Karen Allen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-10-05 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Karen Allen
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
Acting
(2026)
(2024)
Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
as Nancy Smith
(2024)
The Easy Kind
as Kathy
(2024)
A Stage of Twilight
as Cora
(2024)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs
as Marion (voice)
(2021)
Things Heard & Seen
as Mare Laughton
(2021)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2019)
Colewell
as Nora
(2017)
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
as director
(2016)
Bad Hurt
as Elaine Kendall
(2016)
Year by the Sea
as Joan
(2011)
White Irish Drinkers
as Margaret
(2011)
November Christmas
as Claire Sanford
(2009)
A Dog Year
as Paula (voice)
(2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Marion Ravenwood
(2008)
(2006)
(2005)
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
as Katherine Farewell
(2004)
Poster Boy
as Eunice Kray
(2004)
When Will I Be Loved
as Alexandra Barrie
(2003)
Plain Dirty
as Butcher Lee
(2003)
(2003)
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Katy Schoenstein
(2002)
World Traveler
as Delores
(2001)
My Horrible Year!
as Belinda Faulkner
(2001)
In the Bedroom
as Marla Keyes
(2000)
The Perfect Storm
as Melissa Brown
(2000)
Wind River
as Martha
(2000)
The Basket
as Bessie Emery
(1999)
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
(1997)
'Til There Was You
as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
(1996)
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
as Margaret
(1993)
The Sandlot
as Mom
(1993)
Rapture
as Georgianne Corcoran
(1993)
King of the Hill
as Miss Mathey
(1993)
Ghost in the Machine
as Terry Munroe
(1993)
Voyage
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
(1992)
Malcolm X
as Miss Dunne
(1992)
The Turning
as Glory Lawson
(1992)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)
(1992)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as (voice)
(1991)
Sweet Talker
as Julie Maguire
(1990)
Challenger
as Christa McAuliffe
(1990)
Secret Weapon
as Ruth
(1989)
Animal Behavior
as Alex Bristow
(1988)
Scrooged
as Claire Phillips
(1988)
Backfire
as Mara McAndrew
(1987)
Terminus
as Gus
(1987)
The Glass Menagerie
as Laura Wingfield
(1984)
Starman
as Jenny Hayden
(1984)
Until September
as Mo Alexander
(1982)
Shoot the Moon
as Sandy
(1982)
Split Image
as Rebecca / Amy
(1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Marion Ravenwood
(1981)
(1981)
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Self (archive footage)
(1980)
Cruising
as Nancy Gates
(1980)
A Small Circle of Friends
as Jessica Bloom
(1979)
The Wanderers
as Nina
(1979)
Manhattan
as Television Actor #2
(1978)
Animal House
as Katy
(1978)
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Elizabeth
Crew
(2017)
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
Director, Screenplay