Karen Allen
50Movies
9.0 Best Rating
Biography
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unsinkable | Nancy Smith | Average | |
| 2024 | The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones | Self | Average | |
| 2023 | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Marion | Hit | |
| 2021 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actress (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2021 | Things Heard & Seen | Mare Laughton | Average | |
| 2019 | Colewell | Nora | Average | |
| 2017 | A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. | director | Super Hit | |
| 2016 | Year by the Sea | Joan | Super Hit | |
| 2016 | Bad Hurt | Elaine Kendall | Flop | |
| 2011 | November Christmas | Claire Sanford | Super Hit | |
| 2011 | White Irish Drinkers | Margaret | Average | |
| 2009 | A Dog Year | Paula (voice) | Average | |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Marion Ravenwood | Average | |
| 2006 | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2005 | Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | Katherine Farewell | Flop | |
| 2004 | Poster Boy | Eunice Kray | Flop | |
| 2003 | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | self | Super Hit | |
| 2003 | Plain Dirty | Butcher Lee | Flop | |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Marla Keyes | Hit | |
| 2001 | My Horrible Year! | Belinda Faulkner | Flop | |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Melissa Brown | Hit | |
| 2000 | Wind River | Martha | Average | |
| 2000 | The Basket | Bessie Emery | Average | |
| 1999 | Falling Sky | Resse Nicholson | Flop | |
| 1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion | Self - Katy | Hit | |
| 1996 | Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story | Margaret | Flop | |
| 1993 | King of the Hill | Miss Mathey | Hit | |
| 1993 | Voyage | Catherine 'Kit' Norvell | Flop | |
| 1993 | The Sandlot | Mom | Super Hit | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Miss Dunne | Super Hit | |
| 1991 | Sweet Talker | Julie Maguire | Flop | |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon | Ruth | Average | |
| 1990 | Challenger | Christa McAuliffe | Average | |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Claire Phillips | Hit | |
| 1988 | Backfire | Mara McAndrew | Flop | |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield | Average | |
| 1984 | Starman | Jenny Hayden | Hit | |
| 1984 | Until September | Mo Alexander | Flop | |
| 1982 | Split Image | Rebecca / Amy | Average | |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon | Sandy | Average | |
| 1981 | The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | Hit | |
| 1981 | Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark | Self (archive footage) | Hit | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Marion Ravenwood | Super Hit | |
| 1980 | A Small Circle of Friends | Jessica Bloom | Average | |
| 1980 | Cruising | Nancy Gates | Hit | |
| 1979 | The Wanderers | Nina | Hit | |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Television Actor #2 | Super Hit | |
| 1978 | Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II | Elizabeth | Flop | |
| 1978 | Animal House | Katy | Hit |