Karen Black

Karen Black

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

01/07/1939

Day of Death

08/08/2013
(74) years old

Place of Birth

Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

Biography

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2018

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts

as (archive footage)

2015

Bottomless Pit

as Karen Black

2015

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison ...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Wild in Blue

as Justine

2013

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

as Self (archive footage)

2013

She Loves Me Not

as Karla

2013

Ooga Booga

as Mrs. Allardyce

2012

Dark Blood

as Motel Woman

2012

Maria My Love

as Maria

2012

OowieWanna

as The Donna

2012

Mommy's Little Monster

as Mrs. Melnick

2011

Letters from the Big Man

as Sean's Colleague

2010

Nothing Special

as May

2009

Double Duty

as Annabelle

2009

Stuck!

as The Neighbor Lady

2009

Repo Chick

as Aunt De La Chasse

2009

Irene in Time

as Sheila Shivvers

2008

A Single Woman

as Storyteller

2008

Watercolors

as Mrs. Martin

2008

Contamination

as Mavis

2007

Hollywood Dreams

as Luna

2007

One Long Night

as Barbara

2006

Wanderlust

as Herself

2006

Whitepaddy

as Mrs. Leider

2005

America Brown

as Marianne Brown

2005

Firecracker

as Sandra / Eleanor

2005

My Suicidal Sweetheart

as Grace's Mom

2005

Dr. Rage

as Molly

2003

Paris

as Chantelle

2003

House of 1000 Corpses

as Mother Firefly

2002

Curse of the Forty-Niner

as Aunt Nelly

2002

Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume...

as ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)

2002

Teknolust

as Dirty Dick

2002

A Light in the Darkness

as Mrs. Melnick

2001

Gypsy 83

as Bambi LeBleau

2001

Soulkeeper

as Martha la Magnifica

2001

The Donor

as Mrs. Springle

2000

The Independent

as Karen Black

2000

Red Dirt

as Aunt Summer

2000

Fallen Arches

as Lucy Romano

2000

Oliver Twisted

as Mrs. Mary Happ

1999

Mascara

as Aunt Eloise

1999

Conceiving Ada

as Lady Byron / Mother Coer

1999

Paradise Cove

as Ma

1998

Charades

as Jude

1998

Bury the Evidence

as The Mother

1998

Angel Blue

as Social Worker

1998

Invisible Dad

as Courtney Whitmer

1998

Malaika

as Jessica Martin

1998

Light Speed

as High Priestess

1997

Men

as Alex

1997

Stir

as Dr. Gabrielle Kessler

1997

Dogtown

as Rose Van Horn

1996

New York Crossing

as Mrs. Tender

1996

Crimetime

as Millicent

1996

Cries of Silence

as Rose Walsh

1995

Dinosaur Valley Girls

as Ro-Kell

1995

Starstruck

as Bertha

1993

The Trust

as Maria Vandermeer

1992

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

as Auntie Lee

1992

The Double 0 Kid

as Mrs. Elliot

1992

Judgement

as Tiffany Powers

1992

Final Judgement

as Mrs. Sorrel

1992

Tuesday Never Comes

as Michelle

1992

Rubin & Ed

as Rula

1992

The Player

as Karen Black

1992

Dead Girls Don't Tango

as Insp. Wilson

1991

Quiet Fire

as Kim Martino

1991

Evil Spirits

as Ella Purdy

1991

Children of the Night

as Karen Thompson

1991

Caged Fear

as Blanche

1991

Blood Money

as Barrett

1991

Ralph S. Mouse

as Miss Kuchenbacker

1990

Mirror Mirror

as Susan Gordon

1990

Club Fed

as Sally Rich

1990

Haunting Fear

as Dr. Julia Harcourt

1990

Night Angel

as Rita

1990

The Children

as Sybil Lullmer

1990

Zapped Again!

as Homeroom Teacher

1990

Twisted Justice

as Mrs. Granger

1990

Overexposed

as Mrs. Trowbridge

1990

Fatal Encounter

as Joan Caldwell

1989

Homer and Eddie

as Belle

1988

Out of the Dark

as Ruth Wilson

1988

Dixie Lanes

as Zelma Putnam

1987

Hostage

as Laura Lawrence

1987

The Little Mermaid

as Sea Witch

1986

Invaders from Mars

as Linda Magnusson

1985

Savage Dawn

as Rachel

1985

Cut and Run

as Karin

1985

Martin's Day

as Karen

1985

Eternal Evil

as Janus

1984

Bad Manners

as Gladys Fitzpatrick

1982

The Last Horror Film

as Karen Black (uncredited)

1982

Miss Right

as Amy

1981

Chanel Solitaire

as Emilienne d'Alençon

1981

The Grass Is Singing

as Mary Turner

1981

Separate Ways

as Valentine Colby

1980

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

as Investigator Evelyn Carter

1980

Power

as Rose Vanda-Buchanan

1979

Killer Fish

as Kate

1979

The Last Word

as Paula Herbert

1979

Mr. Horn

as Ernestina Crawford

1978

The Squeeze

as Clarisse Saunders

1977

Capricorn One

as Judy Drinkwater

1977

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

as Miriam Oliver / Sandy

1976

Burnt Offerings

as Marian Rolf

1976

Family Plot

as Fran

1976

Crime and Passion

as Susan Winters

1975

Nashville

as Connie White

1975

The Day of the Locust

as Faye Greener

1975

Trilogy of Terror

as Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Lar...

1974

Airport 1975

as Nancy Pryor

1974

Law and Disorder

as Gloria

1974

The Great Gatsby

as Myrtle Wilson

1974

Rhinoceros

as Daisy

1973

The Outfit

as Bett Harrow

1973

The Pyx

as Elizabeth Lucy

1972

Portnoy's Complaint

as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

1971

Born to Win

as Parm

1971

Cisco Pike

as Sue

1971

A Gunfight

as Jenny Simms

1971

Drive, He Said

as Olive

1970

Five Easy Pieces

as Rayette Dipesto

1969

Easy Rider

as Karen

1969

Hard Contract

as Ellen

1966

You're a Big Boy Now

as Amy Partlett

1960

The Prime Time

as Betty

Crew

2005

Firecracker

as Editorial Consultant

1998

Charades

as Writer

1998

Charades

as Producer

1997

Men

as Writer

1975

Nashville

as Original Music Composer