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Karen Black

Karen Black

Actress

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City. She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now (1966). Black relocated to California and was cast as an acid-tripping prostitute in Dennis Hopper's road film Easy Rider (1969). That led to a lead in the drama Five Easy Pieces (1970), in which she played a hopeless beautician, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Black made her first major commercial picture with the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974), and her subsequent appearance as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974) won her a second Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Black starred as a glamorous country singer in Robert Altman's ensemble musical drama Nashville (1975), also writing and performing two songs for the soundtrack, which won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack. Her portrayal of an aspiring actress in John Schlesinger's drama The Day of the Locust (also 1975) earned her a third Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actress. She subsequently took on four roles in Dan Curtis' anthology horror film Trilogy of Terror (1975), followed by Curtis's supernatural horror feature, Burnt Offerings (1976). The same year, she starred as a con artist in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot. In 1982, Black starred as a trans woman in the Robert Altman-directed Broadway debut of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, a role she also reprised in Altman's subsequent film adaptation. She next starred in the comedy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), followed by Tobe Hooper's remake of Invaders from Mars (1986). For much of the late 1980s and 1990s, Black starred in a variety of arthouse, independent, and horror films, as well as writing her own screenplays. She had a leading role as a villainous mother in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses (2003), which cemented her status as a cult horror icon. She continued to star in low-profile films throughout the early 2000s, as well as working as a playwright before her death from ampullary cancer in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Born: July 1, 1939 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

Died: August 8, 2013 (Age 74)

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Karen Black  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.1
ActressJenny Simms1971
Movie
5.5
ActressNancy Pryor1974
Movie
5.4
ActressMarianne Brown2005
Movie
4.7
ActressAuntie Lee1992
Movie
5.5
ActressParm1971
Movie
4.3
ActressCarla1993
Movie
6.2
ActressMarian Rolf1976
Movie
4.3
ActressBlanche1991
Movie
5.3
ActressZee1983
Movie
6.6
ActressJudy Drinkwater1977
Movie
5.5
ActressEmilienne d'Alençon1981
Movie
4
ActressJude1998
Movie
4.5
ActressKaren Thompson1991
Movie
6.3
ActressSue1972
Movie
3
ActressSally Rich1990
Movie
6.9
ActressJoanne1982
Movie
4.8
ActressLady Byron / Mother Coer1999
Movie
4.7
ActressMavis2008
Movie
4.8
ActressSusan Winters1976
Movie
4.4
ActressMillicent1996
Movie
3.4
ActressAunt Nelly2002
Movie
5.6
ActressKarin1985
Movie
6.1
ActressMotel Woman2012
Movie
2.9
ActressRo-Kell1995
Movie
3.6
ActressZelma Putnam1988
Movie
5.4
ActressRose Van Horn1996
Movie
3
ActressAnnabelle2009
Movie
2.4
ActressMolly2005
Movie
5.5
ActressOlive1971
Movie
7.4
ActressKaren1969
Movie
7.3
ActressSelf2003
Movie
3.7
ActressJanus1985
Movie
4.3
ActressElla Purdy1990
Movie
6.3
ActressLucy Romano2000
Movie
6.7
ActressFran1976
Movie
4.9
ActressSandra / Eleanor2005
Movie
7.5
ActressRayette Dipesto1970
Movie
7.9
ActressSelf (archive footage)2015
Movie
5.3
ActressGladys Fitzpatrick1984
Movie
6.6
ActressBambi LeBleau2001
Movie
5.5
ActressEllen1969
Movie
4.4
ActressLuna2007
Movie
5.4
ActressBelle1989
Movie
6.2
ActressMother Firefly2003
Movie
5.2
ActressWhip Lady1998
Movie
5.4
ActressMaya1978
Movie
5.7
ActressLinda Magnusson1986
Movie
4.2
ActressSheila Shivvers2009
Movie
5.1
ActressEllen Jarvis1987
Movie
4
ActressTiffany Powers1992
Movie
4.4
ActressKate1979
Movie
5
ActressMary Turner1981
Movie
6.1
ActressGloria1974
Movie
1.8
ActressTarot1993
Movie
6
ActressSean's Colleague2011
Movie
3.2
ActressLaura1973
Movie
7.6
ActressKaren Black1992
Movie
6.2
ActressMyrtle Wilson1974
Movie
7.5
ActressConnie White1975
Movie
6.1
ActressRuth Boyd2011
Movie
6.8
ActressFaye Greener1975
Movie
6.9
ActressBett Harrow1973
Movie
6.8
ActressRula1992
Movie
6.2
ActressAmy Partlett1966
Movie
5.1
ActressDirty Dick2002
Movie
4.6
ActressMartha la Magnifica2001
Movie
5.7
ActressKaren Black2000
Movie
5.4
ActressSusan Gordon1990
Movie
4
ActressJustine2014
Movie
5.9
ActressAunt Summer2000
Movie
5.5
ActressDaisy1974
Movie
4.4
ActressRenee2007
Movie
5.2
ActressElizabeth Lucy1973
Movie
5.5
ActressRuth Wilson1988
Movie
3.5
ActressAunt De La Chasse2009
Movie
3.5
ActressMrs. Allardyce2013
Movie
4.6
ActressMom1988
Movie
4.3
ActressRita1990
Movie
2
ActressTarot1991
Movie
5.1
ActressMary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey1972
Movie
7.6
ActressSelf2009
Movie
5
ActressClarisse Saunders1978
Movie
3.8
ActressChantelle2003
Movie
5.7
ActressKaren1985
Movie
5.9
ActressNehor1995
Movie
4.9
ActressRachel1986
Movie
3.4
ActressMrs. Granger1990
Movie
3.4
Actress2009
Movie
4.2
ActressMay2010
Movie
4.4
ActressValentine Colby1981
Movie
1.7
ActressTarot1993
Movie
4.4
ActressAunt Eloise1999
Movie
4.4
ActressKarla2013
Movie
4.2
ActressDr. Gabrielle Kessler1997
Movie
3.8
ActressBarbara2007
Movie
5
ActressBetty1960
Movie
4
ActressMrs. Mary Happ2000
Movie
5.9
ActressSybil Lullmer1990
Movie
5
ActressPaula Herbert1979
Movie
3.9
ActressMrs. Trowbridge1990
Movie
6.8
ActressMartha Gelhorn1989
Movie
3.5
ActressHigh Priestess1998
Movie
6.3
ActressMa1999
Movie
6.5
ActressRose Walsh1996
Movie
7.3
Actress("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)2002
Movie
6.3
ActressMaria2012
Movie
Actress1994
Movie
5.4
ActressStoryteller2008
Movie
4.6
ActressLaura Lawrence1987
Movie
5.7
ActressGloria1986
Movie
5.4
ActressBertha1995
Movie
6.1
ActressInsp. Wilson1992
Movie
4.2
ActressAmy1982
Movie
5.9
ActressJoan Caldwell1990
Movie
5.1
ActressMichelle1992
Movie
5.3
ActressMrs. Melnick2012
Movie
5.4
ActressMrs. Melnick2002
Movie
5.3
ActressMrs. Buttleman2003
Movie
5.1
ActressMrs. Springle2001
Movie
5.3
ActressEvelyn1995
Movie
5.9
ActressMaria Vandermeer1993
Movie
6.3
ActressMrs. Martin2008
Movie
5.7
ActressKaren Black (uncredited)1982
Movie
5.3
ActressMrs. Leider2006
Movie
6.4
ActressSelf1997
Movie
5
ActressAlex1997
Movie
5.9
ActressThe Mother1998
Movie
6.7
ActressSea Witch1987
Movie
4.4
ActressHomeroom Teacher1990
Movie
4.2
ActressDr. Julia Harcourt1990
Movie
3.8
ActressKim Martino1991
Movie
4.5
ActressBarrett1991
Movie
4
ActressMrs. Elliot1992
Movie
5
ActressMrs. Sorrel1992
Movie
4.4
ActressJune Rhodes1996
Movie
3
ActressCourtney Whitmer1998
Movie
7
ActressSelf1999
Movie
6.3
ActressSelf2001
Movie
7.8
ActressSelf2004
Movie
7.5
ActressSelf2010
Movie
6
ActressSelf2010
Movie
4
Actress2018
Movie
1.7
ActressMother1999
Movie
ActressTarot2012
TV Show
6.7
Actress1 Episode1996
TV Show
7.3
Actress1 Episode1973-1980
TV Show
7.3
ActressBarbara Sanders
1 Episode
1972-1973
TV Show
7.8
ActressSelf - Host
1 Episode
1975
TV Show
8.1
ActressGuest Interviewee
1 Episode
1982-1987
TV Show
7.5
Actress1 Episode1984-1989
TV Show
7.2
ActressLorraine Chapman
1 Episode
1965-1974
TV Show
7.5
ActressSusan Decker
1 Episode
1968-1975
TV Show
7.4
ActressCarla
1 Episode
1965-1969
TV Show
7.4
ActressDr. Sylvia Dunn
1 Episode
1984-1996
TV Show
7.2
Actress1 Episode1967-1975
TV Show
7.6
ActressVera Morgan
1 Episode
2001-2011
TV Show
7.4
Actress1 Episode1993-1993
TV Show
7
Actress3 Episodes1984-1985
TV Show
6.5
ActressKay Mason
1 Episode
1983-1991
TV Show
7.5
Actress1 Episode1967-1969
TV Show
7.4
ActressJennifer Palmer
1 Episode
1965-1968
TV Show
6
Actress1 Episode1997-2000
TV Show
8.5
ActressSelf - Guest / Various Characters
1 Episode
1967-1978
TV Show
7.8
ActressClaudia Stone
1 Episode
1967-1968
TV Show
7.7
ActressJennifer
1 Episode
2007-2017
TV Show
7.4
ActressMonica Garrison
1 Episode
1968-1971
TV Show
7.8
ActressSelf - Host / Catherine the Great / Various
1 Episode
1975
TV Show
8.1
ActressSea Witch
1 Episode
1982-1987
TV Show
6.9
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1961-1982
TV Show
8.3
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1962-1992
TV Show
6
ActressMiss Gati / Landlady
1 Episode
1997-2000
Short Film
6.2
ActressAgrippina2005
Short Film
7.1
ActressThe Donna2013
Movie
6.3
ActressJulie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia1975
Movie
5.4
ActressMiriam Oliver / Sandy1977
Limited Series
6.3
ActressErnestina Crawford1979-1979
Movie
6.5
ActressHerself2006
Movie
5.4
ActressSocial Worker1998
Movie
6.1
ActressInvestigator Evelyn Carter1980
Movie
6.1
ActressRose Vanda-Buchanan1980
Movie
5.9
ActressAnne1978
Movie
7.8
ActressMrs. Tender1996
Movie
5.7
ActressHelen1980
Movie
5.9
ActressSelf1999
Limited Series
8.1
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1993-1993
Movie
4
WritingWriter, Producer1998
Movie
5
WritingScreenplay1997
Movie
7.5
SoundMusic1975
Short Film
7.6
WritingScreenplay2000
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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