Karen Allen Highlights

  • 2008: Reprised role of Marion Ravenwood in the sequel, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
  • 2004: Co-starred in the gay-themed drama film, "Poster Boy"
  • 2001: Returned to the NYC stage in "Speaking in Tongues"
  • 2001: Appeared in Todd Field's "In the Bedroom"
  • 2000: Had featured role in Wolfgang Petersen's "The Perfect Storm"
  • 1999: Returned to the big screen to co-star in the independent feature, "The Basket"
  • 1996: Had a supporting role in the Lifetime movie "Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story"
  • 1994: Played the mother in the short-lived CBS series "The Road Home"
  • 1992: Featured in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X"
  • 1990: Portrayed crew member Christa McAuliffe in the controversial ABC movie "Challenger"; based on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
  • 1988: Cast as Bill Murray's long-lost love Claire Philips in the Christmas comedy "Scrooged"
  • 1987: Portrayed Laura in the Paul Newman directed film version of the Tennessee William's play, "The Glass Menagerie"
  • 1984: Co-starred with Jeff Bridges in John Carpenter's "Starman"
  • 1984: Played an American tourist in Paris, having an affair with Thierry Lhermitte in "Until September"
  • 1982: Made Broadway debut, playing Helen Keller in Arthur Penn's "Monday After the Miracle"
  • 1982: Played Albert Finney's mistress in Alan Parker's "Shoot the Moon"
  • 1981: Breakout role, playing the feisty heroine Marion Ravenwood in Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
  • 1980: Played one of three radical college students in "A Small Circle of Friends"
  • 1978: Feature acting debut in John Landis's "National Lampoon's Animal House"
  • 1977: Moved back to New York City
  • 1977: Appeared in the short film "The Aftermath"
  • 1975: Film acting debut, "The Widget Maker"
  • 1974: Toured with the Washington Theatre Laboratory in a stage production of "Saint"
  • 1962: Family settled in the Washington, DC area
  • Traveled throughout Central and South America
  • Moved to NYC to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Raised in Tennessee and Pennsylvania
  • Dropped out and moved to Jamiaca for five months