Karen Black (July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot. Over the course of her career, she won two Golden Globe Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in 1970 for Best Supporting Actress, among numerous other honors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
Movie | Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | Self (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
Movie | Bottomless Pit | Karen Black | 2015-10-21 |
Movie | Wild in Blue | Justine | 2014-05-05 |
Movie | She Loves Me Not | Karla | 2013-06-09 |
Movie | Ooga Booga | Mrs. Allardyce | 2013-03-12 |
Movie | Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone | Tarot | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | Mommy's Little Monster | Mrs. Melnick | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | OowieWanna | The Donna | 2012-02-18 |
Movie | Maria My Love | Maria | 2012-04-17 |
Movie | Dark Blood | Motel Woman | 2012-09-27 |
Movie | Some Guy Who Kills People | Ruth Boyd | 2011-04-14 |
Movie | Letters from the Big Man | Sean's Colleague | 2011-11-11 |
Movie | Nothing Special | May | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | Self | 2010-11-23 |
Movie | Irene in Time | Sheila Shivvers | 2009-06-19 |
Movie | Repo Chick | Aunt De La Chasse | 2009-09-09 |
Movie | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Self | 2009-01-11 |
Movie | Stuck! | 2009-11-15 | |
Movie | Double Duty | Annabelle | 2009-12-08 |
Movie | Watercolors | Mrs. Martin | 2008-06-07 |
Movie | Contamination | Mavis | 2008-05-01 |
Movie | A Single Woman | Storyteller | 2008-09-21 |
Movie | Ghost Writer | Renee | 2007-03-09 |
Movie | One Long Night | Barbara | 2007-03-25 |
Movie | Hollywood Dreams | Luna | 2007-05-25 |
Movie | Breathless | 2006-01-01 | |
Movie | Whitepaddy | Mrs. Leider | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Wanderlust | Herself | 2006-07-12 |
Movie | Read You Like a Book | Kate | 2006-10-01 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Agrippina | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | Dr. Rage | Molly | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | America Brown | Marianne Brown | 2005-10-28 |
Movie | Firecracker | Sandra / Eleanor | 2005-10-11 |
Movie | Copo de Leite | 2004-01-01 | |
Movie | WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere | Self | 2004-06-18 |
Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
Movie | House of 1000 Corpses | Mother Firefly | 2003-04-11 |
Movie | Paris | Chantelle | 2003-06-06 |
Movie | Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1 | ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short) | 2002-02-19 |
Movie | Teknolust | Dirty Dick | 2002-01-10 |
Movie | Curse of the Forty-Niner | Aunt Nelly | 2002-10-01 |
Movie | Soulkeeper | Martha la Magnifica | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Plotting 'Family Plot' | Self | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | The Donor | Mrs. Springle | 2001-04-13 |
Movie | Gypsy 83 | Bambi LeBleau | 2001-10-18 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Movie | Oliver Twisted | Mrs. Mary Happ | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | Fallen Arches | Lucy Romano | 2000-01-15 |
Movie | Red Dirt | Aunt Summer | 2000-03-17 |
Movie | The Independent | Karen Black | 2000-11-10 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Paradise Cove | Ma | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Conceiving Ada | Lady Byron / Mother Coer | 1999-02-19 |
Movie | Mascara | Aunt Eloise | 1999-05-07 |
Movie | Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self | 1999-10-07 |
Movie | The Underground Comedy Movie | Mother | 1999-05-14 |
Movie | Light Speed | High Priestess | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Invisible Dad | Courtney Whitmer | 1998-03-24 |
Movie | Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs | Self | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Whip Lady | 1998-09-13 |
Movie | Charades | Jude | 1998-12-17 |
Movie | Angel Blue | Social Worker | 1998-11-15 |
Series | The Hunger | Unknown | 1997-07-20 |
Movie | Stir | Dr. Gabrielle Kessler | 1997-07-01 |
Movie | Men | Alex | 1997-10-23 |
Movie | Cries of Silence | Rose Walsh | 1996-05-01 |
Movie | Crimetime | Millicent | 1996-08-01 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | June Rhodes | 1996-10-08 |
Movie | Dogtown | Rose Van Horn | 1996-10-01 |
Movie | Starstruck | Bertha | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Plan 10 from Outer Space | Nehor | 1995-02-23 |
Movie | Dinosaur Valley Girls | Ro-Kell | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! | 1994-01-01 | |
Movie | Too Bad About Jack | 1994-01-01 | |
Movie | Legend of The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-06-25 |
Movie | Return of the Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1993-04-15 |
Series | Moon Over Miami | Unknown | 1993-09-15 |
Series | Tales of the City | Herself | 1993-09-28 |
Movie | Bound and Gagged: A Love Story | Carla | 1993-10-22 |
Movie | Tuesday Never Comes | Michelle | 1992-05-17 |
Movie | Final Judgement | Mrs. Sorrel | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | The Player | Karen Black | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | Rubin & Ed | Rula | 1992-05-15 |
Movie | Judgement | Tiffany Powers | 1992-08-05 |
Movie | Auntie Lee's Meat Pies | Auntie Lee | 1992-10-21 |
Movie | The Double 0 Kid | Mrs. Elliot | 1992-09-07 |
Movie | Ralph S. Mouse | Miss Kuchenbacker | 1991-02-16 |
Movie | The Killers Edge | Barrett | 1991-04-12 |
Movie | Caged Fear | Blanche | 1991-05-17 |
Movie | Children of the Night | Karen Thompson | 1991-09-06 |
Movie | Quiet Fire | Kim Martino | 1991-10-31 |
Movie | The Roller Blade Seven | Tarot | 1991-09-06 |
Movie | Twisted Justice | Mrs. Granger | 1990-03-20 |
Movie | Evil Spirits | Ella Purdy | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | Overexposed | Mrs. Trowbridge | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | Zapped Again! | Homeroom Teacher | 1990-04-14 |
Movie | Mirror Mirror | Susan Gordon | 1990-10-19 |
Movie | Club Fed | Sally Rich | 1990-08-09 |
Movie | The Children | Sybil Lullmer | 1990-05-18 |
Movie | Haunting Fear | Dr. Julia Harcourt | 1990-08-01 |
Movie | Night Angel | Rita | 1990-06-02 |
Movie | Homer and Eddie | Belle | 1989-08-17 |
Movie | The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway | Martha Gelhorn | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | The Invisible Kid | Mom | 1988-03-30 |
Movie | Dixie Lanes | Zelma Putnam | 1988-05-03 |
Movie | Out of the Dark | Ruth Wilson | 1988-06-02 |
Movie | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Ellen Jarvis | 1987-05-27 |
Movie | The Little Mermaid | Sea Witch | 1987-04-06 |
Movie | Hostage | Laura Lawrence | 1987-10-01 |
Movie | Flight of the Spruce Goose | Gloria | 1986-01-17 |
Movie | Savage Dawn | Rachel | 1986-05-22 |
Movie | Invaders from Mars | Linda Magnusson | 1986-06-06 |
Movie | Martin's Day | Karen | 1985-02-22 |
Movie | Eternal Evil | Janus | 1985-01-04 |
Movie | Cut and Run | Karin | 1985-08-08 |
Series | E/R | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Bad Manners | Gladys Fitzpatrick | 1984-11-11 |
Movie | Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Zee | 1983-09-10 |
Series | The Hitchhiker | Unknown | 1983-11-01 |
Movie | Miss Right | Amy | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Joanne | 1982-11-12 |
Movie | The Last Horror Film | Karen Black (uncredited) | 1982-08-12 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Sea Witch | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Chanel Solitaire | Emilienne d'Alençon | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Separate Ways | Valentine Colby | 1981-05-01 |
Movie | The Grass Is Singing | Mary Turner | 1981-08-30 |
Movie | Power | Rose Vanda-Buchanan | 1980-01-14 |
Movie | Where the Ladies Go | Helen | 1980-03-14 |
Movie | Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Investigator Evelyn Carter | 1980-04-28 |
Movie | Mr. Horn | Ernestina Crawford | 1979-02-01 |
Movie | Killer Fish | Kate | 1979-12-07 |
Movie | The Last Word | Paula Herbert | 1979-10-10 |
Movie | In Praise of Older Women | Maya | 1978-09-22 |
Movie | The Squeeze | Clarisse Saunders | 1978-10-25 |
Movie | The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Miriam Oliver / Sandy | 1977-02-28 |
Movie | Capricorn One | Judy Drinkwater | 1977-12-10 |
Movie | Burnt Offerings | Marian Rolf | 1976-10-18 |
Movie | Crime and Passion | Susan Winters | 1976-02-06 |
Movie | Family Plot | Fran | 1976-04-09 |
Movie | Trilogy of Terror | Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia | 1975-03-04 |
Movie | The Day of the Locust | Faye Greener | 1975-05-07 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Nashville | Connie White | 1975-06-11 |
Movie | The Great Gatsby | Myrtle Wilson | 1974-03-27 |
Movie | Rhinoceros | Daisy | 1974-01-21 |
Movie | Law and Disorder | Gloria | 1974-10-09 |
Movie | Airport 1975 | Nancy Pryor | 1974-10-18 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | Little Laura and Big John | Laura | 1973-05-03 |
Movie | The Outfit | Bett Harrow | 1973-10-19 |
Movie | The Pyx | Elizabeth Lucy | 1973-09-08 |
Movie | Cisco Pike | Sue | 1972-01-14 |
Series | Ghost Story | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | Portnoy's Complaint | Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey | 1972-06-19 |
Movie | A Gunfight | Jenny Simms | 1971-08-25 |
Movie | Drive, He Said | Olive | 1971-06-13 |
Movie | Born to Win | Parm | 1971-12-01 |
Movie | Five Easy Pieces | Rayette Dipesto | 1970-09-12 |
Movie | Hard Contract | Ellen | 1969-04-30 |
Movie | Easy Rider | Karen | 1969-06-26 |
Series | Adam-12 | Unknown | 1968-09-21 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | You're a Big Boy Now | Amy Partlett | 1966-09-09 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | The Prime Time | Betty | 1960-04-01 |