Karen Summer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1962-07-22
Day of Death
2023-12-18 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Karen Summer
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
Acting
(2022)
(2022)
Fetish Fantasy MILFs
as (archive footage)
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX
as Sophia
(2015)
Love, Sex & TV News
as the madam
(2014)
(2013)
Cum Inside Erica Boyer
as (archive footage)
(2013)
Wet Science Triple Feature
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Honey Wilder Triple Feature 6
as (archive footage)
(2010)
The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene
as (archive footage)
(2007)
Deep Inside Karen Summer
as (archive footage)
(2007)
Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn
as (archive footage)
(2005)
Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection
as (archive footage)
(1991)
Taboo IX
as Naomi (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
Flaming Tongues 3
as (archive footage)
(1988)
(1987)
Bad Attitude
as Shirl
(1987)
Back To Back
as (archive footage)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
Breastography
as (archive footage)
(1987)
(1987)
Loving Spoonfuls
as (archive footage)
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
Sex Game
as (archive footage)
(1986)
Taboo V: The Secret
as Naomi
(1986)
Amazing Sex Stories
as Jane
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
Rockey X
as Doctor
(1986)
The Rocky Porno Video Show
as Pandora
(1986)
In all the Right Places
as Fantasy Girl Two
(1985)
Tasty
as Kathy
(1985)
Every Man's Fantasy
as Woman on Boat / Marsha
(1985)
Confessions of a Candy Striper
as Nurse
(1985)
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation
as Naomi
(1985)
Can't Get Enough
as Nora Connors
(1985)
Educating Eva
as Secretary
(1985)
The Animal in Me
as Pepper Halliday
(1985)
Little Muffy Johnson
as Rhonda
(1985)
Gang Bangs
as Brandy
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
Candy Stripers 2
as Candy Striper Angie
(1985)
(1985)
Hot Blooded
as Amy
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
Loose Ends
as Mistress Ann
(1985)
Dance Fever
as Hot Show Girl
(1985)
Shacking Up
as Arden Hall
(1985)
(1985)
Naughty Angels
as Sarah
(1985)
(1985)
Raffles
as Mrs. Simpson
(1985)
Sexual Odyssey
as Therapist #1 (as Karen Sommars)
(1985)
Sounds of Sex
as Lisa
(1985)
Perfection
as Marcy (as Karen Summers)
(1985)
Lust In America
as Judy
(1985)
Looking for Love
as Carol
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
The Sperminator
as Rosalind Wolf
(1985)
Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy
as Self
(1984)
(1984)
Sizzling Summer
as Self
(1984)
Babylon Nights
as Glenda / Lenore
(1984)
Confessions of Candy
as Candy
(1984)
Daddy Doesn't Know
as Helen Osborne
(1984)
(1984)
(1984)
(1984)
Inside China Lee
as Self
(1984)
Hustler 17
as Shirley
(1984)
(1984)
Daisy Chain
as Sara Jane
(1984)
Hot Flashes
as Josephine Juicyfruit
(1984)
Educating Nina
as Girl in Bed / Girl in Locker Room
(1984)
Young Nurses in Love
as Glenda / Lenore
(1984)
Tomboy
as Girl 2
(1984)
One Night At A Time
as Amy
(1984)
(1984)
Little Often Annie
as Aunt Em
(1984)
The Loves Of Lolita
as Sissy
(1984)
(1984)
(1984)
I Never Say No!
as Delena
(1984)
Bare Elegance
as Girl in Black
(1984)
(1984)
(1984)
Before She Says 'I Do'
as Eve
(1984)
Cupid's Arrow
as Ginger
(1984)
X-Factor
as 2nd Nurse
(1983)
All American Girls 2: In Heat
as Chrissy
(1983)
Playing with Fire
as April Marshall
(1983)
(1983)
The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm
as Michelle Lee
(1983)
Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five
as Veronica Vane
(1983)
(1983)
Shades of Ecstasy
as Lisa
(1982)
Crew
(1984)
Bare Elegance
Production Assistant