Karen Summer
Acting • Born 1962-07-22 – Died 2023-12-18
Biography
Karen Summer was born on July 22, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. An only child, Summer grew up in both Tarzana and Encino, California. Karen began her career in show business doing a lot of extra, photo double, and stand-in work for the mainstream movie industry; she worked as a stand-in and production assistant for the hit TV series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) for three years. After meeting noted adult industry casting director Jim South at an El Torito restaurant on Ventura Boulevard, Summer started out in the adult entertainment industry as a nude model and made her hardcore film debut at age twenty in 1982. Karen appeared in a slew of adult movies made throughout the 1980's for such top directors as Larry Revene, John Stagliano, Bruce Seven, Kirdy Stevens (Stevens was Summer's all-time favorite director), Svetlana Mischoff, and Jack Remy. After retiring from the adult film industry in the 1990's, Summer continued to work for a while as a feature dancer and burlesque performer before moving to Florida, getting married, and becoming a paralegal. In the wake of divorcing her husband in 2000, Karen went on to work in the health care field. Karen hosts her own show XXX Porn Star Radio as well as runs her own official interactive website. Summer was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, the XRCO Hall of Fame, and Legends of Erotica in 2015.
Filmography
114 credits
The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene
Movie • 2010
(archive footage)
Granny Fucks Her Godson
Movie • 2018
Head Waitress
Movie • 1984
Sizzling Summer
Movie • 1984
Self
Babylon Nights
Movie • 1984
Glenda / Lenore
Every Man's Fantasy
Movie • 1985
Woman on Boat / Marsha
Confessions of a Candy Striper
Movie • 1985
Nurse
Confessions of Candy
Movie • 1984
Candy
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation
Movie • 1985
Naomi
Midnight Zone
Movie • 1986
Older And Bolder
Movie • 2018
Daddy Doesn't Know
Movie • 1984
Helen Osborne
Can't Get Enough
Movie • 1985
Nora Connors
Sexbusters
Movie • 1984
Lola
All American Girls 2: In Heat
Movie • 1983
Chrissy
Grateful Grannies
Movie • 2014
Educating Eva
Movie • 1985
Secretary
Bad Attitude
Movie • 1987
Shirl
Back To Back
Movie • 1987
(archive footage)
Oriental Lesbian Fantasies
Movie • 1984
Pregnant Woman in Waiting Room/Adult Film Actress/Boutique Customer
Deep Inside Karen Summer
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Deep Inside Rachel Ashley
Movie • 1987
Saturday Night Beaver
Movie • 1986
Mommy & me 12
Movie • 2016
Cum Inside Erica Boyer
Movie • 2013
(archive footage)
Mature Outlook
Movie • 2022
Felanalingus
Movie • 1989
Flaming Tongues 3
Movie • 1988
(archive footage)
Granny Fuckers
Movie • 2015
Inside China Lee
Movie • 1984
Self
Sex Game
Movie • 1986
(archive footage)
Playing with Fire
Movie • 1983
April Marshall
Hustler 17
Movie • 1984
Shirley
This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX
Movie • 2015
Sophia
Our Major Is Sex
Movie • 1984
Fetish & Fantasy MILFs
Movie • 2022
(archive footage)
Wet Science Triple Feature
Movie • 2013
(archive footage)
Backstage Pass
Movie • 1983
The Animal in Me
Movie • 1985
Pepper Halliday
Daisy Chain
Movie • 1984
Sara Jane
Taboo V: The Secret
Movie • 1986
Naomi
Little Muffy Johnson
Movie • 1985
Rhonda
Amazing Sex Stories
Movie • 1986
Jane
Hot Flashes
Movie • 1984
Josephine Juicyfruit
Tasty
Movie • 1985
Kathy
Wet Science
Movie • 1986
Lost Angel
Movie • 1989
Gang Bangs
Movie • 1985
Brandy
The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm
Movie • 1983
Michelle Lee
Educating Nina
Movie • 1984
Girl in Bed / Girl in Locker Room
I Love L.A. 1
Movie • 1987
Limousine's Escort Girls
Movie • 1989
The Treasure Box
Movie • 1985
Tight Delight
Movie • 1985
Taste of Pink
Movie • 1985
Love, Sex & TV News
Movie • 2015
the madam
Candy Stripers 2
Movie • 1985
Candy Striper Angie
Taboo IX
Movie • 1991
Naomi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young Nurses in Love
Movie • 1984
Glenda / Lenore
Tomboy
Movie • 1984
Girl 2
The Beat Goes On
Movie • 1987
Tounge Twisters
Movie • 1986
Phone Sex Fantasies
Movie • 1985
One Night At A Time
Movie • 1984
Amy
Hot Spa
Movie • 1984
Little Often Annie
Movie • 1984
Aunt Em
Hot Blooded
Movie • 1985
Amy
Bad Girls IV
Movie • 1986
The Loves Of Lolita
Movie • 1984
Sissy
Mouthful of Love
Movie • 1984
Hot Wire
Movie • 1985
The Woman Who Loved Men
Movie • 1984
Hollywood Starlets
Movie • 1985
Loose Ends
Movie • 1985
Mistress Ann
I Never Say No!
Movie • 1984
Delena
Breastography
Movie • 1987
(archive footage)
Dance Fever
Movie • 1985
Hot Show Girl
Shacking Up
Movie • 1985
Arden Hall
Abracadabra
Movie • 1989
Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five
Movie • 1983
Veronica Vane
Head Games
Movie • 1985
Centerfold Celebrities
Movie • 1982
Naughty Angels
Movie • 1985
Sarah
Intimate Realities
Movie • 1983
Triplets
Movie • 1985
Bare Elegance
Movie • 1984
Girl in Black
Raffles
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Simpson
Sexual Odyssey
Movie • 1985
Therapist #1 (as Karen Sommars)
Shades of Ecstasy
Movie • 1983
Lisa
Dream Jeans
Movie • 1987
Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey
Movie • 1984
Sounds of Sex
Movie • 1985
Lisa
Rockey X
Movie • 1986
Doctor
The Rocky Porno Video Show
Movie • 1986
Pandora
Perfection
Movie • 1985
Marcy (as Karen Summers)
Loving Spoonfuls
Movie • 1987
(archive footage)
Lust In America
Movie • 1985
Judy
Looking for Love
Movie • 1985
Carol
Naughty Nanette
Movie • 1985
In all the Right Places
Movie • 1986
Fantasy Girl Two
Europe on Two Guys a Day
Movie • 1988
Anal Annie and the Willing Husbands
Movie • 1985
Anal Annie Just Can't Say No
Movie • 1985
Casino of Lust
Movie • 1984
Before She Says 'I Do'
Movie • 1984
Eve
Cupid's Arrow
Movie • 1984
Ginger
Dames
Movie • 1985
The Sperminator
Movie • 1985
Rosalind Wolf
X-Factor
Movie • 1984
2nd Nurse
Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection
Movie • 2005
(archive footage)
Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy
Movie • 1985
Karen Summer
Sexy Grannies Getting After It
Movie • 2018
Centerfold Celebrities 4
Movie