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Actor

Karen Black

Popular films

Easy Rider1969
House of 1000 Corpses2003
The Player1992
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief2015

About Karen Black

Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1939
Died: August 8, 2013 (age 74)
Birthplace: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career…

Also credited as

カレン・ブラック, Karen Blanche Ziegler, Карен Блэк, Карен Бланш Циглер, Caran Black, Karen Ziegler, The Hardest Working Woman in Hollywood

Filmography

Airports2025

Bottomless Pit2015as Karen Black
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief2015as Self (archive footage)
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk2014as Self – Joanne (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014as Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wild in Blue2014as Justine
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia2013as Self (archive footage)
She Loves Me Not2013as Karla
Ooga Booga2013as Mrs. Allardyce
Dark Blood2012as Motel Woman
Maria My Love2012as Maria
OowieWanna2012as The Donna
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone2012as Tarot
Mommy's Little Monster2012as Mrs. Melnick
Letters from the Big Man2011as Sean's Colleague
Some Guy Who Kills People2011as Ruth Boyd
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance2010as Self
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'2010as Self
Nothing Special2010as May
Double Duty2009as Annabelle
Stuck!2009as The Neighbor Lady
Repo Chick2009as Aunt De La Chasse
Irene in Time2009as Sheila Shivvers
Meet the Eye2009
Wamego: Ultimatum2009as Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos2009as Self
First Time Long Time2009as Dr. Shneidel
A Single Woman2008as Storyteller
The Blue Tooth Virgin2008as Zena
Watercolors2008as Mrs. Martin
Contamination2008as Mavis
Hollywood Dreams2007as Luna
One Long Night2007as Barbara
Suffering Man's Charity2007as Renee
Read You Like a Book2006as Kate
Wanderlust2006as Herself
Whitepaddy2006as Mrs. Leider
America Brown2005as Marianne Brown
Firecracker2005as Sandra / Eleanor
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula2005as Agrippina
Crazy for Love2005as Grace's Mom
Dr. Rage2005as Molly
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild2004as Self
Birth of Industry2004as Sara
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere2004as Self
Paris2003as Chantelle
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman2003as Mrs. Buttleman
House of 1000 Corpses2003as Mother Firefly
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003as Self
Curse of the Forty-Niner2002as Aunt Nelly
A Light in the Darkness2002as Mrs. Melnick
Teknolust2002as Dirty Dick
Gypsy 832001as Bambi LeBleau
Soulkeeper2001as Martha la Magnifica
The Donor2001as Mrs. Springle
Plotting 'Family Plot'2001as Self
The Independent2000as Karen Black
Red Dirt2000as Aunt Summer
Fallen Arches2000as Lucy Romano
Altman on His Own Terms2000as Self
Oliver Twisted2000as Mrs. Mary Happ
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage1999as Self
The Underground Comedy Movie1999as Mother
Mascara1999as Aunt Eloise
Conceiving Ada1999as Lady Byron / Mother Coer
Karen Black: Actress at Work1999as Self
Paradise Cove1999as Ma
Charades1998as Jude
Bury the Evidence1998as The Mother
Angel Blue1998as Social Worker
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died1998as Whip Lady
Invisible Dad1998as Courtney Whitmer
Light Speed1998as High Priestess
Malaika1998as Jessica Martin
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs1998as Self
Men1997as Alex
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997as Self
Stir1997as Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
Dogtown1997as Rose Van Horn
New York Crossing1996as Mrs. Tender
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering1996as June Rhodes
Crimetime1996as Millicent
Cries of Silence1996as Rose Walsh
Every Minute Is Goodbye1996
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley1995as Evelyn
Plan 10 from Outer Space1995as Nehor
Dinosaur Valley Girls1995as Ro-Kell
Starstruck1995as Bertha
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra1994
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!1994
Too Bad About Jack1994
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story1993as Carla
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven1993as Tarot
The Trust1993as Maria Vandermeer
Return of the Roller Blade Seven1993as Tarot
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies1992as Auntie Lee
The Double 0 Kid1992as Mrs. Elliot
Judgement1992as Tiffany Powers
Final Judgement1992as Mrs. Sorrel
Tuesday Never Comes1992as Michelle
Rubin & Ed1992as Rula
The Player1992as Karen Black
Dead Girls Don't Tango1992as Insp. Wilson
Quiet Fire1991as Kim Martino
Evil Spirits1991as Ella Purdy
Children of the Night1991as Karen Thompson
The Roller Blade Seven1991as Tarot
Caged Fear1991as Blanche
Blood Money1991as Barrett
Ralph S. Mouse1991as Miss Kuchenbacker
Mirror Mirror1990as Susan Gordon
Club Fed1990as Sally Rich
Haunting Fear1990as Dr. Julia Harcourt
Night Angel1990as Rita
The Children1990as Sybil Lullmer
Zapped Again!1990as Homeroom Teacher
Twisted Justice1990as Mrs. Granger
Fatal Encounter1990as Joan Caldwell
Overexposed1990as Mrs. Trowbridge
Homer and Eddie1989as Belle
Out of the Dark1988as Ruth Wilson
Dixie Lanes1988as Zelma Putnam
The Invisible Kid1988as Mom
On the tracks of a filmmaker1988as Karen Black
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway1988as Martha Gelhorn
Hostage1987as Laura Lawrence
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive1987as Ellen Jarvis
The Little Mermaid1987as Sea Witch
Invaders from Mars1986as Linda Magnusson
Flight of the Spruce Goose1986as Gloria
Savage Dawn1985as Rachel
Cut and Run1985as Karin
Martin's Day1985as Karen
Eternal Evil1985as Janus
Bad Manners1984as Gladys Fitzpatrick
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?1983as Zee
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982as Joanne
The Last Horror Film1982as Karen Black (uncredited)
Miss Right1982as Amy
Chanel Solitaire1981as Emilienne d'Alençon
The Grass Is Singing1981as Mary Turner
Separate Ways1981as Valentine Colby
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop1980as Investigator Evelyn Carter
Where the Ladies Go1980as Helen
Killer Fish1979as Kate
The Last Word1979as Paula Herbert
The Squeeze1978as Clarisse Saunders
In Praise of Older Women1978as Maya
Because He's My Friend1978as Anne
Capricorn One1977as Judy Drinkwater
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver1977as Miriam Oliver / Sandy
Burnt Offerings1976as Marian Rolf
Family Plot1976as Fran
Crime and Passion1976as Susan Winters
Nashville1975as Connie White
The Day of the Locust1975as Faye Greener
Trilogy of Terror1975as Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
Airport 19751974as Nancy Pryor
Law and Disorder1974as Gloria
The Great Gatsby1974as Myrtle Wilson
Rhinoceros1974as Daisy
The Outfit1973as Bett Harrow
The Pyx1973as Elizabeth Lucy
Little Laura and Big John1973as Laura
Portnoy's Complaint1972as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
Cisco Pike1972as Sue
Born to Win1971as Parm
A Gunfight1971as Jenny Simms
Drive, He Said1971as Olive
Five Easy Pieces1970as Rayette Dipesto
Easy Rider1969as Karen
Hard Contract1969as Ellen
You're a Big Boy Now1966as Amy Partlett
The Prime Time1960as Betty
George Sluizer - Filming beyond BounderiesYear unavailableas Self
VacationlandYear unavailableas Louise

The Invention of Dr. Morel2000Screenplay

Charades1998Writer
Men1997Writer

Charades1998Producer

Firecracker2005Editorial Consultant

Plan 10 from Outer Space1995Songs

Nashville1975Original Music Composer
The Pyx1973Songs