Birthday
1939/07/01
Day of death
2013/08/08 (74 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Also know as
カレン・ブラック, Karen Blanche Ziegler
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, includin...Read more
(1975) Nashville
as Connie White
(1997) Men
as Alex
(1998) Malaika
as Jessica Martin
(2003) House of 1000 Corpses
as Mother Firefly
(1992) The Player
as Karen Black
(1998) I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Whip Lady
(1973) Little Laura and Big John
as Laura
(1974) The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
(1975) The Day of the Locust
as Faye Greener
(1971) Born to Win
as Parm
(1988) Out of the Dark
as Ruth Wilson
(1995) Dinosaur Valley Girls
as Ro-Kell
(1976) Family Plot
as Fran
(1988) The Invisible Kid
as Mom
(1985) Cut and Run
as Karin
(1986) Invaders from Mars
as Linda Magnusson
(1996) Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
as June Rhodes
(2001) Gypsy 83
as Bambi LeBleau
(1970) Five Easy Pieces
as Rayette Dipesto
(1973) The Outfit
as Bett Harrow
(1974) Airport 1975
as Nancy Pryor
(2007) One Long Night
as Barbara
(1976) Burnt Offerings
as Marian Rolf
(1990) Evil Spirits
as Ella Purdy
(1995) Plan 10 from Outer Space
as Nehor
(1979) Killer Fish
as Kate
(1992) Rubin & Ed
as Rula
(1992) Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
as Auntie Lee
(1990) Haunting Fear
as Dr. Julia Harcourt
(1990) Night Angel
as Rita
(1966) You're a Big Boy Now
as Amy Partlett
(1991) Children of the Night
as Karen Thompson
(1998) Invisible Dad
as Courtney Whitmer
(2001) Soulkeeper
as Martha la Magnifica
(1975) Trilogy of Terror
as Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
(1996) New York Crossing
as Mrs. Tender
(2005) Firecracker
as Sandra / Eleanor
(2003) Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
(1989) Homer and Eddie
as Belle
(1969) Hard Contract
as Ellen
(1987) It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
as Ellen Jarvis
(1982) Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
as Joanne
(2009) Stuck!
as The Neighbor Lady
(1998) Bury the Evidence
as The Mother
(2011) Some Guy Who Kills People
as Ruth Boyd
(1971) A Gunfight
as Jenny Simms
(2007) Ghost Writer
as Renee
(1990) Mirror Mirror
as Susan Gordon
(2006) Wanderlust
as Herself
(1981) Separate Ways
as Valentine Colby
(1972) Cisco Pike
as Sue
(1973) The Pyx
as Elizabeth Lucy
(1971) Drive, He Said
as Olive
(1986) Savage Dawn
as Rachel
(2000) Red Dirt
as Aunt Summer
(1999) Conceiving Ada
as Lady Byron / Mother Coer
(1985) Eternal Evil
as Janus
(1991) The Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot
(2012) Maria My Love
as Maria
(2012) Mommy's Little Monster
as Mrs. Melnick
(2005) America Brown
as Marianne Brown
(1999) Mascara
as Aunt Eloise
(1996) Crimetime
as Millicent
(2009) No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
(2009) Irene in Time
as Sheila Shivvers
(1996) Dogtown
as Rose Van Horn
(1972) Portnoy's Complaint
as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
(1993) Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
as Carla
(1981) The Grass Is Singing
as Mary Turner
(1978) In Praise of Older Women
as Maya
(1976) Crime and Passion
as Susan Winters
(1974) Law and Disorder
as Gloria
(1983) Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Zee
(1969) Easy Rider
as Karen
(1998) Light Speed
as High Priestess
(1985) Martin's Day
as Karen
(1998) Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
(2013) Ooga Booga
as Mrs. Allardyce
(1998) Charades
as Jude
(1990) Overexposed
as Mrs. Trowbridge
(1991) The Killers Edge
as Barrett
(1991) Quiet Fire
as Kim Martino
(1990) Club Fed
as Sally Rich
(1978) The Squeeze
as Clarisse Saunders
(2010) Nothing Special
as May
(2013) She Loves Me Not
as Karla
(1992) Judgement
as Tiffany Powers
(1987) Hostage
as Laura Lawrence
(1974) Rhinoceros
as Daisy
(1960) The Prime Time
as Betty
(1994) The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
as ---
(2005) Dr. Rage
as Molly
(1991) Caged Fear
as Blanche
(1982) Miss Right
as Amy
(1993) Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot
(1977) The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
as Miriam Oliver / Sandy
(1980) Where the Ladies Go
as Helen
(1984) Bad Manners
as Gladys Fitzpatrick
(2005) Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Agrippina
(1988) The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
as Martha Gelhorn
(2007) Hollywood Dreams
as Luna
(1990) Zapped Again!
as Homeroom Teacher
(2015) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Wamego: Ultimatum
as Self
(2008) Contamination
as Mavis
(2014) Wild in Blue
as Justine
(1990) Twisted Justice
as Mrs. Granger
(1999) The Underground Comedy Movie
as Mother
(2012) Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
as Tarot
(2002) Curse of the Forty-Niner
as Aunt Nelly
(2000) Fallen Arches
as Lucy Romano
(1988) Dixie Lanes
as Zelma Putnam
(1980) Power
as Rose Vanda-Buchanan
(1980) Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Investigator Evelyn Carter
(2011) Letters from the Big Man
as Sean's Colleague
(2015) Bottomless Pit
as Karen Black
(1998) Angel Blue
as Social Worker
(2012) OowieWanna
as The Donna
(1988) On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Karen Black
(2010) BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
(2003) Paris
as Chantelle
(1996) Cries of Silence
as Rose Walsh
(1977) Capricorn One
as Judy Drinkwater
(1992) The Double 0 Kid
as Mrs. Elliot
(1981) Chanel Solitaire
as Emilienne d'Alençon
(1979) The Last Word
as Paula Herbert
(2001) Plotting 'Family Plot'
as Self
(1990) The Children
as Sybil Lullmer
(1979) Mr. Horn
as Ernestina Crawford
(2000) The Independent
as Karen Black
(1992) Final Judgement
as Mrs. Sorrel
(1997) Stir
as Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
(1995) Starstruck
as Bertha
(1986) Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Gloria
(1999) Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
(2009) Repo Chick
as Aunt De La Chasse
(2009) Double Duty
as Annabelle
(1993) Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot
(2002) Teknolust
as Dirty Dick
(2002) Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
as ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
(1999) Paradise Cove
as Ma
(1987) The Little Mermaid
as Sea Witch
(1994) Too Bad About Jack
as ---
(2000) Oliver Twisted
as Mrs. Mary Happ
(1992) Tuesday Never Comes
as Michelle
(2008) A Single Woman
as Storyteller
(2002) A Light in the Darkness
as Mrs. Melnick
(1992) Dead Girls Don't Tango
as Insp. Wilson
(1990) Fatal Encounter
as Joan Caldwell
(2018) Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
as ---
(2003) Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
as Mrs. Buttleman
(2010) Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
as Self
(2001) The Donor
as Mrs. Springle
(2006) Read You Like a Book
as Kate
(1978) Because He's My Friend
as Anne
(1995) The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
as Evelyn
(1993) The Trust
as Maria Vandermeer
(1994) Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
as ---
(2008) Watercolors
as Mrs. Martin
(1982) The Last Horror Film
as Karen Black (uncredited)
(2004) WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
as Self
(1991) Ralph S. Mouse
as Miss Kuchenbacker
(2006) Whitepaddy
as Mrs. Leider
(1997) Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(2012) Dark Blood
as Motel Woman
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Sylvia Dunn
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Lorraine Chapman
(1984) Miami Vice
as ---
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1968) Adam-12
as Susan Decker
(1993) Moon Over Miami
as ---
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Vera Morgan
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Jennifer Palmer
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1984) E/R
as ---
(1983) The Hitchhiker
as Kay Mason
(1965) The Big Valley
as Carla
(1997) The Hunger
as Miss Gati / Landlady
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1972) Ghost Story
as Barbara Sanders
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Guest Interviewee
(2007) Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Jennifer
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Monica Garrison
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Sea Witch
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
(1967) The Invaders
as Claudia Stone
(1993) Tales of the City
as Self