Karen Allen

Karen Allen

1951-10-05 Carrollton, Illinois, USA 67 Credits

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).

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The Easy Kind

2024

as Kathy

Acting

A rollicking journey toward true self-expression for Elizabeth Cook, as she breaks through the constraints of country music to become the artist that ...

Unsinkable: Titanic Untold

Unsinkable: Titanic Untold

2024

as Nancy Smith

5.0
Acting

The true story of rushed investigations, political interference, and the grasp for corporate accountability woven amongst heart wrenching flashbacks o...

A Stage of Twilight

A Stage of Twilight

2024

as Cora

6.0
Acting

When Barry receives fatal news, he makes a decision to rent a trailer home in the middle of the woods where he can die alone. As the days wind down to...

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones

2024

as Self

6.0
Acting

Greg James and Maisie Adam will team up to tackle some of the classic Indiana Jones stunts – we’re talking dodging poisonous darts, outrunning giant b...

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

2023

as Self

7.7
Acting

An in-depth look at an incredible moment in film history when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas assembled an amazing creative team to collaborate on a...

Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs

2023

as Marion (voice)

Acting

"Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs" is an Indiana Jones fan film created by the Oliver Springs Music Club (Formally the Parkview Music Club...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023

as Marion

6.5
Acting

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacle...

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as prod...

Things Heard & Seen

Things Heard & Seen

2021

as Mare Laughton

5.7
Acting

Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a j...

Colewell

Colewell

2019

as Nora

5.3
Acting

In tiny Colewell, Pennsylvania, the residents gather at the post office for mail and gossip, while the days pass quiet and serene. That is until news ...

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

2017

as director

9.0
Acting

Set at a roadside café in the early morning in the Spring of 1947, a young boy and an older man meet by chance. The man relates a luminous tale of per...

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

2017

Director, Screenplay

9.0
Directing Writing

Set at a roadside café in the early morning in the Spring of 1947, a young boy and an older man meet by chance. The man relates a luminous tale of per...

Year by the Sea

Year by the Sea

2016

as Joan

8.0
Acting

Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

Bad Hurt

Bad Hurt

2016

as Elaine Kendall

5.2
Acting

Elaine and Ed Kendall have more than their share of grief and suffering. Once a young couple in love they now struggle for a sense of stability in the...

November Christmas

November Christmas

2011

as Claire Sanford

7.5
Acting

A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involv...

White Irish Drinkers

White Irish Drinkers

2011

as Margaret

5.8
Acting

A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but in...

A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009

as Paula (voice)

6.2
Acting

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answer...

Animal House: The Inside Story

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self

4.0
Acting

Documentary about the making of Animal House

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008

as Marion Ravenwood

6.0
Acting

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a my...

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

2006

as Self

8.2
Acting

A look behind the scenes at Cortlandt Hull's "The Witch's Dungeon," a movie-themed Halloween attraction in Bristol, Connecticut -- now the longest-run...

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

2005

as Katherine Farewell

5.0
Acting

The saga of legendary African warrior Shaka Zulu comes to the screen in this continuation of the timeless tale from original miniseries creator Joshua...

When Will I Be Loved

When Will I Be Loved

2004

as Alexandra Barrie

3.9
Acting

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Poster Boy

Poster Boy

2004

as Eunice Kray

5.4
Acting

The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying ...

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

2003

as self

8.2
Acting

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg tell the struggles and the passion for making the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

Plain Dirty

Plain Dirty

2003

as Butcher Lee

4.0
Acting

Inez Macbeth is a pretty young woman married to Edgar, a moody and unstable felon. When Inez becomes interested in the sensitive and wealthy lawyer Dr...

World Traveler

World Traveler

2002

as Delores

4.0
Acting

After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.

In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom

2001

as Marla Keyes

6.9
Acting

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his ...

My Horrible Year!

My Horrible Year!

2001

as Belinda Faulkner

5.2
Acting

A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

2000

as Melissa Brown

6.5
Acting

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing b...

Wind River

Wind River

2000

as Martha

6.0
Acting

The 1854 Wyoming historical drama is based on Tom Shell's adaptation of the true life memoirs of Pony Express rider Nick Wilson.

The Basket

The Basket

2000

as Bessie Emery

6.3
Acting

Peter Coyote (E.T., Erin Brokovich) and Karen Allen (The Perfect Storm) star in this touching family drama about the unifying power of basketball in a...

Falling Sky

Falling Sky

1999

as Resse Nicholson

5.9
Acting

Pulling up stakes for a fresh start in Las Vegas, aspiring singer Reese and daughter Emily are looking forward to the future with optimism. But mom's ...

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

1998

as Self - Katy

7.0
Acting

This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...

All the Winters that Have Been

All the Winters that Have Been

1997

as Hannah Raven

4.5
Acting

Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years before he and Helen Raven (Allen) had fallen in love. She vowed never to see him agai...

'Til There Was You

'Til There Was You

1997

as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)

3.9
Acting

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

1996

as Margaret

5.0
Acting

Kerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is ...

Ghost in the Machine

Ghost in the Machine

1993

as Terry Munroe

4.6
Acting

After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his ...

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

1993

as Miss Mathey

6.8
Acting

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a h...

Voyage

Voyage

1993

as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell

5.1
Acting

Morgan and Catherine Norvell have their future plans ready. In Monte Carlo, their sailboat is stocked. From there they are going to sail to Malta and ...

The Sandlot

The Sandlot

1993

as Mom

7.5
Acting

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confront...

Rapture

Rapture

1993

as Georgianne Corcoran

2.0
Acting

A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992

as Miss Dunne

7.5
Acting

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992

as (voice)

Acting

This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen All...

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992

as (voice)

Acting

This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen All...

The Turning

The Turning

1992

as Glory Lawson

3.0
Acting

Gillian Anderson in her first ever screen role. Anderson's psycho boyfriend, Cliff, returns to his home town seething with pent-up frustration and rag...

Sweet Talker

Sweet Talker

1991

as Julie Maguire

4.8
Acting

When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an ol...

Secret Weapon

Secret Weapon

1990

as Ruth

6.0
Acting

Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.

Challenger

Challenger

1990

as Christa McAuliffe

6.2
Acting

A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its e...

Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior

1989

as Alex Bristow

2.0
Acting

Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. H...

Scrooged

Scrooged

1988

as Claire Phillips

6.8
Acting

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after fi...

Backfire

Backfire

1988

as Mara McAndrew

5.4
Acting

Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsiv...

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

1987

as Laura Wingfield

6.2
Acting

An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.

Terminus

Terminus

1987

as Gus

3.8
Acting

An established dystopian sport has drivers of a computerized truck driving cross-country to a terminus. The lead truck, created by a boy genius, is dr...

Starman

Starman

1984

as Jenny Hayden

6.9
Acting

When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.

Until September

Until September

1984

as Mo Alexander

4.9
Acting

American tour guide Mo Alexander misses her tour group, and then her flight out of Paris. Stuck in the city of romance, Mo runs into the very suave --...

Split Image

Split Image

1982

as Rebecca / Amy

5.9
Acting

An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's pare...

Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon

1982

as Sandy

6.4
Acting

After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

1981

as Self

7.2
Acting

One of the first 'Making of...' movies to become a hit in its own right.

Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

A documentary hosted by Harrison Ford about the stunts of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

as Marion Ravenwood

7.9
Acting

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legen...

A Small Circle of Friends

A Small Circle of Friends

1980

as Jessica Bloom

6.5
Acting

In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by ro...

Cruising

Cruising

1980

as Nancy Gates

6.6
Acting

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltra...

The Wanderers

The Wanderers

1979

as Nina

7.0
Acting

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by R...

Manhattan

Manhattan

1979

as Television Actor #2

7.7
Acting

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best fr...

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

1978

as Elizabeth

5.0
Acting

A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a new student who is considered to be "untrainable" ...

Animal House

Animal House

1978

as Katy

7.0
Acting

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

The Cutting Room Floor

N/A

Acting

An aspiring film editor receives the opportunity of a lifetime but sees her world begin to spiral out of control when the film starts to mirror her ow...