Karen Allen
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
The Wanderers
1979
The Perfect Storm
2000
Malcolm X
1992
In the Bedroom
2001
The Sandlot
1993
The Turning
1992
Animal House
1978
King of the Hill
1993
'Til There Was You
1997
Scrooged
1988
Starman
1984
Cruising
1980
Ghost in the Machine
1993
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
Plain Dirty
2003
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005
November Christmas
2011
The Basket
2000
Split Image
1982
Shoot the Moon
1982
The Glass Menagerie
1987
Until September
1984
Falling Sky
1999
Challenger
1990
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
Terminus
1987
White Irish Drinkers
2011
World Traveler
2002
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
Unsinkable
2024
Voyage
1993
Backfire
1988
Sweet Talker
1991
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
Manhattan
1979
A Stage of Twilight
2024
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
2024
Bad Hurt
2016
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Wind River
2000
When Will I Be Loved
2004
Year by the Sea
2016
The Easy Kind
2024
A Dog Year
2009
A Tree a Rock a Cloud
2017
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
Rapture
1993
Colewell
2019
Animal Behavior
1989
Secret Weapon
1990
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
My Horrible Year!
2001
Poster Boy
2004
Things Heard & Seen
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
The Cutting Room Floor
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Other Mommy
2026
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Knots Landing
1979
The Road Home
1994
East of Eden
1981
50 States of Fright
2020
Blue Bloods
2010
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Law & Order
1990
The Last Movie Stars
2022
The Last Movie Stars
2022
The Last Movie Stars
2022
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
East of Eden
1981
Going Home
2022
Fridays
1980