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      Karen Black

      Karen Black

      Highest Rated: 93% Family Plot (1976)

      Lowest Rated: Not Available

      Birthday: Jul 1, 1939

      Birthplace: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

      A key female performer of the American film renaissance of the 1970s, Karen Black was known for her warm smile, sturdy-yet-fraught quality and imperfectly set eyes. In 1965, Black won a Drama Critics Award nomination in for her Broadway debut in the short-running "The Playroom," but subsequent work in films limited her stage appearances. After earning praise as the small-town waitress who falls for upper-class drifter Jack Nicholson in "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), Black lent her versatility and unconventional beauty to a number of both offbeat and mainstream films, including Nicholson's "Drive, He Said" (1971), Robert Altman's "Nashville" (1975), in which she sang and earned a Grammy nomination for her efforts, and Alfred Hitchcock's swan song, "Family Plot" (1976). She did well as the sluttish Myrtle in "The Great Gatsby" (1974), but that same year found herself the object of parody for her silly role as a flight attendant forced to try to fly an airplane in "Airport 1975" (1974). She was the party girl who dreams of stardom in "The Day of the Locust" (1975), and memorably portrayed various characters in the cult-classic TV movie "Trilogy of Terror" (ABC, 1975). Although her Hollywood career had petered out by the end of that decade, she remained a cult favorite, and her 2013 death was widely mourned by fans.

      Highest rated movies

      Family Plot
      Trilogy of Terror
      Nashville Five Easy Pieces
      Letters From the Big Man
      Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
      Easy Rider
      Conceiving Ada

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      BURNT OFFERINGS, Karen Black, Lee Montgomery, Oliver Reed, 1976 THE OUTFIT, Karen Black, 1973 COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN, Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, 1982, (c) Cinecom Pictures COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN, Karen Black, 1982, (c) Cinecom PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Karen Black, 1972 DRIVE HE SAID, Michael Margotta, Karen Black, director Jack Nicholson, clowning around on-set, 1971 FAMILY PLOT, Karen Black, 1976 THE OUTFIT, Karen Black, 1973 RHINOCEROS, Karen Black, Gene Wilder, 1973 INVADERS FROM MARS, on ground from left: Hunter Carson, Karen Black, 1986, © Cannon Films FIVE EASY PIECES, Karen Black, 1970 HOLLYWOOD DREAMS, Tanna Frederick, Karen Black, 2006. ©Rainbow Releasing FIVE EASY PIECES, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, 1970 HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, Karen Black, 2003, (c) Lions Gate INVADERS FROM MARS, Karen Black, Hunter Carson, 1986 NASHVILLE, Karen Black, 1975 IN PRAISE OF OLDER WOMEN, Karen Black, 1978, (c) Avco Embassy FAMILY PLOT, Karen Black, 1976 THE GREAT GATSBY, Karen Black, 1974 DRIVE, HE SAID, William Tepper, Karen Black, 1971
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bunker of Blood 2 Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts Unknown (Character) - 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild in Blue Justine (Character) - 2014
      No Score Yet No Score Yet She Loves Me Not Karla (Character) - 2013
      No Score Yet 18% Ooga Booga Mrs. Allardyce (Character) - 2013
      80% 62% Dark Blood Motel Woman (Character) - 2012
      No Score Yet 70% Maria My Love Maria (Character) - 2011
      86% 54% Letters From the Big Man Sean's Colleague (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mommy's Little Monster Mrs. Melnick (Character) - 2011
      78% 59% Some Guy Who Kills People Ruth Boyd (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet 50% Nothing Special May (Character) - 2010
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Duty Annabelle (Character) - 2009
      40% 15% Repo Chick Aunt de la Chasse (Character) - 2009
      No Score Yet 58% Stuck! Next Door Neighbor Lady (Character) - 2009
      29% 48% Irene in Time Sheila (Character) $194.3K 2009
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Meet the Eye Unknown (Character) - 2009
      No Score Yet 40% A Single Woman Unknown (Character) - 2009
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Contamination Mavis (Character) - 2008
      62% 52% The Blue Tooth Virgin Zena (Character) $2.7K 2008
      No Score Yet No Score Yet One Long Night Barbara (Character) - 2007
      40% 18% Ghost Writer Renee (Character) - 2007
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wamego Strikes Back Unknown (Character) - 2007
      No Score Yet 70% Read You Like a Book Kate (Character) - 2006
      39% 68% Hollywood Dreams Luna (Character) - 2006
      No Score Yet 13% The Straun House Molly (Character) - 2005
      No Score Yet 39% My Suicidal Sweetheart Grace's mom (Character) - 2005
      80% 53% America Brown Marianne Brown (Character) - 2004
      No Score Yet 49% Firecracker Sandra/Eleanor (Character) - 2004
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Buttleman Mrs. Buttleman (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet 20% Curse of the Forty-Niner Aunt Nelly (Character) - 2003
      22% 65% House of 1000 Corpses Mother Firefly (Character) $12.6M 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Summer Solstice Dr. Sally McDermott (Character) - 2003
      30% 41% Teknolust Dirty Dick (Character) $28.8K 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Light in the Darkness Mrs. Melnick (Character) - 2002
      54% 78% Gypsy 83 Unknown (Character) $29.4K 2001
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hard Luck Aunt Judy (Character) - 2001
      No Score Yet 35% Soulkeeper Magnificent Martha (Character) - 2001
      60% 49% The Independent Self $238.4K 2000
      No Score Yet 62% Red Dirt Unknown (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Donor Mrs. Springle (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mascara Aunt Eloise (Character) - 1999
      33% 21% The Underground Comedy Movie Mother (Character) $856 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bury the Evidence The Mother (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Felons Jude (Character),
      Writer       		- 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lightspeed Unknown (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fallen Arches Lucy Romano (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Stir Dr. Gabrielle Kessler (Character) - 1997
      No Score Yet 22% Men Alex (Character) $3.1K 1997
      No Score Yet 15% Invisible Dad Courtney Whitmer (Character) - 1997
      No Score Yet 58% Dogtown Rose Van Horn (Character) - 1997
      No Score Yet 60% My Neighbor's Daughter Social Worker (Character) - 1997
      83% 58% Conceiving Ada Lady Byron/Mother Coer (Character) - 1997
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Malaika Jessica Martin (Character) - 1997
      No Score Yet 29% Crimetime Millicent (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 25% Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering June Rhodes (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sister Island Rose Walsh (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet New York Crossing Mrs. Tender (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Plan 10 From Outer Space Nehor (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 17% Dinosaur Valley Girls Ro-Kell (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley Evelyn (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Starstruck Unknown (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jonas in the Desert Unknown (Character) - 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tuesday Never Comes Michelle (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trust Maria Vandermeer (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bound & Gagged: A Love Story Carla (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet 13% The Double O Kid Mrs. Elliot (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hitz Tiffany Powers (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Final Judgement Mrs. Sorrel (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet 43% Auntie Lee's Meat Pies Auntie Lee (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of the Rollerblade Seven Tarot (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Oklahoma Blanche (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Double 0 Kid Mrs. Elliot (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet 34% Children of the Night Karen Thompson (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Judgement Tiffany Powers (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Movies Money & Murder Bettie (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Quiet Fire Kim Martino (Character) - 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Roller Blade Seven Tarot (Character) - 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fatal Encounter Joan Caldwell (Character) - 1991
      No Score Yet 87% Rubin and Ed Rula (Character) $4.1K 1991
      No Score Yet 36% Night Angel Rita (Character) - 1990
      80% 30% Mirror, Mirror Susan Gordon (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 31% Club Fed Sally Rich (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Blood Money Barrett (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Evil Spirits Ella Purdy (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 40% Haunting Fear Dr. Julia Harcourt (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 56% Twisted Justice Mrs. Granger (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Overexposed Mrs. Trowbridge (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Children Sybil Lullmer (Character) - 1990
      60% 29% Out of the Dark Ruth Wilson (Character) $419.4K 1989
      0% 37% Homer & Eddie Belle (Character) - 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway Unknown (Character) - 1988
      No Score Yet 40% The Invisible Kid Mom/Deborah (Character) - 1988
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dixie Lanes Zelma Putnam (Character) - 1987
      44% 16% It's Alive III: Island of the Alive Ellen (Character) - 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hostage Laura Lawrence (Character) - 1987
      38% 34% Invaders From Mars Linda Magnusson (Character) $4.8M 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight of the Spruce Goose Gloria (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet 16% Savage Dawn Rachel (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet 18% Eternal Evil Janus (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet 82% Martin's Day Karen (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Full Circle Again Unknown (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet 75% Bad Manners Gladys Fitzpatrick (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? Zee (Character) - 1983
      86% 81% Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Joanne (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Grass Is Singing Mary Turner (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Miss Right Amy (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 100% Chanel Solitaire Emilienne d'Alençon (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 33% The Ripoff Clarisse Saunders (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 11% Separate Ways Valentine Colby (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Where the Ladies Go Helen (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Confessions of a Lady Cop InvestigatorEvelyn Carter (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Power Rose Vanda-Buchanan (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Word Paula Herbert (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 12% Killer Fish Kate Neville (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 100% Mr. Horn Ernestina Crawford (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 23% In Praise of Older Women Maya (Character) - 1978
      65% 58% Capricorn One Judy Drinkwater (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver Miriam Oliver/Sandy (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Because He's My Friend Anne (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Crime and Passion Susan Winters (Character) - 1976
      93% 62% Family Plot Fran (Character) - 1976
      50% 43% Burnt Offerings Marian Rolf (Character) - 1976
      92% 56% Trilogy of Terror Julie/Millicent Larimore/Therese Larimore/Amelia (Character) - 1975
      63% 76% The Day of the Locust Faye Greener (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet An Ace Up My Sleeve Susan Winters (Character) - 1975
      89% 84% Nashville Connie White (Character) - 1975
      39% 47% The Great Gatsby Myrtle Wilson (Character) - 1974
      80% 73% The Outfit Bett Harrow (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet 51% Rhinoceros Daisy (Character) - 1974
      30% 38% Airport 1975 Nancy Pryor (Character) - 1974
      40% 40% Law and Disorder Gloria (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Laura and Big John Laura (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 34% The Pyx Elizabeth Lucy (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 12% Portnoy's Complaint Mary Jane Reid (Character) - 1972
      57% 21% Drive, He Said Olive (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 62% Cisco Pike Sue (Character) - 1971
      29% 34% Born to Win Parm (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 42% A Gunfight Jenny Simms (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Addict Parm (Character) - 1971
      89% 84% Five Easy Pieces Rayette Dipesto (Character) - 1970
      84% 82% Easy Rider Karen (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet 38% Hard Contract Ellen (Character) - 1969
      82% 50% You're a Big Boy Now Amy Partlett (Character) - 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Prime Time Painted Woman (Character) - 1960

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 71% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
      No Score Yet 88% Party of Five Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Profiler Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hunger Unknown (Character) 1997
      71% 85% Miami Vice Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
      No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Dr. Sylvia Dunn (Guest Star) 1986
      68% No Score Yet E/R Unknown (Guest Star) 1984-1985
      No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Host 1976 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Carol Burnett Show Guest 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Judd for the Defense Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Elaine Tate (Guest Star) 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Second Hundred Years Marcia (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1967