Karen Allen — biography, films, roles and trivia

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

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2026 Other Mommy Grandma Ruth

Interesting facts

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Born to teacher Patricia A. Howell and FBI agent Carroll Thompson Allen.
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After graduating from DuVal Senior High School in Maryland, the future actress moved to New York, where she studied art and design at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
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Karen Allen has a son from her marriage to Cale Brown - Nicholas Brown (09/14/90).