Karen Allen
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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
Filmography
Other Mommy
2026
as Grandma Ruth
Unsinkable
2024
as Nancy Smith
A Stage of Twilight
2024
as Cora
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
2024
as Self
The Easy Kind
2024
as Kathy
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Marion
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self / Frances Woodward
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Frances Woodward (voice)
Going Home
2022
as Bonnie
Things Heard & Seen
2021
as Mare Laughton
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
50 States of Fright
2020
as Sheriff Stallings
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
as Self
Colewell
2019
as Nora
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
2017
as director
Bad Hurt
2016
as Elaine Kendall
Year by the Sea
2016
as Joan
November Christmas
2011
as Claire Sanford
White Irish Drinkers
2010
as Margaret
Blue Bloods
2010
as Betty Lowe
A Dog Year
2009
as Paula (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Marion Ravenwood
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
2008
as Self
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
2008
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005
as Katherine Farewell
When Will I Be Loved
2004
as Alexandra Barrie
Poster Boy
2004
as Eunice Kray
Plain Dirty
2003
as Butcher Lee
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as self
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Katy Schoenstein
World Traveler
2002
as Delores
In the Bedroom
2001
as Marla Keyes
My Horrible Year!
2001
as Belinda Faulkner
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Melissa Brown
The Basket
2000
as Bessie Emery
Wind River
2000
as Martha
Falling Sky
1999
as Resse Nicholson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Paula Varney
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Katy
'Til There Was You
1997
as Betty Dawkan
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
as Hannah Raven
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996
as Margaret
The Road Home
1994
as Alison Matson
The Sandlot
1993
as Mom
King of the Hill
1993
as Miss Mathey
Ghost in the Machine
1993
as Terry Munroe
Voyage
1993
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Rapture
1993
as Georgianne Corcoran
Malcolm X
1992
as Miss Dunne
The Turning
1992
as Glory Lawson
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Sweet Talker
1991
as Julie Maguire
Challenger
1990
as Christa McAuliffe
Secret Weapon
1990
as Ruth
Law & Order
1990
as Judith Sandler
Animal Behavior
1989
as Alex Bristow
Scrooged
1988
as Claire Phillips
Backfire
1988
as Mara McAndrew
The Glass Menagerie
1987
as Laura Wingfield
Terminus
1987
as Gus
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Jackie Foster
Starman
1984
as Jenny Hayden
Until September
1984
as Mo Alexander
Split Image
1982
as Rebecca / Amy
Shoot the Moon
1982
as Sandy
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Marion Ravenwood
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
as Self
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Self (archive footage)
East of Eden
1981
as Abra
Cruising
1980
as Nancy Gates
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
as Jessica Bloom
Fridays
1980
as Self
The Wanderers
1979
as Nina
Manhattan
1979
as Television Actor #2
Knots Landing
1979
as Annie Fairgate
Animal House
1978
as Katy
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Elizabeth