Karen Allen at the New York Premiere of 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

RECENT CREDITS
White Irish Drinkers (FILM)  Mar. 25, 2011
Poster Boy (FILM)  Aug. 11, 2006
When Will I Be Loved (FILM)  Sep. 10, 2004
Plain Dirty (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2003
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HIGHLIGHTS
Cocreator and codirector of the Washington Project for the Arts' theater program.
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.
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
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

White Irish Drinkers  2011 -Margaret
Actor
Film


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull  2008 -Marion Ravenwood
Actor
Film


Poster Boy  2006 -Eunice Kray
Actor
Film


When Will I Be Loved  2004 -Alexandra Barrie
Actor
Film


World Traveler  2002 -Delores
Actor
Film


In the Bedroom  2001 -Marla Keyes
Actor
Film


The Perfect Storm  2000 -Melissa Brown
Actor
Film


The Basket  1999 -Bessie Emery
Actor
Film


Malcolm X  1992 -Miss Dunne
Actor
Film


Sweet Talker  1991 -Julie
Actor
Film


Animal Behavior  1989 -Alex Bristow
Actor
Film


Scrooged  1988 -Claire Phillips
Actor
Film


Terminus  1987 -Gus
Actor
Film


The Glass Menagerie  1987 -Laura Wingfield
Actor
Film


November Christmas   -Claire Sanford
Actor
Film


All the Winters That Have Been   -Hannah Raven
Actor
TV


Challenger  
Actor
TV


Law & Order: Special Victims Unit   -Paula Varney
Actor
TV
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My Horrible Year!   -Belinda Faulkner
Actor
TV


Secret Weapon  
Actor
TV


Plain Dirty  2003 -Butcher Lee
Actor
Film


'Til There Was You  1997 -Betty Dawkan
Actor
Film


King of the Hill  1993 -Miss Mathey
Actor
Film


The Sandlot  1993 -Mom
Actor
Film


Ghost in the Machine  1993 -Terry Munroe
Actor
Film


Starman  1984 -Jenny Hayden
Actor
Film


Raiders of the Lost Ark  1981 -Marion Ravenwood
Actor
Film


Cruising  1980 -Nancy
Actor
Film


Manhattan  1979 -TV Actor No. 2
Actor
Film


National Lampoon's Animal House  1978 -Katy
Actor
Film


My Horrible Year!   -Belinda Faulkner
Actor
Film


Secret Weapon   -Ruth
Actor
Film


Shaka Zulu: The Citadel   -Katherine Farewell
Actor
Film


Shoot the Moon   -Sandy
Actor
Film


Split Image   -Rebecca
Actor
Film


East of Eden   -Abra
Actor
Film


Falling Sky   -Reese Nicholson
Actor
Film


Backfire   -Mara
Actor
Film


Challenger   -Christa McAuliffe
Actor
Film


A Small Circle of Friends   -Jessica Bloom
Actor
Film


All the Winters That Have Been   -Hannah Raven
Actor
Film


The Rapture   -Georgianne Corcoran
Actor
Film


The Turning   -Glory
Actor
Film


The Wanderers   -Nina
Actor
Film


Until September   -Mo Alexander
Actor
Film


Voyage   -Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Actor
Film


Wind River   -Martha
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Cocreator and codirector of the Washington Project for the Arts' theater program.
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.
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
First major film role was in 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House.
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.
She and her ex-husband, Kale Browne, played spouses in 1990 TV-movie Challenger and 1997's 'Til There Was You.


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