Karen Allen

BirthDate BirthPlace	10/04/1951 Carrollton, IL

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Although she was considered for the role of Princess Leia in 1977's Star Wars, she came to fame as the female lead in the 1981 blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark.
First major film role was in 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House.
She and her ex-husband, Kale Browne, played spouses in 1990 TV-movie Challenger and 1997's 'Til There Was You.
Cocreator and codirector of the Washington Project for the Arts' theater program.
In 1978, she was stricken with temporary blindness from Keratoconjunctivitis. Four years later, she made her Broadway debut playing the deaf, dumb and blind Helen Keller in Monday Before
An accomplished singer, songwriter and musician, Allen once played in a band with Kathleen Turner and recorded a duet with Jeff Bridges for the Starman (1985) soundtrack.