Karen Allen
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Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).
Known for
Credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
as Marion
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
as Marion Ravenwood
Other Mommy (2026)
as Grandma Ruth
The Perfect Storm (2000)
as Melissa Brown
The Sandlot (1993)
as Mom
Malcolm X (1992)
as Miss Dunne
Animal House (1978)
as Katy
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
as Self
Starman (1984)
as Jenny Hayden
Manhattan (1979)
as Television Actor #2
Scrooged (1988)
as Claire Phillips
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
as Mare Laughton
Cruising (1980)
as Nancy Gates
The Wanderers (1979)
as Nina
In the Bedroom (2001)
as Marla Keyes
Ghost in the Machine (1993)
as Terry Munroe
A Dog Year (2009)
as Paula (voice)
When Will I Be Loved (2004)
as Alexandra Barrie
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Split Image (1982)
as Rebecca / Amy
King of the Hill (1993)
as Miss Mathey
Poster Boy (2004)
as Eunice Kray
'Til There Was You (1997)
as Betty Dawkan
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003)
as self
Terminus (1987)
as Gus
Backfire (1988)
as Mara McAndrew
Shoot the Moon (1982)
as Sandy
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
as Laura Wingfield
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
as Margaret
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992)
as (voice)
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones (2024)
as Self
November Christmas (2011)
as Claire Sanford
Unsinkable (2024)
as Nancy Smith
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
Sweet Talker (1991)
as Julie Maguire
My Horrible Year! (2001)
as Belinda Faulkner
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2005)
as Katherine Farewell
Until September (1984)
as Mo Alexander
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003)
as Katy Schoenstein
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)
as Self - Katy
All the Winters that Have Been (1997)
as Hannah Raven
The Turning (1992)
as Glory Lawson
Secret Weapon (1990)
as Ruth
White Irish Drinkers (2011)
as Margaret
Bad Hurt (2016)
as Elaine Kendall
Falling Sky (1999)
as Resse Nicholson
Animal Behavior (1989)
as Alex Bristow
Plain Dirty (2003)
as Butcher Lee
A Stage of Twilight (2024)
as Cora
Challenger (1990)
as Christa McAuliffe
The Easy Kind (2024)
as Kathy
The Basket (2000)
as Bessie Emery
Voyage (1993)
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Wind River (2000)
as Martha
World Traveler (2002)
as Delores
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
as Self
Year by the Sea (2016)
as Joan
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)
as Self
Colewell (2019)
as Nora
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978)
as Elizabeth
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. (2017)
as director
Animal House: The Inside Story (2008)
as Self
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992)
as (voice)
A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
as Jessica Bloom
Rapture (1993)
as Georgianne Corcoran
The Cutting Room Floor (—)
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