Karen Allen
Acting • Born 1951-10-05
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).
Filmography
84 credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie • 1981
Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie • 2008
Marion Ravenwood
The Wanderers
Movie • 1979
Nina
The Perfect Storm
Movie • 2000
Melissa Brown
Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Miss Dunne
In the Bedroom
Movie • 2001
Marla Keyes
The Sandlot
Movie • 1993
Mom
The Turning
Movie • 1992
Glory Lawson
Animal House
Movie • 1978
Katy
King of the Hill
Movie • 1993
Miss Mathey
'Til There Was You
Movie • 1997
Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
Scrooged
Movie • 1988
Claire Phillips
Starman
Movie • 1984
Jenny Hayden
Cruising
Movie • 1980
Nancy Gates
Ghost in the Machine
Movie • 1993
Terry Munroe
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Movie • 2006
Self
Plain Dirty
Movie • 2003
Butcher Lee
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
Movie • 2005
Katherine Farewell
November Christmas
Movie • 2011
Claire Sanford
The Basket
Movie • 2000
Bessie Emery
Split Image
Movie • 1982
Rebecca / Amy
Shoot the Moon
Movie • 1982
Sandy
The Glass Menagerie
Movie • 1987
Laura Wingfield
Until September
Movie • 1984
Mo Alexander
Falling Sky
Movie • 1999
Resse Nicholson
Challenger
Movie • 1990
Christa McAuliffe
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Movie • 2023
Marion
Terminus
Movie • 1987
Gus
White Irish Drinkers
Movie • 2011
Margaret
World Traveler
Movie • 2002
Delores
A Small Circle of Friends
Movie • 1980
Jessica Bloom
Unsinkable
Movie • 2024
Nancy Smith
Voyage
Movie • 1993
Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Backfire
Movie • 1988
Mara McAndrew
Sweet Talker
Movie • 1991
Julie Maguire
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Movie • 1992
(voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Movie • 1992
(voice)
Manhattan
Movie • 1979
Television Actor #2
A Stage of Twilight
Movie • 2024
Cora
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Movie • 1978
Elizabeth
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Movie • 1996
Margaret
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
Movie • 2024
Self
Bad Hurt
Movie • 2016
Elaine Kendall
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Movie • 2023
Self
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Movie • 1981
Self
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie • 1981
Self (archive footage)
Wind River
Movie • 2000
Martha
When Will I Be Loved
Movie • 2004
Alexandra Barrie
Year by the Sea
Movie • 2016
Joan
The Easy Kind
Movie • 2024
Kathy
A Dog Year
Movie • 2009
Paula (voice)
A Tree a Rock a Cloud
Movie • 2017
director
All the Winters that Have Been
Movie • 1997
Hannah Raven
Rapture
Movie • 1993
Georgianne Corcoran
Colewell
Movie • 2019
Nora
Animal Behavior
Movie • 1989
Alex Bristow
Secret Weapon
Movie • 1990
Ruth
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Movie • 1998
Self - Katy
Animal House: The Inside Story
Movie • 2008
Self
My Horrible Year!
Movie • 2001
Belinda Faulkner
Poster Boy
Movie • 2004
Eunice Kray
Things Heard & Seen
Movie • 2021
Mare Laughton
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Movie • 2003
self
The Cutting Room Floor
Movie
Other Mommy
Movie • 2026
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Movie • 2003
Katy Schoenstein
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Paula Varney
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Annie Fairgate
The Road Home
TV • 1994
Alison Matson
East of Eden
TV • 1981
Abra
50 States of Fright
TV • 2020
Sheriff Stallings
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Betty Lowe
Josh Gates Tonight
TV • 2020
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Judith Sandler
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Frances Woodward (voice)
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self / Frances Woodward
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Jackie Foster
East of Eden
TV • 1981
Abra
Going Home
TV • 2022
Bonnie
Fridays
TV • 1980
Self