Karen Allen
Born: 1951-10-05 in Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
2024
- The Easy Kind as Kathy
- The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones as Self
- A Stage of Twilight as Cora
- Unsinkable as Nancy Smith
2023
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Marion
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
- Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs as Marion (voice)
2022
- The Last Movie Stars as Self
- Going Home as Bonnie
2021
- Things Heard & Seen as Mare Laughton
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2020
- 50 States of Fright as Sheriff Stallings
- Josh Gates Tonight as Self
2019
- Colewell as Nora
2017
- A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. as director
2016
- Bad Hurt as Elaine Kendall
- Year by the Sea as Joan
2011
- November Christmas as Claire Sanford
- White Irish Drinkers as Margaret
2010
- Blue Bloods as Betty Lowe
2009
- A Dog Year as Paula (voice)
2008
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Marion Ravenwood
- Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
2005
- Shaka Zulu: The Citadel as Katherine Farewell
2004
- Poster Boy as Eunice Kray
- When Will I Be Loved as Alexandra Barrie
2003
- Plain Dirty as Butcher Lee
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Katy Schoenstein
2002
- World Traveler as Delores
2001
- In the Bedroom as Marla Keyes
- My Horrible Year! as Belinda Faulkner
2000
- The Perfect Storm as Melissa Brown
- Wind River as Martha
- The Basket as Bessie Emery
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Varney
- Falling Sky as Resse Nicholson
1998
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Katy
1997
- All the Winters that Have Been as Hannah Raven
- 'Til There Was You as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
1996
- Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story as Margaret
1994
- The Road Home as Alison Matson
1993
- The Sandlot as Mom
- Voyage as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
- King of the Hill as Miss Mathey
- Ghost in the Machine as Terry Munroe
- Rapture as Georgianne Corcoran
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Malcolm X as Miss Dunne
- The Turning as Glory Lawson
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)
1991
- Sweet Talker as Julie Maguire
1990
- Law & Order as Judith Sandler
- Challenger as Christa McAuliffe
- Secret Weapon as Ruth
1989
- Animal Behavior as Alex Bristow
1987
- Terminus as Gus
- The Glass Menagerie as Laura Wingfield
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jackie Foster
1984
- Starman as Jenny Hayden
- Until September as Mo Alexander
1982
- Split Image as Rebecca / Amy
- Shoot the Moon as Sandy
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark as Marion Ravenwood
- The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as Self
- East of Eden as Abra
- Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark as Self (archive footage)
- East of Eden as Abra
1980
- Fridays as Self
- Cruising as Nancy Gates
- A Small Circle of Friends as Jessica Bloom
1979
- Knots Landing as Annie Fairgate
- The Wanderers as Nina
- Manhattan as Television Actor #2
1978
- Animal House as Katy
- Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II as Elizabeth