Karen Allen
Acting1951Carrollton, 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
Acting History
Future
2026
2024
2022
The Last Movie Stars
TVas Self / Frances Woodward / Self / Frances Woodward (voice)• 1 eps
Going Home
TVas 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
TVas Sheriff Stallings• 3 eps
Josh Gates Tonight
TVas Self
2019
Colewell
as Nora
2017
2016
Bad Hurt
as Elaine Kendall
Year by the Sea
as Joan
2014
Blue Bloods
TVas Betty Lowe• 1 eps
2011
November Christmas
as Claire Sanford
White Irish Drinkers
as Margaret
2009
A Dog Year
as Paula (voice)
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Marion Ravenwood
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2006
2005
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
as Katherine Farewell
2004
When Will I Be Loved
as Alexandra Barrie
Poster Boy
as Eunice Kray
2003
Plain Dirty
as Butcher Lee
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Paula Varney• 1 eps
2000
1999
Falling Sky
as Resse Nicholson
1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
as Self - Katy
1997
'Til There Was You
as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
All the Winters that Have Been
as Hannah Raven
1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
as Margaret
Law & Order
TVas Judith Sandler• 1 eps
1994
The Road Home
TVas Alison Matson
1993
King of the Hill
as Miss Mathey
Voyage
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Ghost in the Machine
as Terry Munroe
Rapture
as Georgianne Corcoran
The Sandlot
as Mom
1992
The Turning
as Glory Lawson
Malcolm X
as Miss Dunne
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as (voice)
1991
Sweet Talker
as Julie Maguire
1990
Challenger
as Christa McAuliffe
Secret Weapon
as Ruth
1989
Animal Behavior
as Alex Bristow
1987
Terminus
as Gus
The Glass Menagerie
as Laura Wingfield
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Jackie Foster• 1 eps
1984
Until September
as Mo Alexander
Starman
as Jenny Hayden
1982
Split Image
as Rebecca / Amy
Shoot the Moon
as Sandy
1981
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Self (archive footage)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Marion Ravenwood
Fridays
TVas Self• 1 eps
East of Eden
TVas Abra
East of Eden
TVas Abra
1980
A Small Circle of Friends
as Jessica Bloom
Cruising
as Nancy Gates
1979
1978
Animal House
as Katy
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Elizabeth