Karen Black
Born in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA — Jul 01 1939• Died Aug 08 2013
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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 spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomin…
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Vera Morgan
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Sylvia Dunn
Mannix
Miami Vice
Helen Jackson
Adam-12
Susan Decker
Party of Five
Doreen Jablonsky
The F.B.I.
Lorraine Chapman
Profiler
Evie Long
The Big Valley
Carla
The Invaders
Claudia Stone
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Name of the Game
Monica Garrison
People's Choice Awards
Self
The Hitchhiker
Kay Mason
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Jennifer
Faerie Tale Theatre
Guest Interviewee
Police Story
Office Evelyn Carter
Judd for the Defense
Run for Your Life
Jennifer Palmer
The Hunger
Miss Gati / Landlady
Ghost Story
Barbara Sanders
The Second Hundred Years
Marcia
E/R
Tales of the City
Self
Worlds Beyond
Lee Jeffreys
The Player
Karen Black
Easy Rider
Karen
Russians in the City of Angels
Patricia Sommers
Moon Over Miami
Airport 1975
Nancy Pryor
Capricorn One
Judy Drinkwater
Nashville
Connie White
Family Plot
Fran
The Great Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
House of 1000 Corpses
Mother Firefly
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night Angel
Rita
The Outfit
Bett Harrow
E! True Hollywood Story
The Independent
Karen Black
Invaders from Mars
Linda Magnusson
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Burnt Offerings
Marian Rolf
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Self (archive footage)
A Gunfight
Jenny Simms
Power
Rose Vanda-Buchanan
Five Easy Pieces
Rayette Dipesto
Martin's Day
Karen
Trilogy of Terror
Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
Mr. Horn
Ernestina Crawford
Cisco Pike
Sue
Out of the Dark
Ruth Wilson
Mirror Mirror
Susan Gordon
Ooga Booga
Mrs. Allardyce
Killer Fish
Kate
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
Paris
Chantelle
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Agrippina
Judgement
Tiffany Powers
Dogtown
Rose Van Horn
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
June Rhodes
Science Fiction Film Awards
Herself
Some Guy Who Kills People
Ruth Boyd
America Brown
Marianne Brown
Soulkeeper
Martha la Magnifica
Bad Manners
Gladys Fitzpatrick
Mascara
Aunt Eloise
Law and Disorder
Gloria
Men
Alex
Homer and Eddie
Belle
Dark Blood
Motel Woman
The Invisible Kid
Mom
Eternal Evil
Janus
Dr. Rage
Molly
The Last Word
Paula Herbert
Crazy for Love
Grace's Mom
Fallen Arches
Lucy Romano
Red Dirt
Aunt Summer
Born to Win
Parm
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Crimetime
Millicent
The Double 0 Kid
Mrs. Elliot
Teknolust
Dirty Dick
The Day of the Locust
Faye Greener
The Squeeze
Clarisse Saunders
Savage Dawn
Rachel
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Joanne
Dixie Lanes
Zelma Putnam
Final Judgement
Mrs. Sorrel
The Pyx
Elizabeth Lucy
Charades
Jude
Haunting Fear
Dr. Julia Harcourt
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Repo Chick
Aunt De La Chasse
Conceiving Ada
Lady Byron / Mother Coer
Airports
Hard Contract
Ellen
Whitepaddy
Mrs. Leider
Caged Fear
Blanche
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Zee
You're a Big Boy Now
Amy Partlett
The Underground Comedy Movie
Mother
Invisible Dad
Courtney Whitmer
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Whip Lady
Angel Blue
Social Worker
Zapped Again!
Homeroom Teacher
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self
Ralph S. Mouse
Miss Kuchenbacker
Light Speed
High Priestess
In Praise of Older Women
Maya
A Single Woman
Storyteller
Gypsy 83
Bambi LeBleau
Drive, He Said
Olive
The Donor
Mrs. Springle
Wild in Blue
Justine
The Last Horror Film
Karen Black (uncredited)
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self
Crime and Passion
Susan Winters
Cut and Run
Karin
Cries of Silence
Rose Walsh
Blood Money
Barrett
Stir
Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
Separate Ways
Valentine Colby
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Investigator Evelyn Carter
Chanel Solitaire
Emilienne d'Alençon
Portnoy's Complaint
Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
Evil Spirits
Ella Purdy
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
Auntie Lee
Letters from the Big Man
Sean's Colleague
Children of the Night
Karen Thompson
The Children
Sybil Lullmer
Club Fed
Sally Rich
Suffering Man's Charity
Renee
Rhinoceros
Daisy
She Loves Me Not
Karla
Curse of the Forty-Niner
Aunt Nelly
One Long Night
Barbara
Hostage
Laura Lawrence
Where the Ladies Go
Helen
Firecracker
Sandra / Eleanor
Hollywood Dreams
Luna
Irene in Time
Sheila Shivvers
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Martha Gelhorn
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Mrs. Buttleman
Miss Right
Amy
Rubin & Ed
Rula
Stuck!
The Neighbor Lady
Wanderlust
Herself
Dinosaur Valley Girls
Ro-Kell
Nothing Special
May
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Fatal Encounter
Joan Caldwell
Double Duty
Annabelle
Watercolors
Mrs. Martin
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Ellen Jarvis
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
New York Crossing
Mrs. Tender
The Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Miriam Oliver / Sandy
Twisted Justice
Mrs. Granger
The Trust
Maria Vandermeer
The Invention of Dr. Morel
Writing
Quiet Fire
Kim Martino
OowieWanna
The Donna
The Little Mermaid
Sea Witch
The Blue Tooth Virgin
Zena
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
Carla
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Karen Black
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
Dead Girls Don't Tango
Insp. Wilson
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Gloria
Every Minute Is Goodbye
The Prime Time
Betty
Maria My Love
Maria
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
A Light in the Darkness
Mrs. Melnick
Karen Black: Actress at Work
Self
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
Evelyn
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
Overexposed
Mrs. Trowbridge
Little Laura and Big John
Laura
Malaika
Jessica Martin
Read You Like a Book
Kate
Contamination
Mavis
The Grass Is Singing
Mary Turner
Wamego: Ultimatum
Self
Because He's My Friend
Anne
Tuesday Never Comes
Michelle
Starstruck
Bertha
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
(archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
Self
Bury the Evidence
The Mother
Paradise Cove
Ma
Mommy's Little Monster
Mrs. Melnick
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
Tarot
Plan 10 from Outer Space
Nehor
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
Bottomless Pit
Karen Black
Too Bad About Jack
Oliver Twisted
Mrs. Mary Happ
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
Self
Meet the Eye
Birth of Industry
Sara