Personal Info
Known Credits
165
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1939-07-01 (86 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Also Known For
カレン・ブラックKaren Blanche Ziegler
Karen Black
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 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2018 --
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
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2015 --
Bottomless Pit
| Karen Black
2015 --
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
Wild in Blue
| Justine
2013 --
She Loves Me Not
| Karla
2013 --
Ooga Booga
| Mrs. Allardyce
2012 --
Dark Blood
| Motel Woman
2012 --
Maria My Love
| Maria
2012 --
OowieWanna
| The Donna
2012 --
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
| Tarot
2012 --
Mommy's Little Monster
| Mrs. Melnick
2011 --
Letters from the Big Man
| Sean's Colleague
2011 --
Some Guy Who Kills People
| Ruth Boyd
2010 --
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
| Self
2010 --
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
| Self
2010 --
Nothing Special
| May
2009 --
Double Duty
| Annabelle
2009 --
Stuck!
| The Neighbor Lady
2009 --
Repo Chick
| Aunt De La Chasse
2009 --
Irene in Time
| Sheila Shivvers
2009 --
Wamego: Ultimatum
| Self
2009 --
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
| Self
2008 --
A Single Woman
| Storyteller
2008 --
Watercolors
| Mrs. Martin
2008 --
Contamination
| Mavis
2007 --
Hollywood Dreams
| Luna
2007 --
One Long Night
| Barbara
2007 --
Ghost Writer
| Renee
2006 --
Read You Like a Book
| Kate
2006 --
Wanderlust
| Herself
2006 --
Whitepaddy
| Mrs. Leider
2005 --
America Brown
| Marianne Brown
2005 --
Firecracker
| Sandra / Eleanor
2005 --
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
| Agrippina
2005 --
Dr. Rage
| Molly
2004 --
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
| Self
2003 --
Paris
| Chantelle
2003 --
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
| Mrs. Buttleman
2003 --
House of 1000 Corpses
| Mother Firefly
2003 --
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
| Self
2002 --
Curse of the Forty-Niner
| Aunt Nelly
2002 --
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
| ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
2002 --
Teknolust
| Dirty Dick
2002 --
A Light in the Darkness
| Mrs. Melnick
2001 --
Gypsy 83
| Bambi LeBleau
2001 --
The Donor
| Mrs. Springle
2001 --
Plotting 'Family Plot'
| Self
2001 --
Soulkeeper
| Martha la Magnifica
2000 --
The Independent
| Karen Black
2000 --
Red Dirt
| Aunt Summer
2000 --
Fallen Arches
| Lucy Romano
2000 --
Oliver Twisted
| Mrs. Mary Happ
1999 --
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
| Self
1999 --
The Underground Comedy Movie
| Mother
1999 --
Mascara
| Aunt Eloise
1999 --
Conceiving Ada
| Lady Byron / Mother Coer
1999 --
Paradise Cove
| Ma
1998 --
Charades
| Jude
1998 --
Bury the Evidence
| The Mother
1998 --
Angel Blue
| Social Worker
1998 --
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
| Whip Lady
1998 --
Invisible Dad
| Courtney Whitmer
1998 --
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
| Self
1998 --
Light Speed
| High Priestess
1998 --
Malaika
| Jessica Martin
1997 --
Men
| Alex
1997 --
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
| Self
1997 --
Stir
| Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
1996 --
New York Crossing
| Mrs. Tender
1996 --
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
| June Rhodes
1996 --
Dogtown
| Rose Van Horn
1996 --
Crimetime
| Millicent
1996 --
Cries of Silence
| Rose Walsh
1995 --
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
| Evelyn
1995 --
Plan 10 from Outer Space
| Nehor
1995 --
Starstruck
| Bertha
1995 --
Dinosaur Valley Girls
| Ro-Kell
1994 --
The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
|
1994 --
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
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1994 --
Too Bad About Jack
|
1993 --
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
| Carla
1993 --
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
| Tarot
1993 --
The Trust
| Maria Vandermeer
1993 --
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
| Tarot
1992 --
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
| Auntie Lee
1992 --
The Double 0 Kid
| Mrs. Elliot
1992 --
Judgement
| Tiffany Powers
1992 --
Final Judgement
| Mrs. Sorrel
1992 --
Tuesday Never Comes
| Michelle
1992 --
Rubin & Ed
| Rula
1992 --
The Player
| Karen Black
1992 --
Dead Girls Don't Tango
| Insp. Wilson
1991 --
Quiet Fire
| Kim Martino
1991 --
The Roller Blade Seven
| Tarot
1991 --
Children of the Night
| Karen Thompson
1991 --
Caged Fear
| Blanche
1991 --
The Killers Edge
| Barrett
1991 --
Ralph S. Mouse
| Miss Kuchenbacker
1990 --
Mirror Mirror
| Susan Gordon
1990 --
Club Fed
| Sally Rich
1990 --
Haunting Fear
| Dr. Julia Harcourt
1990 --
Night Angel
| Rita
1990 --
The Children
| Sybil Lullmer
1990 --
Zapped Again!
| Homeroom Teacher
1990 --
Twisted Justice
| Mrs. Granger
1990 --
Fatal Encounter
| Joan Caldwell
1990 --
Overexposed
| Mrs. Trowbridge
1990 --
Evil Spirits
| Ella Purdy
1989 --
Homer and Eddie
| Belle
1988 --
Out of the Dark
| Ruth Wilson
1988 --
Dixie Lanes
| Zelma Putnam
1988 --
The Invisible Kid
| Mom
1988 --
On the tracks of a filmmaker
| Karen Black
1988 --
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
| Martha Gelhorn
1987 --
Hostage
| Laura Lawrence
1987 --
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
| Ellen Jarvis
1987 --
The Little Mermaid
| Sea Witch
1986 --
Invaders from Mars
| Linda Magnusson
1986 --
Savage Dawn
| Rachel
1986 --
Flight of the Spruce Goose
| Gloria
1985 --
Cut and Run
| Karin
1985 --
Martin's Day
| Karen
1985 --
Eternal Evil
| Janus
1984 --
Bad Manners
| Gladys Fitzpatrick
1983 --
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
| Zee
1982 --
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
| Joanne
1982 --
The Last Horror Film
| Karen Black (uncredited)
1982 --
Miss Right
| Amy
1981 --
The Grass Is Singing
| Mary Turner
1981 --
Separate Ways
| Valentine Colby
1981 --
Chanel Solitaire
| Emilienne d'Alençon
1980 --
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
| Investigator Evelyn Carter
1980 --
Where the Ladies Go
| Helen
1980 --
Power
| Rose Vanda-Buchanan
1979 --
Killer Fish
| Kate
1979 --
The Last Word
| Paula Herbert
1979 --
Mr. Horn
| Ernestina Crawford
1978 --
The Squeeze
| Clarisse Saunders
1978 --
In Praise of Older Women
| Maya
1978 --
Because He's My Friend
| Anne
1977 --
Capricorn One
| Judy Drinkwater
1977 --
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
| Miriam Oliver / Sandy
1976 --
Burnt Offerings
| Marian Rolf
1976 --
Family Plot
| Fran
1976 --
Crime and Passion
| Susan Winters
1975 --
Nashville
| Connie White
1975 --
The Day of the Locust
| Faye Greener
1975 --
Trilogy of Terror
| Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
1974 --
Airport 1975
| Nancy Pryor
1974 --
Law and Disorder
| Gloria
1974 --
The Great Gatsby
| Myrtle Wilson
1974 --
Rhinoceros
| Daisy
1973 --
The Outfit
| Bett Harrow
1973 --
The Pyx
| Elizabeth Lucy
1973 --
Little Laura and Big John
| Laura
1972 --
Portnoy's Complaint
| Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
1972 --
Cisco Pike
| Sue
1971 --
Born to Win
| Parm
1971 --
A Gunfight
| Jenny Simms
1971 --
Drive, He Said
| Olive
1970 --
Five Easy Pieces
| Rayette Dipesto
1969 --
Easy Rider
| Karen
1969 --
Hard Contract
| Ellen
1966 --
You're a Big Boy Now
| Amy Partlett
1960 --
The Prime Time
| Betty