Karen Allen

Karen Allen

Known for
Acting
Born
October 5, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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The Cutting Room Floor

The Cutting Room Floor

Movie

2026
Other Mommy poster

Other Mommy

Movie · as Ruth Martin

2024
Unsinkable poster

Unsinkable

Movie · as Nancy Smith

2024
A Stage of Twilight poster

A Stage of Twilight

Movie · as Cora

2024
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones poster

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones

Movie · as Self

2024
The Easy Kind poster

The Easy Kind

Movie · as Kathy

2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny poster

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Movie · as Marion

2023
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford poster

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

Movie · as Self

2022
The Last Movie Stars poster

The Last Movie Stars

TV · as Self, Self / Frances Woodward, Frances Woodward (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Going Home poster

Going Home

TV · as Bonnie · 1 ep

2021
Things Heard & Seen poster

Things Heard & Seen

Movie · as Mare Laughton

2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age poster

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2020
50 States of Fright poster

50 States of Fright

TV · as Sheriff Stallings · 3 eps

2020
Josh Gates Tonight poster

Josh Gates Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Colewell poster

Colewell

Movie · as Nora

2016
Bad Hurt poster

Bad Hurt

Movie · as Elaine Kendall

2016
Year by the Sea poster

Year by the Sea

Movie · as Joan

2011
White Irish Drinkers poster

White Irish Drinkers

Movie · as Margaret

2010
November Christmas poster

November Christmas

Movie · as Claire Sanford

2010
Blue Bloods poster

Blue Bloods

TV · as Betty Lowe · 1 ep

2009
A Dog Year poster

A Dog Year

Movie · as Paula (voice)

2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Movie · as Marion Ravenwood

2008
Animal House: The Inside Story poster

Animal House: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2008
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend poster

Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend

Movie · as Self

2008
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' poster

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

Movie · as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Movie · as Self

2005
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel poster

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

Movie · as Katherine Farewell

2004
When Will I Be Loved poster

When Will I Be Loved

Movie · as Alexandra Barrie

2004
Poster Boy poster

Poster Boy

Movie · as Eunice Kray

2003
Plain Dirty poster

Plain Dirty

Movie · as Butcher Lee

2003
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy poster

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

Movie · as self

2003
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

Movie · as Katy Schoenstein

2002
World Traveler poster

World Traveler

Movie · as Delores

2001
In the Bedroom poster

In the Bedroom

Movie · as Marla Keyes

2001
My Horrible Year! poster

My Horrible Year!

Movie · as Belinda Faulkner

2000
The Perfect Storm poster

The Perfect Storm

Movie · as Melissa Brown

2000
The Basket poster

The Basket

Movie · as Bessie Emery

2000
Wind River poster

Wind River

Movie · as Martha

1999
Falling Sky poster

Falling Sky

Movie · as Resse Nicholson

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Paula Varney · 1 ep

1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion poster

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

Movie · as Self - Katy

1997
'Til There Was You poster

'Til There Was You

Movie · as Betty Dawkan

1997
All the Winters that Have Been poster

All the Winters that Have Been

Movie · as Hannah Raven

1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story poster

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Movie · as Margaret

1994
The Road Home

The Road Home

TV · as Alison Matson · 6 eps

1993
The Sandlot poster

The Sandlot

Movie · as Mom

1993
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

Movie · as Miss Mathey

1993
Ghost in the Machine poster

Ghost in the Machine

Movie · as Terry Munroe

1993
Voyage poster

Voyage

Movie · as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell

1993
Rapture poster

Rapture

Movie · as Georgianne Corcoran

1992
Malcolm X poster

Malcolm X

Movie · as Miss Dunne

1992
The Turning poster

The Turning

Movie · as Glory Lawson

1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems poster

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

Movie · as (voice)

1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes poster

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

Movie · as (voice)

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 2 eps

1991
Sweet Talker poster

Sweet Talker

Movie · as Julie Maguire

1990
Challenger poster

Challenger

Movie · as Christa McAuliffe

1990
Secret Weapon poster

Secret Weapon

Movie · as Ruth

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Judith Sandler · 1 ep

1989
Animal Behavior poster

Animal Behavior

Movie · as Alex Bristow

1988
Scrooged poster

Scrooged

Movie · as Claire Phillips

1988
Backfire poster

Backfire

Movie · as Mara McAndrew

1987
The Glass Menagerie poster

The Glass Menagerie

Movie · as Laura Wingfield

1987
Terminus poster

Terminus

Movie · as Gus

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Jackie Foster · 1 ep

1984
Starman poster

Starman

Movie · as Jenny Hayden

1984
Until September poster

Until September

Movie · as Mo Alexander

1982
Split Image poster

Split Image

Movie · as Rebecca / Amy

1982
Shoot the Moon poster

Shoot the Moon

Movie · as Sandy

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark poster

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Movie · as Marion Ravenwood

1981
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' poster

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

Movie · as Self

1981
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark poster

Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1981
East of Eden poster

East of Eden

TV · as Abra · 3 eps

1980
Cruising poster

Cruising

Movie · as Nancy Gates

1980
A Small Circle of Friends poster

A Small Circle of Friends

Movie · as Jessica Bloom

1980
Fridays poster

Fridays

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
The Wanderers poster

The Wanderers

Movie · as Nina

1979
Manhattan poster

Manhattan

Movie · as Television Actor #2

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Annie Fairgate · 1 ep

1978
Animal House poster

Animal House

Movie · as Katy

1978
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II poster

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

Movie · as Elizabeth