Karen Allen
Acting·October 5, 1951 — 74 years old·Carrollton, Illinois, USA
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).
Known For
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981·7.9
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008·6.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999·8.0
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023·6.5
Manhattan
1979·7.7
The Perfect Storm
2000·6.5
Malcolm X
1992·7.6
Scrooged
1988·6.8
Animal House
1978·7.0
The Sandlot
1993·7.6
Things Heard & Seen
2021·5.7
Starman
1984·6.9
Filmography · 81
—The Cutting Room Floor2026Other Mommy2024The Easy KindKathy2024UnsinkableNancy Smith2024A Stage of TwilightCora2024The Unofficial Science of Indiana JonesSelf2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordSelf2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyMarion2022The Last Movie StarsTVSelf · Self / Frances Woodward · Frances Woodward (voice)2022Going HomeTVBonnie2021Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden AgeSelf - Actress (archive footage)2021Things Heard & SeenMare Laughton202050 States of FrightTVSheriff Stallings2020Josh Gates TonightTVSelf2019ColewellNora2017A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.director · Director · Screenplay2016Year by the SeaJoan2016Bad HurtElaine Kendall2011November ChristmasClaire Sanford2011White Irish DrinkersMargaret2010Blue BloodsTVBetty Lowe2009A Dog YearPaula (voice)2008Animal House: The Inside StorySelf2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMarion Ravenwood2007The Graham Norton ShowTVSelf2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsSelf2005Shaka Zulu: The CitadelKatherine Farewell2004When Will I Be LovedAlexandra Barrie2004Poster BoyEunice Kray2003Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogyself2003Plain DirtyButcher Lee2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateKaty Schoenstein2002World TravelerDelores2001In the BedroomMarla Keyes2001My Horrible Year!Belinda Faulkner2000The Perfect StormMelissa Brown2000Wind RiverMartha2000The BasketBessie Emery1999Falling SkyResse Nicholson1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTVPaula Varney1998The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Katy1997All the Winters that Have BeenHannah Raven1997'Til There Was YouBetty Dawkan1996Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison StoryMargaret1994The Road HomeTVAlison Matson1993Ghost in the MachineTerry Munroe1993King of the HillMiss Mathey1993VoyageCatherine 'Kit' Norvell1993The SandlotMom1993RaptureGeorgianne Corcoran1992Malcolm XMiss Dunne1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)1992The TurningGlory Lawson1991Sweet TalkerJulie Maguire1990Law & OrderTVJudith Sandler1990Secret WeaponRuth1990ChallengerChrista McAuliffe1989Animal BehaviorAlex Bristow1988ScroogedClaire Phillips1988BackfireMara McAndrew1987The Glass MenagerieLaura Wingfield1987TerminusGus1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTVJackie Foster1984StarmanJenny Hayden1984Until SeptemberMo Alexander1982Split ImageRebecca / Amy1982Shoot the MoonSandy1981The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'Self1981Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost ArkSelf (archive footage)1981Raiders of the Lost ArkMarion Ravenwood1981East of EdenTVAbra1980FridaysTVSelf1980A Small Circle of FriendsJessica Bloom1980CruisingNancy Gates1979Knots LandingTVAnnie Fairgate1979The WanderersNina1979ManhattanTelevision Actor #21978Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part IIElizabeth1978Animal HouseKaty