Karen Allen

Acting · Born 1951-10-05 in Carrollton, 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).

Filmography

• Raiders of the Lost Ark as Marion Ravenwood
• The Wanderers as Nina
• Malcolm X as Miss Dunne
• In the Bedroom as Marla Keyes
• The Sandlot as Mom
• Animal House as Katy
• Starman as Jenny Hayden
• Manhattan as Television Actor #2
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Marion Ravenwood
• The Perfect Storm as Melissa Brown

TV

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Varney
• Blue Bloods as Betty Lowe
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Knots Landing as Annie Fairgate
• East of Eden as Abra
• 50 States of Fright as Sheriff Stallings
• Josh Gates Tonight as Self
• The Graham Norton Show as Self
• Law & Order as Judith Sandler
• The Last Movie Stars as Self