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Karen Jane Allen is an American film and stage actress. After making her film debut in Animal House (1978), she became best known for her portrayal of Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), a role she later reprised for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). She also co-starred in Starman (1984) and Scrooged (1988). Her stage work has included performances on Broadway.
Birth Name
Karen Jane Allen
Born
Friday, 05 October 1951
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2023 |
| Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Marion | 2023 |
| If These Walls Could Sing | Self | 2022 |
| Going Home | Bonnie | 2022 |
| The Last Movie Stars | Frances Woodward / Self | 2022 |
| Things Heard & Seen | Mare Laughton | 2021 |
| 50 States of Fright | Sheriff Stallings | 2020 |
| Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
| Colewell | Nora | 2019 |
| Spielberg | Marion | 2017 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2023 |
| Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Marion | 2023 |
| If These Walls Could Sing | Self | 2022 |
| Going Home | Bonnie | 2022 |
| The Last Movie Stars | Frances Woodward / Self | 2022 |
| Things Heard & Seen | Mare Laughton | 2021 |
| 50 States of Fright | Sheriff Stallings | 2020 |
| Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
| Colewell | Nora | 2019 |
| Spielberg | Marion | 2017 |
| A Tree a Rock a Cloud | director | 2017 |
| Year by the Sea | Joan | 2016 |
| Bad Hurt | Elaine Kendall | 2016 |
| No Sleep TV3 | Jenny Hayden | 2015 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| On Set with 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | 2012 |
| White Irish Drinkers | Margaret | 2011 |
| November Christmas | Claire Sanford | 2010 |
| Blue Bloods | Betty Lowe | 2010 |
| A Dog Year | Paula / Paula (voice) | 2009 |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Marion Ravenwood | 2008 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007 |
| The Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Herself / Self | 2006 |
| Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | Katherine Farewell | 2005 |
| When Will I Be Loved | Alexandra Barrie | 2004 |
| Poster Boy | Eunice Kray | 2004 |
| Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Self | 2003 |
| Unseen + Untold: National Lampoon's Animal House | Self - Interviewee | 2003 |
| Briar Patch | Butcher Lee | 2003 |
| VH-1 Behind the Movie | Self | 2002 |
| World Traveler | Delores | 2002 |
| In the Bedroom | Marla Keyes | 2001 |
| My Horrible Year! | Belinda Faulkner | 2001 |
| The Perfect Storm | Melissa Brown | 2000 |
| Wind River | Martha / Martha (Wilson) | 2000 |
| The Basket | Bessie Emery | 2000 |
| Falling Sky | Resse Nicholson | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Paula Varney | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion | Self - 'Katy' / Herself - 'Katy' | 1998 |
| All the Winters That Have Been | Hannah Raven | 1997 |
| 'Til There Was You | Betty Dawkan / Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom) | 1997 |
| Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story | Margaret | 1996 |
| The Road Home | Alison Matson | 1994 |
| Ghost in the Machine | Terry Munroe / Terry Monroe | 1993 |
| King of the Hill | Miss Mathey | 1993 |
| Voyage | Catherine 'Kit' Norvell | 1993 |
| The Sandlot | Mom | 1993 |
| Rapture | Georgianne Corcoran | 1993 |
| Malcolm X | Miss Dunne | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self - 'Melissa Brown' | 1992 |
| The Turning | Glory Lawson | 1992 |
| Sweet Talker | Julie Maguire | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Judith Sandler | 1990 |
| Secret Weapon | Ruth | 1990 |
| Challenger | Christa McAuliffe | 1990 |
| Animal Behavior | Alex Bristow | 1989 |
| Scrooged | Claire Phillips | 1988 |
| Backfire | Mara McAndrew | 1987 |
| The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | 1987 |
| Terminus | Gus | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jackie Foster | 1985 |
| Starman | Jenny Hayden | 1984 |
| Until September | Mo Alexander | 1984 |
| Split Image | Rebecca / Amy | 1982 |
| The 54th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1982 |
| Shoot the Moon | Sandy | 1982 |
| The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Herself / Self | 1981 |
| Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1981 |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Marion / Marion Ravenwood | 1981 |
| East of Eden | Abra | 1981 |
| Fridays | Self - Guest Host | 1980 |
| A Small Circle of Friends | Jessica Bloom | 1980 |
| Cruising | Nancy / Nancy Gates | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Annie | 1979 |
| The Wanderers | Nina | 1979 |
| Manhattan | Television Actor #2 | 1979 |
| National Lampoon's Animal House | Katy | 1978 |
Director Filmography
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