Karen Black
Karen Black (July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot. Over the course of her career, she won two Golden Globe Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in 1970 for Best Supporting Actress, among numerous other honors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 1, 1939 In Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 180
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Prime Time 1960-04-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bottomless Pit 2015-10-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bottomless Pit | Karen Black | 2015-10-21 |
| Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Wild in Blue | Justine | 2014-05-05 |
| Movie | Ooga Booga | Mrs. Allardyce | 2013-03-12 |
| Movie | She Loves Me Not | Karla | 2013-06-09 |
| Movie | Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone | Tarot | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Mommy's Little Monster | Mrs. Melnick | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Dark Blood | Motel Woman | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | OowieWanna | The Donna | 2012-02-18 |
| Movie | Maria My Love | Maria | 2012-04-17 |
| Movie | Some Guy Who Kills People | Ruth Boyd | 2011-04-14 |
| Movie | Letters from the Big Man | Sean's Colleague | 2011-11-11 |
| Movie | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | Nothing Special | May | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place' | Self | 2010-11-23 |
| Movie | Wamego: Ultimatum | Self | 2009-02-17 |
| Movie | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Self | 2009-01-11 |
| Movie | Irene in Time | Sheila Shivvers | 2009-06-19 |
| Movie | Stuck! | 2009-11-15 | |
| Movie | Repo Chick | Aunt De La Chasse | 2009-09-09 |
| Movie | Double Duty | Annabelle | 2009-12-08 |
| Movie | Contamination | Mavis | 2008-05-01 |
| Movie | Watercolors | Mrs. Martin | 2008-06-07 |
| Movie | A Single Woman | Storyteller | 2008-09-21 |
| Movie | Ghost Writer | Renee | 2007-03-09 |
| Movie | One Long Night | Barbara | 2007-03-25 |
| Movie | Hollywood Dreams | Luna | 2007-05-25 |
| Movie | Whitepaddy | Mrs. Leider | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Breathless | 2006-01-01 | |
| Movie | Read You Like a Book | Kate | 2006-10-01 |
| Movie | Wanderlust | Herself | 2006-07-12 |
| Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Agrippina | 2005-06-15 |
| Movie | Dr. Rage | Molly | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Firecracker | Sandra / Eleanor | 2005-10-11 |
| Movie | America Brown | Marianne Brown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | Copo de Leite | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere | Self | 2004-06-18 |
| Movie | House of 1000 Corpses | Mother Firefly | 2003-04-11 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
| Movie | Paris | Chantelle | 2003-06-06 |
| Movie | A Light in the Darkness | Mrs. Melnick | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Teknolust | Dirty Dick | 2002-01-10 |
| Movie | Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1 | ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short) | 2002-02-19 |
| Movie | Curse of the Forty-Niner | Aunt Nelly | 2002-10-01 |
| Movie | Soulkeeper | Martha la Magnifica | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self | 2001-03-06 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Donor | Mrs. Springle | 2001-04-13 |
| Movie | Gypsy 83 | Bambi LeBleau | 2001-10-18 |
| Movie | Oliver Twisted | Mrs. Mary Happ | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Fallen Arches | Lucy Romano | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | Red Dirt | Aunt Summer | 2000-03-17 |
| Movie | The Independent | Karen Black | 2000-11-10 |
| Movie | Paradise Cove | Ma | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Conceiving Ada | Lady Byron / Mother Coer | 1999-02-19 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Mascara | Aunt Eloise | 1999-05-07 |
| Movie | The Underground Comedy Movie | Mother | 1999-05-14 |
| Movie | Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self | 1999-10-07 |
| Movie | Light Speed | High Priestess | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Malaika | Jessica Martin | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Invisible Dad | Courtney Whitmer | 1998-03-24 |
| Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Whip Lady | 1998-09-13 |
| Movie | Angel Blue | Social Worker | 1998-11-15 |
| Movie | Charades | Jude | 1998-12-17 |
| Movie | Bury the Evidence | The Mother | 1998-12-12 |
| Movie | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997-07-08 |
| Movie | Stir | Dr. Gabrielle Kessler | 1997-07-01 |
| Series | The Hunger | Unknown | 1997-07-20 |
| Movie | Men | Alex | 1997-10-23 |
| Movie | Cries of Silence | Rose Walsh | 1996-05-01 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Crimetime | Millicent | 1996-08-01 |
| Movie | Dogtown | Rose Van Horn | 1996-10-01 |
| Movie | Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | June Rhodes | 1996-10-08 |
| Movie | Dinosaur Valley Girls | Ro-Kell | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Plan 10 from Outer Space | Nehor | 1995-02-23 |
| Movie | Starstruck | Bertha | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | 1994-01-01 | |
| Movie | Too Bad About Jack | 1994-01-01 | |
| Movie | Return of the Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-04-15 |
| Movie | Legend of The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-06-25 |
| Movie | The Trust | Maria Vandermeer | 1993-04-23 |
| Series | Moon Over Miami | Unknown | 1993-09-15 |
| Movie | Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Carla | 1993-10-22 |
| Series | Tales of the City | Herself | 1993-09-28 |
| Movie | Rubin & Ed | Rula | 1992-05-15 |
| Movie | Tuesday Never Comes | Michelle | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | Dead Girls Don't Tango | Insp. Wilson | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | The Player | Karen Black | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Judgement | Tiffany Powers | 1992-08-05 |
| Movie | Final Judgement | Mrs. Sorrel | 1992-06-01 |
| Movie | Auntie Lee's Meat Pies | Auntie Lee | 1992-10-21 |
| Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Mrs. Elliot | 1992-09-07 |
| Movie | Ralph S. Mouse | Miss Kuchenbacker | 1991-02-16 |
| Movie | The Killers Edge | Barrett | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Caged Fear | Blanche | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Children of the Night | Karen Thompson | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Quiet Fire | Kim Martino | 1991-10-31 |
| Movie | The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Twisted Justice | Mrs. Granger | 1990-03-20 |
| Movie | Evil Spirits | Ella Purdy | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Fatal Encounter | Joan Caldwell | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Zapped Again! | Homeroom Teacher | 1990-04-14 |
| Movie | Overexposed | Mrs. Trowbridge | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Club Fed | Sally Rich | 1990-08-09 |
| Movie | Mirror Mirror | Susan Gordon | 1990-10-19 |
| Movie | The Children | Sybil Lullmer | 1990-05-18 |
| Movie | Haunting Fear | Dr. Julia Harcourt | 1990-08-01 |
| Movie | Night Angel | Rita | 1990-06-02 |
| Movie | Homer and Eddie | Belle | 1989-08-17 |
| Movie | The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway | Martha Gelhorn | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Invisible Kid | Mom | 1988-03-30 |
| Movie | Dixie Lanes | Zelma Putnam | 1988-05-03 |
| Movie | Out of the Dark | Ruth Wilson | 1988-06-02 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | Sea Witch | 1987-04-06 |
| Movie | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Ellen Jarvis | 1987-05-27 |
| Movie | Hostage | Laura Lawrence | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Flight of the Spruce Goose | Gloria | 1986-01-17 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Rachel | 1986-05-22 |
| Movie | Invaders from Mars | Linda Magnusson | 1986-06-06 |
| Movie | Eternal Evil | Janus | 1985-01-04 |
| Movie | Martin's Day | Karen | 1985-02-22 |
| Movie | Cut and Run | Karin | 1985-08-08 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | E/R | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Bad Manners | Gladys Fitzpatrick | 1984-11-11 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Zee | 1983-09-10 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Unknown | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Miss Right | Amy | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Last Horror Film | Karen Black (uncredited) | 1982-08-12 |
| Movie | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Joanne | 1982-11-12 |
| Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Sea Witch | 1982-09-11 |
| Movie | Chanel Solitaire | Emilienne d'Alençon | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | The Grass Is Singing | Mary Turner | 1981-08-30 |
| Movie | Separate Ways | Valentine Colby | 1981-05-01 |
| Movie | Power | Rose Vanda-Buchanan | 1980-01-14 |
| Movie | Where the Ladies Go | Helen | 1980-03-14 |
| Movie | Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Investigator Evelyn Carter | 1980-04-28 |
| Movie | Mr. Horn | Ernestina Crawford | 1979-02-01 |
| Movie | Killer Fish | Kate | 1979-12-07 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Paula Herbert | 1979-10-10 |
| Movie | In Praise of Older Women | Maya | 1978-09-22 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Clarisse Saunders | 1978-10-25 |
| Movie | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Miriam Oliver / Sandy | 1977-02-28 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Judy Drinkwater | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Burnt Offerings | Marian Rolf | 1976-10-18 |
| Movie | Crime and Passion | Susan Winters | 1976-02-06 |
| Movie | Family Plot | Fran | 1976-04-09 |
| Movie | Trilogy of Terror | Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia | 1975-03-04 |
| Movie | The Day of the Locust | Faye Greener | 1975-05-07 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Nashville | Connie White | 1975-06-11 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Rhinoceros | Daisy | 1974-01-21 |
| Movie | Law and Disorder | Gloria | 1974-10-09 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Nancy Pryor | 1974-10-18 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | Little Laura and Big John | Laura | 1973-05-03 |
| Movie | The Outfit | Bett Harrow | 1973-10-19 |
| Movie | The Pyx | Elizabeth Lucy | 1973-09-08 |
| Movie | Cisco Pike | Sue | 1972-01-14 |
| Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
| Movie | Portnoy's Complaint | Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey | 1972-06-19 |
| Movie | A Gunfight | Jenny Simms | 1971-08-25 |
| Movie | Drive, He Said | Olive | 1971-06-13 |
| Movie | Born to Win | Parm | 1971-12-01 |
| Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Rayette Dipesto | 1970-09-12 |
| Movie | Hard Contract | Ellen | 1969-04-30 |
| Movie | Easy Rider | Karen | 1969-06-26 |
| Series | Adam-12 | Unknown | 1968-09-21 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Movie | You're a Big Boy Now | Amy Partlett | 1966-12-09 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | The Prime Time | Betty | 1960-04-01 |