Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1951 (age 75)
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Karen Jane Allen
- کارن آلن
Karen Allen
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 - Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Marion
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Marion Ravenwood
Animal House
as Katy
The Perfect Storm
as Melissa Brown
Malcolm X
as Miss Dunne
The Sandlot
as Mom
Cruising
as Nancy Gates
Manhattan
as Television Actor #2
Scrooged
as Claire Phillips
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Paula Varney
Law & Order
as Judith Sandler
Knots Landing
as Annie Fairgate
Blue Bloods
as Betty Lowe
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jackie Foster
Fridays
as Self
50 States of Fright
as Sheriff Stallings
The Last Movie Stars
as Frances Woodward (voice)