Karen Summer

Karen Summer

Known for
Acting
Born
July 22, 1962
Died
December 18, 2023 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Karen Summer was born on July 22, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. An only child, Summer grew up in both Tarzana and Encino, California. Karen began her career in show business doing a lot of extra, photo double, and stand-in work for the mainstream movie industry; she worked as a stand-in and production assistant for the hit TV series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) for three years. After meeting noted adult industry casting director Jim South at an El Torito restaurant on Ventura Boulevard, Summer started out in the adult entertainment industry as a nude model and made her hardcore film debut at age twenty in 1982. Karen appeared in a slew of adult movies made throughout the 1980's for such top directors as Larry Revene, John Stagliano, Bruce Seven, Kirdy Stevens (Stevens was Summer's all-time favorite director), Svetlana Mischoff, and Jack Remy. After retiring from the adult film industry in the 1990's, Summer continued to work for a while as a feature dancer and burlesque performer before moving to Florida, getting married, and becoming a paralegal. In the wake of divorcing her husband in 2000, Karen went on to work in the health care field. Karen hosts her own show XXX Porn Star Radio as well as runs her own official interactive website. Summer was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, the XRCO Hall of Fame, and Legends of Erotica in 2015.

Known For

Filmography

2022
Mature Outlook poster

Mature Outlook

Movie

2022
Fetish & Fantasy MILFs poster

Fetish & Fantasy MILFs

Movie · as (archive footage)

2018
Granny Fucks Her Godson poster

Granny Fucks Her Godson

Movie

2018
Older And Bolder poster

Older And Bolder

Movie

2018
Sexy Grannies Getting After It poster

Sexy Grannies Getting After It

Movie

2016
Mommy & Me 12 poster

Mommy & Me 12

Movie

2015
Granny Fuckers poster

Granny Fuckers

Movie

2015
This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX poster

This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX

Movie · as Sophia

2015
Love, Sex & TV News poster

Love, Sex & TV News

Movie · as the madam

2014
Grateful Grannies poster

Grateful Grannies

Movie

2013
Cum Inside Erica Boyer poster

Cum Inside Erica Boyer

Movie · as (archive footage)

2013
Wet Science Triple Feature poster

Wet Science Triple Feature

Movie · as (archive footage)

2010
The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene poster

The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene

Movie · as (archive footage)

2007
Deep Inside Karen Summer poster

Deep Inside Karen Summer

Movie · as (archive footage)

2007
Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn poster

Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn

Movie · as (archive footage)

2005
Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection poster

Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection

Movie · as (archive footage)

1998
Loving Spoonfuls 2 poster

Loving Spoonfuls 2

Movie · as (archive footage)

1992
Splatterhouse 1

Splatterhouse 1

Movie

1991
Taboo IX poster

Taboo IX

Movie · as Naomi (archive footage) (uncredited)

1989
Felanalingus poster

Felanalingus

Movie

1989
Lost Angel poster

Lost Angel

Movie

1989
Limousine's Escort Girls

Limousine's Escort Girls

Movie

1989
Abracadabra poster

Abracadabra

Movie

1988
Flaming Tongues 3

Flaming Tongues 3

Movie · as (archive footage)

1988
Europe on Two Guys a Day

Europe on Two Guys a Day

Movie

1987
Bad Attitude poster

Bad Attitude

Movie · as Shirl

1987
Back To Back poster

Back To Back

Movie · as (archive footage)

1987
Deep Inside Rachel Ashley poster

Deep Inside Rachel Ashley

Movie

1987
I Love L.A. 1

I Love L.A. 1

Movie

1987
The Beat Goes On poster

The Beat Goes On

Movie

1987
Breastography poster

Breastography

Movie · as (archive footage)

1987
Dream Jeans poster

Dream Jeans

Movie

1987
Loving Spoonfuls poster

Loving Spoonfuls

Movie · as (archive footage)

1986
Midnight Zone poster

Midnight Zone

Movie

1986
Saturday Night Beaver poster

Saturday Night Beaver

Movie

1986
Sex Game poster

Sex Game

Movie · as (archive footage)

1986
Taboo V: The Secret poster

Taboo V: The Secret

Movie · as Naomi

1986
Amazing Sex Stories poster

Amazing Sex Stories

Movie · as Jane

1986
Wet Science poster

Wet Science

Movie

1986
Tounge Twisters poster

Tounge Twisters

Movie

1986
Bad Girls IV poster

Bad Girls IV

Movie

1986
Rockey X poster

Rockey X

Movie · as Doctor

1986
The Rocky Porno Video Show poster

The Rocky Porno Video Show

Movie · as Pandora

1986
In all the Right Places poster

In all the Right Places

Movie · as Fantasy Girl Two

1985
Confessions of a Candy Striper poster

Confessions of a Candy Striper

Movie · as Nurse

1985
Every Man's Fantasy poster

Every Man's Fantasy

Movie · as Woman on Boat / Marsha

1985
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation poster

Taboo IV: The Younger Generation

Movie · as Naomi

1985
Can't Get Enough poster

Can't Get Enough

Movie · as Nora Connors

1985
Educating Eva poster

Educating Eva

Movie · as Secretary

1985
The Animal in Me poster

The Animal in Me

Movie · as Pepper Halliday

1985
Little Muffy Johnson

Little Muffy Johnson

Movie · as Rhonda

1985
Tasty poster

Tasty

Movie · as Kathy

1985
Gang Bangs poster

Gang Bangs

Movie · as Brandy

1985
The Treasure Box poster

The Treasure Box

Movie

1985
Taste of Pink poster

Taste of Pink

Movie

1985
Tight Delight poster

Tight Delight

Movie

1985
Candy Stripers 2 poster

Candy Stripers 2

Movie · as Candy Striper Angie

1985
Phone Sex Fantasies poster

Phone Sex Fantasies

Movie

1985
Hot Blooded poster

Hot Blooded

Movie · as Amy

1985
Hot Wire poster

Hot Wire

Movie

1985
Hollywood Starlets poster

Hollywood Starlets

Movie

1985
Loose Ends poster

Loose Ends

Movie · as Mistress Ann

1985
Dance Fever poster

Dance Fever

Movie · as Hot Show Girl

1985
Shacking Up poster

Shacking Up

Movie · as Arden Hall

1985
Head Games poster

Head Games

Movie

1985
Naughty Angels poster

Naughty Angels

Movie · as Sarah

1985
Triplets poster

Triplets

Movie

1985
Raffles poster

Raffles

Movie · as Mrs. Simpson

1985
Sexual Odyssey poster

Sexual Odyssey

Movie · as Therapist #1 (as Karen Sommars)

1985
Sounds of Sex poster

Sounds of Sex

Movie · as Lisa

1985
Perfection poster

Perfection

Movie · as Marcy

1985
Lust in America poster

Lust in America

Movie · as Judy

1985
Looking for Love poster

Looking for Love

Movie · as Carol

1985
Naughty Nanette poster

Naughty Nanette

Movie

1985
Anal Annie and the Willing Husbands poster

Anal Annie and the Willing Husbands

Movie

1985
Anal Annie Just Can't Say No poster

Anal Annie Just Can't Say No

Movie

1985
Dames poster

Dames

Movie

1985
The Sperminator poster

The Sperminator

Movie · as Rosalind Wolf

1985
Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy poster

Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy

Movie · as Karen Summer

1985
Texas Taboo poster

Texas Taboo

Movie

1984
Head Waitress poster

Head Waitress

Movie

1984
Sizzling Summer poster

Sizzling Summer

Movie · as Self

1984
Babylon Nights poster

Babylon Nights

Movie · as Glenda / Lenore

1984
Confessions of Candy poster

Confessions of Candy

Movie · as Candy

1984
Daddy Doesn't Know

Daddy Doesn't Know

Movie · as Helen Osborne

1984
Sexbusters poster

Sexbusters

Movie · as Lola

1984
Oriental Lesbian Fantasies

Oriental Lesbian Fantasies

Movie · as Pregnant Woman in Waiting Room/Adult Film Actress/Boutique Customer

1984
Inside China Lee poster

Inside China Lee

Movie · as Self

1984
Hustler 17 poster

Hustler 17

Movie · as Shirley

1984
Our Major Is Sex poster

Our Major Is Sex

Movie

1984
Daisy Chain poster

Daisy Chain

Movie · as Sara Jane

1984
Hot Flashes poster

Hot Flashes

Movie · as Josephine Juicyfruit

1984
Educating Nina poster

Educating Nina

Movie · as Girl in Bed / Girl in Locker Room

1984
Young Nurses in Love poster

Young Nurses in Love

Movie · as Glenda / Lenore

1984
Tomboy poster

Tomboy

Movie · as Girl 2

1984
One Night at a Time poster

One Night at a Time

Movie · as Amy

1984
Hot Spa poster

Hot Spa

Movie

1984
Little Often Annie poster

Little Often Annie

Movie · as Aunt Em

1984
The Loves of Lolita poster

The Loves of Lolita

Movie · as Sissy

1984
Mouthful of Love poster

Mouthful of Love

Movie

1984
The Woman Who Loved Men poster

The Woman Who Loved Men

Movie

1984
I Never Say No! poster

I Never Say No!

Movie · as Delena

1984
Bare Elegance poster

Bare Elegance

Movie · as Girl in Black

1984
Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey poster

Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey

Movie

1984
Casino of Lust poster

Casino of Lust

Movie

1984
Before She Says 'I Do' poster

Before She Says 'I Do'

Movie · as Eve

1984
Cupid's Arrow poster

Cupid's Arrow

Movie · as Ginger

1984
X-Factor poster

X-Factor

Movie · as 2nd Nurse

1984
Centerfold Celebrities 4

Centerfold Celebrities 4

Movie

1983
All American Girls 2: In Heat poster

All American Girls 2: In Heat

Movie · as Chrissy

1983
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie · as April Marshall

1983
Backstage Pass poster

Backstage Pass

Movie

1983
The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm poster

The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm

Movie · as Michelle Lee

1983
Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five poster

Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five

Movie · as Veronica Vane

1983
Intimate Realities poster

Intimate Realities

Movie

1983
Shades of Ecstasy poster

Shades of Ecstasy

Movie · as Lisa

1982
Centerfold Celebrities

Centerfold Celebrities

Movie