Karen Black
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot. Over the course of her career, she won two Golden Globe Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in 1970 for Best Supporting Actress, among numerous other honors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 1, 1939 In Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 159
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Prime Time 1960-04-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street 2019-04-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Wild in Blue | Justine | 2014-05-05 |
| Movie | She Loves Me Not | Karla | 2013-06-09 |
| Movie | Ooga Booga | Mrs. Allardyce | 2013-03-12 |
| Movie | OowieWanna | The Donna | 2012-02-18 |
| Movie | Mommy's Little Monster | Mrs. Melnick | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Dark Blood | Motel Woman | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Maria My Love | Maria | 2012-04-17 |
| Movie | Some Guy Who Kills People | Ruth Boyd | 2011-04-14 |
| Movie | Letters from the Big Man | Sean's Colleague | 2011-11-11 |
| Movie | Nothing Special | May | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Self | 2009-01-11 |
| Movie | Irene in Time | Sheila Shivvers | 2009-06-19 |
| Movie | Double Duty | Annabelle | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Repo Chick | Aunt De La Chasse | 2009-09-09 |
| Movie | Stuck! | 2009-11-15 | |
| Movie | Watercolors | Mrs. Martin | 2008-06-07 |
| Movie | Contamination | Mavis | 2008-05-01 |
| Movie | A Single Woman | Storyteller | 2008-09-21 |
| Movie | Ghost Writer | Renee | 2007-03-09 |
| Movie | Hollywood Dreams | Luna | 2007-05-25 |
| Movie | One Long Night | Barbara | 2007-03-25 |
| Movie | Wanderlust | Herself | 2006-07-12 |
| Movie | Dr. Rage | Molly | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | America Brown | Marianne Brown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Agrippina | 2005-06-15 |
| Movie | Firecracker | Sandra / Eleanor | 2005-10-11 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | Paris | Chantelle | 2003-06-06 |
| Movie | House of 1000 Corpses | Mother Firefly | 2003-04-11 |
| Movie | Teknolust | Dirty Dick | 2002-01-10 |
| Movie | Curse of the Forty-Niner | Aunt Nelly | 2002-10-01 |
| Movie | Soulkeeper | Martha la Magnifica | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self | 2001-03-06 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Donor | Mrs. Springle | 2001-04-13 |
| Movie | Gypsy 83 | Bambi LeBleau | 2001-10-18 |
| Movie | Fallen Arches | Lucy Romano | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | Red Dirt | Aunt Summer | 2000-03-17 |
| Movie | The Independent | Karen Black | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | Paradise Cove | Ma | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Conceiving Ada | Lady Byron / Mother Coer | 1999-02-19 |
| Movie | Mascara | Aunt Eloise | 1999-05-07 |
| Movie | The Underground Comedy Movie | 1999-05-14 | |
| Movie | Light Speed | High Priestess | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Invisible Dad | Courtney Whitmer | 1998-03-24 |
| Movie | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Whip Lady | 1998-09-13 |
| Movie | Charades | Jude | 1998-12-17 |
| Movie | Bury the Evidence | The Mother | 1998-12-12 |
| Movie | Angel Blue | Social Worker | 1998-11-15 |
| Movie | Stir | Dr. Gabrielle Kessler | 1997-07-01 |
| Movie | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997-07-08 |
| Series | The Hunger | Unknown | 1997-07-20 |
| Movie | Men | Alex | 1997-10-23 |
| Movie | Cries of Silence | Rose Walsh | 1996-05-01 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Crimetime | Millicent | 1996-08-01 |
| Movie | Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | June Rhodes | 1996-10-08 |
| Movie | Dogtown | Rose Van Horn | 1996-10-01 |
| Movie | Starstruck | Bertha | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Dinosaur Valley Girls | Ro-Kell | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Plan 10 from Outer Space | Nehor | 1995-02-23 |
| Movie | Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | 1994-01-01 | |
| Movie | Legend of The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-06-25 |
| Series | Moon Over Miami | Unknown | 1993-09-15 |
| Movie | Return of the Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-04-15 |
| Series | Tales of the City | Herself | 1993-09-28 |
| Movie | Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Carla | 1993-10-22 |
| Movie | The Player | Karen Black | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Final Judgement | Mrs. Sorrel | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Dead Girls Don't Tango | Insp. Wilson | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | Rubin & Ed | Rula | 1992-05-15 |
| Movie | Judgement | Tiffany Powers | 1992-08-05 |
| Movie | Auntie Lee's Meat Pies | Auntie Lee | 1992-10-21 |
| Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Mrs. Elliot | 1992-09-07 |
| Movie | Caged Fear | Blanche | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Ralph S. Mouse | Miss Kuchenbacker | 1991-02-16 |
| Movie | The Killers Edge | Barrett | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Quiet Fire | Kim Martino | 1991-10-31 |
| Movie | Children of the Night | Karen Thompson | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Zapped Again! | Homeroom Teacher | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Evil Spirits | Ella Purdy | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Overexposed | Mrs. Trowbridge | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Children | Sybil Lullmer | 1990-05-18 |
| Movie | Twisted Justice | Mrs. Granger | 1990-03-20 |
| Movie | Club Fed | Sally Rich | 1990-08-09 |
| Movie | Haunting Fear | Dr. Julia Harcourt | 1990-08-01 |
| Movie | Mirror Mirror | Susan Gordon | 1990-10-19 |
| Movie | Night Angel | Rita | 1990-06-02 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Belle | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway | Martha Gelhorn | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Out of the Dark | Ruth Wilson | 1988-06-02 |
| Movie | The Invisible Kid | Mom | 1988-03-30 |
| Movie | Dixie Lanes | Zelma Putnam | 1988-05-03 |
| Movie | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Ellen Jarvis | 1987-05-27 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | Sea Witch | 1987-04-06 |
| Movie | Hostage | Laura Lawrence | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Rachel | 1986-05-22 |
| Movie | Flight of the Spruce Goose | Gloria | 1986-01-17 |
| Movie | Invaders from Mars | Linda Magnusson | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | Eternal Evil | Janus | 1985-01-04 |
| Movie | Martin's Day | Karen | 1985-02-22 |
| Movie | Cut and Run | Karin | 1985-08-08 |
| Series | E/R | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Miami Vice | 1984-09-16 | |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Bad Manners | Gladys Fitzpatrick | 1984-11-11 |
| Movie | Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Zee | 1983-09-10 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Unknown | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Miss Right | Amy | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Joanne | 1982-11-12 |
| Movie | The Last Horror Film | Karen Black (uncredited) | 1982-08-12 |
| Movie | Chanel Solitaire | Emilienne d'Alençon | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | The Grass Is Singing | Mary Turner | 1981-08-30 |
| Movie | Separate Ways | Valentine Colby | 1981-05-01 |
| Movie | Power | Rose Vanda-Buchanan | 1980-01-14 |
| Movie | Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Investigator Evelyn Carter | 1980-04-28 |
| Movie | Mr. Horn | Ernestina Crawford | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Paula Herbert | 1979-10-10 |
| Movie | Killer Fish | Kate | 1979-12-07 |
| Movie | In Praise of Older Women | Maya | 1978-09-22 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Clarisse Saunders | 1978-10-25 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Judy Drinkwater | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Miriam Oliver / Sandy | 1977-02-28 |
| Movie | Family Plot | Fran | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | Crime and Passion | Susan Winters | 1976-02-06 |
| Movie | Burnt Offerings | Marian Rolf | 1976-10-18 |
| Movie | Trilogy of Terror | Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia | 1975-03-04 |
| Movie | The Day of the Locust | Faye Greener | 1975-05-07 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Nashville | Connie White | 1975-06-11 |
| Movie | Rhinoceros | Daisy | 1974-01-21 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Nancy Pryor | 1974-10-18 |
| Movie | Law and Disorder | Gloria | 1974-10-09 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Little Laura and Big John | Laura | 1973-05-03 |
| Movie | The Outfit | Bett Harrow | 1973-10-19 |
| Movie | The Pyx | Elizabeth Lucy | 1973-09-08 |
| Movie | Cisco Pike | Sue | 1972-01-14 |
| Movie | Portnoy's Complaint | Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey | 1972-06-19 |
| Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | Drive, He Said | Olive | 1971-06-13 |
| Movie | Born to Win | Parm | 1971-12-01 |
| Movie | A Gunfight | Jenny Simms | 1971-08-25 |
| Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Rayette Dipesto | 1970-09-12 |
| Movie | Hard Contract | Ellen | 1969-04-30 |
| Movie | Easy Rider | Karen | 1969-06-26 |
| Series | Adam-12 | Unknown | 1968-09-21 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Movie | You're a Big Boy Now | Amy Partlett | 1966-09-09 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | The Prime Time | Betty | 1960-04-01 |