Karen Black (

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Karen Blanche Ziegler

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Karen Black

Birth Name:
Karen Blanche Ziegler

Date of Birth:
July 1, 1939,

Height:
5' 7" (1.70 m)

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Karen Black was born Karen Blanche Zeigler in 1939. She entered Northwestern University at 15 in 1954 and left two years later. She studied under Lee Strasberg in New York and worked in a number of off-Broadway roles in the late 1950s. She made her film debut in The Prime Time (1959), but the film flopped and she stayed away from the screen for six years, acting in many plays. She made a critically acclaimed debut on Broadway in 1965 in "The Playroom". Her first big film role was in You're a Big Boy Now (1966), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Her film career gained momentum in the late 60s, and shortly after wards, she appeared as Marcia in the TV series "The Second Hundred Years" (1967).The film that made her a star was Easy Rider (1969), where she worked with Dennis Hopper. She appeared with Jack Nicholson the next year when they starred in Five Easy Pieces (1970), which garnered an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for Karen. Her roles mainly consisted of waitresses, hookers and women on the edge. Some of her later films were disappointments at the box office, but she did receive another Golden Globe for The Great Gatsby (1974). One role for which she is well remembered is that of the jewel thief in Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot (1976). Another is as the woman terrorized in her apartment by a murderous Zuni doll come to life in the well received TV movie Trilogy of Terror (1975) (TV). She continued to appear in mainstream films until the late 70s, when she turned to independent films for work. After a number of forgettable movies, she again won rave reviews for her role in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). Since then, her film career has been busy, but the quality of the films has been uneven.

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Karen Black filmography

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1. Funny or Die Presents... (2011)
(TV series) Debbie Rubbie

actress

2. Better People (2010)
(TV movie) Marci

actress

3. Contamination (2008)
Mavis

actress

4. A Single Woman (2008)
Storyteller

actress

5. Whitepaddy (2006)
Mrs. Leider

actress

6. Read You Like a Book (2006)
Kate

actress

7. Dr. Rage (2005)
Molly

actress

8. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Mother Firefly

actress

9. Oliver Twisted (2000)
Mrs. Mary Happ

actress

10. Inviati speciali (2000)

actress

11. The Donor (2000)
Mrs. Springle

actress

12. Paradise Cove (1999)
Ma

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13. Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin (1998)
Dental Assistant

actress

14. My Neighbor's Daughter (1998)
TV Social Worker

actress

15. Stripping for Jesus (1998)

actress

16. "The Hunger" (1997)
Miss Gati (1 episode, 1997)

actress

17. Quiet Fire (1991)
V Kim Martino

actress

18. Zapped Again! (1990)
V Substitute Teacher

actress

19. Platinum Blonde (1988)

actress

20. Gr?set sjunger (1981)
Mary Turner

actress

21. Separate Ways (1981)
Valentine Colby

actress

22. Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980)
TV Officer Evelyn Carter

actress

23. Where the Ladies Go (1980)
TV Helen

actress

24. The Last Word (1980)
Paula Herbert

actress

25. Killer Fish (1979)
Kate Neville

actress

26. Mr. Horn (1979)
TV Ernestina Crawford

actress

27. In Praise of Older Women (1978)
Maya

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28. The Squeeze (1978)
Clarisse Saunders

actress

29. Burnt Offerings (1976)
Marian Rolf

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30. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
TV Julie/Millicent Larimore/Therese Larimore/Amelia

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31. Rhinoceros (1974)
Daisy

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32. Law and Disorder (1974)
Gloria

actress

33. Airport 1975 (1974)
Nancy Pryor

actress

34. Little Laura and Big John (1973)
Laura

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35. Cisco Pike (1972)
Sue

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36. Drive, He Said (1971)
Olive

actress

37. Hastings Corner (1970)
TV Jenny Honker

actress

38. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Rayette Dipesto

actress

39. Hard Contract (1969)
Ellen

actress

40. You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
Amy Partlett

actress

41. The Prime Time (1960)
Painted woman

actress

42. "The Second Hundred Years"
Marcia Garroway (unknown episodes, 1967-1968)

actress

43. "Worlds Beyond"
(1 episode, 1987)

actress

44. In the Woods (2012)

45. Vacationland (2011)

46. Letters from the Big Man (2011)

47. Periphery (2011)
rumored

48. Maria My Love (2011)

49. Heated Rivalry (2011)

50. Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)

51. Katie Q (2010)

52. In the Woods (2010)

53. Nothing Special (2010)

54. Repo Chick (2009)

55. Stuck! (2009)

56. Wamego: Ultimatum (2009)

57. Double Duty (2009)

58. Irene in Time (2009)

59. The Blue Tooth Virgin (2008)

60. Watercolors (2008)

61. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)

62. One Long Night (2007)

63. Suffering Man's Charity (2007)

64. Hollywood Dreams (2006)

65. Compartment (2005)
voice

66. Firecracker (2005)

67. Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005)

68. My Suicidal Sweetheart (2005)

69. Birth of Industry (2004)

70. Wamego: Making Movies Anywhere (2004)

71. America Brown (2004)

72. Film Trix 2004 (2004)

73. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

74. Paris (2003)

75. Summer Solstice (2003)

76. Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002)

77. Teknolust (2002)

78. Fans and Freaks: The Culture of Comics and Conventions (2002)

79. Buttleman (2002)

80. A Light in the Darkness (2002)

81. Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001)

82. Gypsy 83 (2001)

83. Hard Luck (2001)

84. Soulkeeper (2001)

85. A Conversation with Robert Altman (2000)
uncredited

86. Red Dirt (2000)

87. The Independent (2000)

88. Decoupage 2000: Return of the Goddess (1999)

89. Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999)

90. The Underground Comedy Movie (1999)

91. Mascara (1999)

92. Light Speed (1998)

93. Malaika (1998)

94. Charades (1998)

95. Fallen Arches (1998)

96. Bury the Evidence (1998)

97. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)

98. Sugar: The Fall of the West (1998)

99. "Rude Awakening" (1998)
2 episodes, 1999

100. Invisible Dad (1998)

101. Modern Rhapsody (1997)

102. Stir (1997)

103. Men (1997)

104. Conceiving Ada (1997)

105. Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)

106. Dogtown (1997)

107. Every Minute Is Goodbye (1996)

108. Movies Money Murder (1996)

109. Cries of Silence (1996)

110. Dinosaur Valley Girls (1996)

111. Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)

112. Crimetime (1996)

113. Angelo a New York, Un (1996)

114. Plan 10 from Outer Space (1995)

115. Starstruck (1995)

116. The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley (1995)

117. Too Bad About Jack (1994)

118. Jonas in the Desert (1994)

119. Tuesday Never Comes (1993)

120. The Trust (1993)

121. "Tales of the City" (1993)

122. Dark Blood (1993)

123. Dead Girls Don't Tango (1992)

124. Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1992)

125. Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1992)

126. Legend of the Roller Blade Seven (1992)

127. Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992)

128. Judgement (1992)

129. Caged Fear (1992)

130. Final Judgement (1992)

131. The Player (1992)

132. The Double 0 Kid (1992)

133. Children of the Night (1991)

134. Haunting Fear (1991)

135. The Killers Edge (1991)

136. Rubin and Ed (1991)

137. The Roller Blade Seven (1991)

138. Night Angel (1990)

139. Evil Spirits (1990)

140. Overexposed (1990)

141. Fatal Encounter (1990)

142. Twisted Justice (1990)

143. Night Angel (1990)

144. Mirror Mirror (1990)

145. Club Fed (1990)

146. The Children (1990)

147. Homer and Eddie (1989)

148. Out of the Dark (1989)

149. Circus of the Stars #14 (1989)
Performer-Elephant Act

150. Dixie Lanes (1988)

151. The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)

152. The Invisible Kid (1988)

153. Hostage (1987)

154. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)

155. Flight of the Spruce Goose (1986)

156. Invaders from Mars (1986)

157. Savage Dawn (1985)

158. The Blue Man (1985)

159. Cut and Run (1985)

160. A Stroke of Genius (1984)

161. Martin's Day (1984)

162. Growing Pains (1984)

163. "E/R" (1984)
3 episodes, 1984-1985

164. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)

165. Miss Right (1982)

166. The Last Horror Film (1982)
uncredited

167. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

168. Chanel Solitaire (1981)

169. Power (1980)

170. Science Fiction Film Awards (1978)

171. Because He's My Friend (1978)

172. Capricorn One (1978)

173. The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)

174. Ace Up My Sleeve (1976)

175. Nashville (1975)

176. "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
2 episodes, 1976-1981

177. The Day of the Locust (1975)

178. The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974)

179. The Great Gatsby (1974)

180. The Pyx (1973)

181. The Outfit (1973)

182. Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
The Monkey

183. The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972)

184. A Gunfight (1971)

185. Easy Rider (1969)

186. Wamego Strikes Back (2007)
Herself

self

187. Trilogy of Terror: Three Colors Black (2006)
V Herself

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188. Wanderlust (2006)
TV (also archive footage) Herself

self

189. The Big Show (2001)
TV Herself

self

190. Karen Black: Actress at Work (1999)
Herself

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191. "The Pat Sajak Show" (1989)
Herself (1 episode, 1990)

self

192. The Road to Freedom: L. Ron Hubbard and Friends (1986)
V Herself

self

193. "Breakaway"
Herself (1 episode, 1984)

self

194. "Dolly"
Herself (1 episode)

self

195. "Switched!"
Herself (1 episode, 2003)

self

196. Born to Win (1971)
("Ballad in C")

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