Karen Allen

Karen Jane Allen
1951 -
American born Carrollton

Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) . 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. In 1978, she 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". Karen also debuted on Broadway in 1982 in "Monday After the Miracle, The". After a few small films, including the underrated Until September (1984), directed by Richard Marquand, and other stage appearances, she made the successful science fiction movie Starman (1984). After that her movie career waned as she preferred to work on the stage. She married Kale Browne in 1988 and had Nicholas, her first child in 1990. Since the birth of Nicholas, Karen has done smaller film roles and TV movies to concentrate on raising Nicholas. Kale Browne (1 May 1988 - 1997) (divorced) 1 son.

Indiana Jones 4 (2008) , When Will I Be Loved (2004) , Poster Boy (2004) , Briar Patch (2003) , The Root (2003/I) , Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003), Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2001) , World Traveler (2001) , My Horrible Year! (2001) (TV) , Scourge (2001) , In the Bedroom (2001) , The Perfect Storm (2000) , The Basket (1999) , Wind River (1998) , Falling Sky (1998) , All the Winters That Have Been (1997), Til There Was You (1997) ,Survivor (1996) , Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996) , Ripper (1996) , Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye (1995) , "The Road Home" (1994) ,Ghost in the Machine (1993) , King of the Hill (1993) , Voyage (1993) (TV) , The Sandlot (1993) ,Rapture (1993) , Malcolm X (1992) , The Turning (1992) , Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992) , Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992) , Sweet Talker (1991) , Secret Weapon (1990) , Challenger (1990) , Animal Behavior (1989) , Scrooged (1988) , The Glass Menagerie (1987) , Terminus (1987) , Backfire (1987) , The Creeper (1986) , Starman (1984) , Until September (1984) , Split Image (1982) , Shoot the Moon (1982) , Episode #3.4 (1981) , Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) , "East of Eden" (1981) , Cruising (1980) , A Small Circle of Friends (1980) , Pilot (1979) , The Wanderers (1979) , Manhattan (1979) , Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978) , Animal House (1978)