Karen Allen

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Karen Jane Allen (* 5. October 1951 in Carrollton , Illinois ) is an American actress .

Life and accomplishments

childhood

Karen Allen's father, Carroll Thompson Allen , was an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ; her mother Patricia Howell a teacher. The family moved several times before settling down in the Washington, DC metropolitan area . Allen studied art and design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City , George Washington University, and the University of Maryland . She was of the plays of Jerzy Grotowski enthusiastic.

In 1973, Allen got her first role in the play Saint , which was produced by St. Columba Church . She later played in the Washington Theater Laboratory Company . In 1977 she moved to New York, where she first took acting lessons from Lee Strasberg , co-founder of the Group Theater and Actors Studio .

Career

In 1978, Allen made her film debut in the comedy I think Animal House (OT: Animal House ) alongside John Belushi . For this role she was paid $ 3,000. A year later she played a small role in the romantic comedy Manhattan by director Woody Allen and a supporting role in the feature film The Wanderers by Philip Kaufman . She played her first leading role in the drama Among Good Friends from 1980. The 1980s are considered the high point of her acting career.

She became known to a broad cinema audience in 1981 on the side of Harrison Ford in Steven Spielberg 's first Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark and received the Saturn Award for best actress in 1982 .

In 1982, Allen was in the play The Monday After the Miracle her debut on Broadway and won the following year the Theater World Award as best new actress ( Best New Actress ).

For the role of Jenny Hayden in the adventure film Starman (1984) she received a nomination for best actress ( Saturn Award ) in 1985 . In 1987 Allen starred in the drama The Glass Menagerie , directed by Paul Newman . In addition to the good reviews, the film also brought her several nominations (in 1988 for the Independent Spirit Award and Sant Jordi Award ).

By 1990 she starred in five other films (including the romantic film Love Without a Way Out and the fantasy film The Ghosts I Called ). Since the birth of her first child, she only took on minor TV roles (including Rapture from 1993).

In 2008, after 27 years, she resumed her role in Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull .

Private life

In 1987 she met the American TV star Kale Browne at " The Whole Theater " in Montclair (New Jersey) , whom she married on May 1, 1988. The marriage lasted until 1997. On September 14, 1990, their first child, Nicholas Allen , was born. In the 1990s, Allen founded her own yoga center, where she and other teachers taught 35 classes a week. In 2003 she started her own textile company in western Massachusetts called Karen Allen Fiber Arts . She also gives acting classes at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1978: I think a horse will kick me (National Lampoon's Animal House)
  • 1978: Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (TV movie)
  • 1979: Manhattan
  • 1979: The Wanderers
  • 1979: Under the California Sun ( Knots Landing , TV series)
  • 1980: Cruising
  • 1980: A Small Circle of Friends
  • 1981: Beyond Eden ( East of Eden , TV series)
  • 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  • 1982: The Conflict - You or Both (Shoot the Moon)
  • 1982: Dangerous Friends / The Symbol (Split Image)
  • 1984: Love With No Way Out (Until September)
  • 1984: Starman
  • 1986: Alfred Hitchcock Shows ( Alfred Hitchcock Presents , TV series)
  • 1987: Final Night (Backfire)
  • 1987: Terminus
  • 1987: The Glass Menagerie (The Glass Menagerie)
  • 1988: The Ghosts I Called ... (Scrooged)
  • 1989: A Monkey To Smooch (Animal Behavior)
  • 1990: Challenger (TV movie)
  • 1990: Sexpionage ( Secret Weapon , TV movie)
  • 1991: Harry's greatest coup (Sweet Talker)
  • 1992: Nonesense and Lullabyes: Poems (short film)
  • 1992: Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (short film)
  • 1992: The Turning
  • 1992: Malcolm X
  • 1993: Rapture - Murder According to Program ( Rapture , TV movie)
  • 1993: Hercules and the Sandlot Kids (The Sandlot)
  • 1993: Cruise to the Hereafter ( Voyage , TV movie)
  • 1993: King of the Marble (King of the Hill)
  • 1993: Ghost in the Machine
  • 1994: The Road Home (TV series)
  • 1996: Ripper (computer game)
  • 1996: Menacing Passion ( Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story , Movie made for TV)
  • 1996: Law & Order (TV series)
  • 1997: Two singles in LA ('Til There Was You)
  • 1997: Winterliebe - Late Romance in the Snow ( All the Winters That Have Been , TV movie)
  • 1998: Falling Sky
  • 1999: The Basket
  • 2000: Wind River
  • 2000: The Storm (The Perfect Storm)
  • 2001: In the Bedroom
  • 2001: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
  • 2001: Crazy Time - Learning for Life ( My Horrible Year ! , TV movie)
  • 2001: World Traveler
  • 2001: Warrior - Shaka Zulu ( Shaka Zulu: The Citadel , TV movie)
  • 2003: Where Are They Now ?: A Delta Alumni Update (short film)
  • 2003: The Root
  • 2003: Briar Patch
  • 2004: Poster Boy
  • 2004: When Will I Be Loved
  • 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • 2010: November Christmas
  • 2014: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York ( Blue Bloods , TV series)

Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

  • 1982: Best Actress for Raiders of the Lost Ark

Web links

Commons : Karen Allen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
  2. ↑ Karen Allen. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2015 (eng).
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allen, Karen Jane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrollton , Illinois , United States