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Karen Allen
Acting · Born 1951-10-05 · 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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Paula Varney
Law & Order
Judith Sandler
Blue Bloods
Betty Lowe
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Knots Landing
Annie Fairgate
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Jackie Foster
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Marion
Filmography
- 2026Other Mommy
- 2024The Easy KindKathy
- 2024UnsinkableNancy Smith
- 2024A Stage of TwilightCora
- 2024The Unofficial Science of Indiana JonesSelf
- 2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordSelf
- 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyMarion
- 2022The Last Movie StarsFrances Woodward (voice)
- 2022Going HomeBonnie
- 2021Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden AgeSelf - Actress (archive footage)
- 2021Things Heard & SeenMare Laughton
- 202050 States of FrightSheriff Stallings
- 2020Josh Gates TonightSelf
- 2019ColewellNora
- 2017A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.director
- 2016Year by the SeaJoan
- 2016Bad HurtElaine Kendall
- 2011November ChristmasClaire Sanford
- 2011White Irish DrinkersMargaret
- 2010Blue BloodsBetty Lowe
- 2009A Dog YearPaula (voice)
- 2008Animal House: The Inside StorySelf
- 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMarion Ravenwood
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelf
- 2005Shaka Zulu: The CitadelKatherine Farewell
- 2004When Will I Be LovedAlexandra Barrie
- 2004Poster BoyEunice Kray
- 2003Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogyself
- 2003Plain DirtyButcher Lee
- 2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateKaty Schoenstein
- 2002World TravelerDelores
- 2001In the BedroomMarla Keyes
- 2001My Horrible Year!Belinda Faulkner
- 2000The Perfect StormMelissa Brown
- 2000Wind RiverMartha
- 2000The BasketBessie Emery
- 1999Falling SkyResse Nicholson
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPaula Varney
- 1998The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Katy
- 1997All the Winters that Have BeenHannah Raven
- 1997'Til There Was YouBetty Dawkan
- 1996Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison StoryMargaret
- 1994The Road HomeAlison Matson
- 1993Ghost in the MachineTerry Munroe
- 1993King of the HillMiss Mathey
- 1993VoyageCatherine 'Kit' Norvell
- 1993The SandlotMom
- 1993RaptureGeorgianne Corcoran
- 1992Malcolm XMiss Dunne
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)
- 1992The TurningGlory Lawson
- 1991Sweet TalkerJulie Maguire
- 1990Law & OrderJudith Sandler
- 1990Secret WeaponRuth
- 1990ChallengerChrista McAuliffe
- 1989Animal BehaviorAlex Bristow
- 1988ScroogedClaire Phillips
- 1988BackfireMara McAndrew
- 1987The Glass MenagerieLaura Wingfield
- 1987TerminusGus
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsJackie Foster
- 1984StarmanJenny Hayden
- 1984Until SeptemberMo Alexander
- 1982Split ImageRebecca / Amy
- 1982Shoot the MoonSandy
- 1981The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'Self
- 1981Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost ArkSelf (archive footage)
- 1981Raiders of the Lost ArkMarion Ravenwood
- 1981East of EdenAbra
- 1980FridaysSelf
- 1980A Small Circle of FriendsJessica Bloom
- 1980CruisingNancy Gates
- 1979Knots LandingAnnie Fairgate
- 1979The WanderersNina
- 1979ManhattanTelevision Actor #2
- 1978Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part IIElizabeth
- 1978Animal HouseKaty
- —The Cutting Room Floor
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