dirty
2003 · Butcher Lee
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003 · Katy Schoenstein
movieWorld Traveler
2002 · Delores
movieIn the Bedroom
2001 · Marla Keyes
movieMy Horrible Year!
2001 · Belinda Faulkner
movieThe Perfect Storm
2000 · Melissa Brown
movieWind River
2000 · Martha
movieThe Basket
2000 · Bessie Emery
movieFalling Sky
1999 · Resse Nicholson
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Paula Varney
movieThe Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998 · Self - Katy
movieAll the Winters that Have Been
1997 · Hannah Raven
movie'Til There Was You
1997 · Betty Dawkan
movieHostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996 · Margaret
The Road Home
1994 · Alison Matson
movieGhost in the Machine
1993 · Terry Munroe
movieKing of the Hill
1993 · Miss Mathey
movieVoyage
1993 · Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
movieThe Sandlot
1993 · Mom
movieRapture
1993 · Georgianne Corcoran
movieMalcolm X
1992 · Miss Dunne
movieNonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992 · (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
movieNonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992 · (voice)
movieThe Turning
1992 · Glory Lawson
movieSweet Talker
1991 · Julie Maguire
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Judith Sandler
movieSecret Weapon
1990 · Ruth
movieChallenger
1990 · Christa McAuliffe
movieAnimal Behavior
1989 · Alex Bristow
movieScrooged
1988 · Claire Phillips
movieBackfire
1988 · Mara McAndrew
movieThe Glass Menagerie
1987 · Laura Wingfield
movieTerminus
1987 · Gus
tvThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Jackie Foster
movieStarman
1984 · Jenny Hayden
movieUntil September
1984 · Mo Alexander
movieSplit Image
1982 · Rebecca / Amy
movieShoot the Moon
1982 · Sandy
movieThe Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981 · Self
movieGreat Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Self (archive footage)
movieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Marion Ravenwood
tvEast of Eden
1981 · Abra
tvFridays
1980 · Self
movieA Small Circle of Friends
1980 · Jessica Bloom
movieCruising
1980 · Nancy Gates
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Annie Fairgate
movieThe Wanderers
1979 · Nina
movieManhattan
1979 · Television Actor #2
movieLovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978 · Elizabeth
movieAnimal House
1978 · Katy
The Cutting Room Floor
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