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Karen Allen

Actor

Karen Allen

Born October 5, 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois, USA58 films

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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Raiders of the Lost Ark posterFirst watchRaiders of the Lost Ark19817.9as Marion RavenwoodWhen Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Manhattan poster7.7Manhattan1979Malcolm X poster7.6Malcolm X1992Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster6.0Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008The Sandlot poster7.6The Sandlot1993Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny poster6.5Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023Animal House poster6.9Animal House1978The Perfect Storm poster6.5The Perfect Storm2000Scrooged poster6.8Scrooged1988

Filmography

58 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Cutting Room Floor
  2. 2026Other MommyGrandma Ruth
  3. 2024The Easy KindKathy
  4. 2024UnsinkableNancy Smith
  5. 2024A Stage of TwilightCora
  6. 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyMarion
  7. 2021Things Heard & SeenMare Laughton
  8. 2019ColewellNora
  9. 2017A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.director
  10. 2016Year by the SeaJoan
  11. 2016Bad HurtElaine Kendall
  12. 2011November ChristmasClaire Sanford
  13. 2011White Irish DrinkersMargaret
  14. 2009A Dog YearPaula (voice)
  15. 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMarion Ravenwood
  16. 2005Shaka Zulu: The CitadelKatherine Farewell
  17. 2004When Will I Be LovedAlexandra Barrie
  18. 2004Poster BoyEunice Kray
  19. 2003Plain DirtyButcher Lee
  20. 2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateKaty Schoenstein
  21. 2002World TravelerDelores
  22. 2001In the BedroomMarla Keyes
  23. 2001My Horrible Year!Belinda Faulkner
  24. 2000The Perfect StormMelissa Brown
  25. 2000Wind RiverMartha
  26. 2000The BasketBessie Emery
  27. 1999Falling SkyResse Nicholson
  28. 1997All the Winters that Have BeenHannah Raven
  29. 1997'Til There Was YouBetty Dawkan
  30. 1996Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison StoryMargaret
  31. 1993Ghost in the MachineTerry Munroe
  32. 1993King of the HillMiss Mathey
  33. 1993VoyageCatherine 'Kit' Norvell
  34. 1993The SandlotMom
  35. 1993RaptureGeorgianne Corcoran
  36. 1992Malcolm XMiss Dunne
  37. 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)
  38. 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)
  39. 1992The TurningGlory Lawson
  40. 1991Sweet TalkerJulie Maguire
  41. 1990Secret WeaponRuth
  42. 1990ChallengerChrista McAuliffe
  43. 1989Animal BehaviorAlex Bristow
  44. 1988ScroogedClaire Phillips
  45. 1988BackfireMara McAndrew
  46. 1987The Glass MenagerieLaura Wingfield
  47. 1987TerminusGus
  48. 1984StarmanJenny Hayden
  49. 1984Until SeptemberMo Alexander
  50. 1982Split ImageRebecca / Amy
  51. 1982Shoot the MoonSandy
  52. 1981Raiders of the Lost ArkMarion Ravenwood
  53. 1980A Small Circle of FriendsJessica Bloom
  54. 1980CruisingNancy Gates
  55. 1979The WanderersNina
  56. 1979ManhattanTelevision Actor #2
  57. 1978Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part IIElizabeth
  58. 1978Animal HouseKaty