Karen Allen - Where Are They Now

Updated: 12/21/2007

Name: Karen Allen

Born:  October 5, 1951, Carrollton, Illinois

Claim to Fame:  Karen made her major film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Hollywood took notice. Her next big break came in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) where she created the role of "Marion Ravenwood".

Family Life:  Kale Browne (1 May 1988 - 1997) (divorced) 1 son

Son, Nicholas, born on September 14th 1990.

Lived with musician Stephen Bishop.

Info:  Born in rural southern Illinois, Karen spent her first 10 years traveling around the country with her mother, her FBI agent father, and two sisters. At 17, after graduating from high school, Karen moved to New York to study art and design. She later attended the University of Maryland and spent time traveling through South and Central America. In 1974 Karen joined a theatre group and 3 years later moved back to New York and studied with the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Trivia: Overcame temporary blindness caused by Kerato Conjunctivitis in 1978. She later won major theatre awards for playing a blind woman in "Monday Before the Miracle" and "Miracle Worker, The".

Considered for the role of Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, later cast in the George Lucas-produced Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Studied in the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.

Attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City at the age of seventeen to study apparel design but her life took a different course after encountering the experimental
theater of Jerzy Grotowski's Polish Theatre Laboratory.

In 1995 she founded the Berkshire Mountain Yoga in Massachussets.

Where is She Now:  An accomplished hand knitting fanatic, Karen runs her own knitwear design studio, "Karen Allen Fiber Arts" that she started in 2004 in Massachussets.

Currently reprising her role as Marion Ravenwood in the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series with Harrison Ford and director Steven Spielberg. This newest installment is filming at locations across the globe. The movie is due to be released Memorial Day in 2008.
 

CREDITS:
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) .. Marion Ravenwood
When Will I Be Loved (2004) .... Alexandra Barrie
Poster Boy (2004) .... Eunice Kray
Briar Patch (2003) .... Butcher Lee
The Root (2003/I)
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003) (V) .... Katy Schoenstein
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2001) (TV) .... Katherine Farewell
World Traveler (2001) .... Delores
My Horrible Year! (2001) (TV) .... Belinda Faulkner
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Paula Varney (1 episode, 2001)
- Scourge (2001) TV episode .... Paula Varney
In the Bedroom (2001) .... Marla Keyes
The Perfect Storm (2000) .... Melissa Brown
The Basket (1999) .... Bessie Emery
Wind River (1998) .... Martha (Wilson)
Falling Sky (1998) .... Resse Nicholson
All the Winters That Have Been (1997) (TV) .... Hannah Raven
'Til There Was You (1997) .... Betty Dawkan
"Law & Order" .... Judith Sandler (1 episode, 1996)
- Survivor (1996) TV episode .... Judith Sandler
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996) (TV) .... Margaret
Ripper (1996) (VG) .... Dr. Clare Burton
"The Road Home" (1994) TV series .... Allison Matson
"Biography" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1994)
- Cleopatra: Destiny's Queen (1994) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
Ghost in the Machine (1993) .... Terry Monroe
King of the Hill (1993) .... Miss Mathey, Aaron's Teacher
Voyage (1993) (TV) .... Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
The Sandlot (1993) .... Mom
Rapture (1993) (TV) .... Georgianne Corcoran
Malcolm X (1992) .... Miss Dunne
The Turning (1992) .... Glory Lawson
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992) (V)
Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992) (V)
Sweet Talker (1991) .... Julie Maguire
Secret Weapon (1990) (TV) .... Ruth
Challenger (1990) (TV) .... Christa McAuliffe
Animal Behavior (1989) .... Alex Bristow
Scrooged (1988) .... Claire Phillips
The Glass Menagerie (1987) .... Laura Wingfield
Terminus (1987/I) .... Gus
Backfire (1987) .... Mara McAndrew
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Jackie Foster (1 episode, 1986)
- The Creeper (1986) TV episode .... Jackie Foster
Starman (1984) .... Jenny Hayden
Until September (1984) .... Mo Alexander
Split Image (1982) .... Rebecca/Amy
Shoot the Moon (1982) .... Sandy
"Fridays" .... Guest Host (1 episode, 1981)
- Episode #3.4 (1981) TV episode .... Guest Host
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) .... Marion Ravenwood
"East of Eden" (1981) (mini) TV mini-series .... Abra
A Small Circle of Friends (1980) .... Jessica Bloom
Cruising (1980) .... Nancy
"Knots Landing" .... Annie Fairgate (1 episode, 1979)
- Pilot (1979) TV episode .... Annie Fairgate
The Wanderers (1979) .... Nina
Manhattan (1979) .... Television Actor #2
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978) (TV) .... Elizabeth
Animal House (1978) .... Katy

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