Karen Black
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1939
Died: August 8, 2013
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
Burnt Offerings
1976
Evil Spirits
1991
Plan 10 from Outer Space
1995
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
1992
Children of the Night
1991
Invisible Dad
1998
Trilogy of Terror
1975
Firecracker
2005
Stuck!
2009
Mirror Mirror
1990
Separate Ways
1981
The Pyx
1973
The Grass Is Singing
1981
In Praise of Older Women
1978
Ooga Booga
2013
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977
Contamination
2008
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980
Bottomless Pit
2015
OowieWanna
2012
Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986
Fatal Encounter
1990
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
2018
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
2010
Because He's My Friend
1978
The Trust
1993
Every Minute Is Goodbye
1996
Karen Black: Actress at Work
1999
Meet the Eye
2009
Birth of Industry
2004
Vacationland
Little Laura and Big John
1973
The Day of the Locust
1975
Born to Win
1971
Out of the Dark
1988
Invaders from Mars
1986
Five Easy Pieces
1970
The Outfit
1973
Airport 1975
1974
Killer Fish
1979
New York Crossing
1996
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987
Cisco Pike
1972
Drive, He Said
1971
Red Dirt
2000
Eternal Evil
1985
Maria My Love
2012
Portnoy's Complaint
1972
Crime and Passion
1976
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1983
Blood Money
1991
The Squeeze
1978
Nothing Special
2010
Hostage
1987
Where the Ladies Go
1980
Dixie Lanes
1988
Cries of Silence
1996
The Last Word
1979
Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001
Too Bad About Jack
1994
Tuesday Never Comes
1992
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
1995
Airports
2025
Family Plot
1976
Gypsy 83
2001
Rubin & Ed
1992
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982
Some Guy Who Kills People
2011
Savage Dawn
1985
The Roller Blade Seven
1991
Mommy's Little Monster
2012
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
Law and Disorder
1974
Light Speed
1998
Judgement
1992
Rhinoceros
1974
Miss Right
1982
Fallen Arches
2000
Mr. Horn
1979
A Light in the Darkness
2002
Dead Girls Don't Tango
1992
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
First Time Long Time
2009
The Children
1990
Nashville
1975
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
The Great Gatsby
1974
Dinosaur Valley Girls
1995
Soulkeeper
2001
A Gunfight
1971
Suffering Man's Charity
2007
Wanderlust
2006
Conceiving Ada
1999
Irene in Time
2009
Dogtown
1997
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
1993
Charades
1998
Quiet Fire
1991
She Loves Me Not
2013
Dr. Rage
2005
Caged Fear
1991
Bad Manners
1984
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
2012
Paris
2003
Starstruck
1995
Teknolust
2002
The Little Mermaid
1987
Oliver Twisted
2000
A Single Woman
2008
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
2003
Read You Like a Book
2006
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
2004
Dark Blood
2012
George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies
The Invisible Kid
1988
One Long Night
2007
Night Angel
1990
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Crimetime
1996
Martin's Day
1985
Overexposed
1990
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
1994
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993
Wild in Blue
2014
Chanel Solitaire
1981
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999
Double Duty
2009
The Donor
2001
The Blue Tooth Virgin
2008
Haunting Fear
1990
You're a Big Boy Now
1966
Club Fed
1990
The Prime Time
1960
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005
Hollywood Dreams
2007
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
The Double 0 Kid
1992
Stir
1997
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
2002
Whitepaddy
2006
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
1996
Bury the Evidence
1998
America Brown
2005
Wamego: Ultimatum
2009
Letters from the Big Man
2011
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
Capricorn One
1977
The Independent
2000
Final Judgement
1992
Ralph S. Mouse
1991
Malaika
1998
Twisted Justice
1990
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
Hard Contract
1969
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015
Repo Chick
2009
Mascara
1999
Paradise Cove
1999
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Cut and Run
1985
Angel Blue
1998
Watercolors
2008
Zapped Again!
1990
Homer and Eddie
1989
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
The Underground Comedy Movie
1999
The Last Horror Film
1982
Men
1997
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
Crazy for Love
2005
Easy Rider
1969
The Player
1992
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The F.B.I.
1965
Miami Vice
1984
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Mannix
1967
Adam-12
1968
Moon Over Miami
1993
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Run for Your Life
1965
Police Story
1973
E/R
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
The Big Valley
1965
The Hunger
1997
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ghost Story
1972
Saturday Night Live
1975
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Name of the Game
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Invaders
1967
Tales of the City
1993
Science Fiction Film Awards
Russians in the City of Angels
2003
The Second Hundred Years
1967
Profiler
1996
Party of Five
1994
People's Choice Awards
1975
Worlds Beyond
1986
Power
1980
Mr. Horn
1979
Rude Awakening
1998