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Karen Black
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Acting
Birthday
1939-07-01,Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Gender
Female
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, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City. She performed on Broadway in 1965 before making her major film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now (1966). Black relocated to California and was cast as an acid-tripping prostitute in Dennis Hopper's road film Easy Rider (1969). That led to a lead in the drama Five Easy Pieces (1970), in which she played a hopeless beautician, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Black made her first major commercial picture with the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974), and her subsequent appearance as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974) won her a second Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Black starred as a glamorous country singer in Robert Altman's ensemble musical drama Nashville (1975), also writing and performing two songs for the soundtrack, which won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack. Her portrayal of an aspiring actress in John Schlesinger's drama The Day of the Locust (also 1975) earned her a third Golden Globe nomination, this time for Best Actress. She subsequently took on four roles in Dan Curtis' anthology horror film Trilogy of Terror (1975), followed by Curtis's supernatural horror feature, Burnt Offerings (1976). The same year, she starred as a con artist in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot. In 1982, Black starred as a trans woman in the Robert Altman-directed Broadway debut of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, a role she also reprised in Altman's subsequent film adaptation. She next starred in the comedy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983), followed by Tobe Hooper's remake of Invaders from Mars (1986). For much of the late 1980s and 1990s, Black starred in a variety of arthouse, independent, and horror films, as well as writing her own screenplays. She had a leading role as a villainous mother in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses (2003), which cemented her status as a cult horror icon. She continued to star in low-profile films throughout the early 2000s, as well as working as a playwright before her death from ampullary cancer in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

House of 1000 Corpses

6.199

House of 1000 Corpses
2003-04-11

7.197

The Player
1992-04-03

7.239

Nashville
1975-06-11

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

5.4

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998-09-13

Little Laura and Big John

4

Little Laura and Big John
1973-05-03

The Great Gatsby

6.313

The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27

The Day of the Locust

6.36

The Day of the Locust
1975-05-07

5.313

Born to Win
1971-12-01

Dinosaur Valley Girls

5.5

Dinosaur Valley Girls
1995-01-01

6.739

Family Plot
1976-04-09

Out of the Dark

5.4

Out of the Dark
1988-06-02

5.6

Cut and Run
1985-08-08

The Invisible Kid

4.9

The Invisible Kid
1988-03-30

Invaders from Mars

5.513

Invaders from Mars
1986-06-06

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

4.5

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
1996-10-08

6.4

Gypsy 83
2001-10-18

Five Easy Pieces

7.145

Five Easy Pieces
1970-09-12

6.8

The Outfit
1973-10-19

5.663

Airport 1975
1974-10-18

4.2

One Long Night
2007-03-25

Burnt Offerings

6.539

Burnt Offerings
1976-10-18

Plan 10 from Outer Space

6.3

Plan 10 from Outer Space
1995-02-23

4.5

Killer Fish
1979-12-07

6.37

Rubin & Ed
1992-05-15

3

Evil Spirits
1990-01-01

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

4.2

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
1992-10-21

4.9

Haunting Fear
1990-08-01

4.5

Night Angel
1990-06-02

You're a Big Boy Now

6.3

You're a Big Boy Now
1966-09-09

Children of the Night

4.4

Children of the Night
1991-09-06

3.4

Invisible Dad
1998-03-24

5.2

Soulkeeper
2001-01-01

Trilogy of Terror

6.208

Trilogy of Terror
1975-03-04

6.5

Firecracker
2005-10-11

Homer and Eddie

5.6

Homer and Eddie
1989-08-17

4.9

Hard Contract
1969-04-30

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

5.871

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982-11-12

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

5.3

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987-05-27

3.1

Stuck!
2009-11-15

Some Guy Who Kills People

6.005

Some Guy Who Kills People
2011-04-14

4.7

Ghost Writer
2007-03-09

5.233

Mirror Mirror
1990-10-19

5.8

A Gunfight
1971-08-25

5

Wanderlust
2006-07-12

5

Separate Ways
1981-05-01

5.6

Cisco Pike
1972-01-14

5.3

The Pyx
1973-09-08

6.048

Drive, He Said
1971-06-13

4.3

Savage Dawn
1986-05-22

4.5

Conceiving Ada
1999-02-19

5.9

Red Dirt
2000-03-17

4.3

Eternal Evil
1985-01-04

The Roller Blade Seven

3.1

The Roller Blade Seven
1991-09-06

2

Maria My Love
2012-04-17

4.1

Crimetime
1996-08-01

Mommy's Little Monster

3.5

Mommy's Little Monster
2012-01-01

5.7

America Brown
2005-10-28

3.8

Mascara
1999-05-07

1.2

Irene in Time
2009-06-19

3

Dogtown
1996-10-01

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story

6.2

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
1993-10-22

5.2

The Children
1990-05-18

The Grass Is Singing

4.2

The Grass Is Singing
1981-08-30

In Praise of Older Women

5.364

In Praise of Older Women
1978-09-22

Crime and Passion

6

Crime and Passion
1976-02-06

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

6.6

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1983-09-10

Law and Disorder

4.8

Law and Disorder
1974-10-09

6

Martin's Day
1985-02-22

3.7

Ooga Booga
2013-03-12

4.1

Charades
1998-12-17

The Killers Edge

5.8

The Killers Edge
1991-04-12

5.2

Quiet Fire
1991-10-31

3.7

Club Fed
1990-08-09

5.2

The Squeeze
1978-10-25

Nothing Special

5.5

Nothing Special
2010-01-01

She Loves Me Not

3.5

She Loves Me Not
2013-06-09

Portnoy's Complaint

4.5

Portnoy's Complaint
1972-06-19

4.2

Zapped Again!
1990-04-14

3.8

Judgement
1992-08-05

0

Hostage
1987-10-01

5.4

Rhinoceros
1974-01-21

4.2

The Prime Time
1960-04-01

2.2

Dr. Rage
2005-01-01

3.2

Caged Fear
1991-05-17

3

Miss Right
1982-01-01

Return of the Roller Blade Seven

4.7

Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993-04-15

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

5.8

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977-02-28

5.7

Bad Manners
1984-11-11

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

6.1

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005-06-15

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

0

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988-01-01

Hollywood Dreams

3

Hollywood Dreams
2007-05-25

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

7.615

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015-01-25

0

Contamination
2008-05-01

4.5

Wild in Blue
2014-05-05

Twisted Justice

5.5

Twisted Justice
1990-03-20

0

Fallen Arches
2000-01-15

Curse of the Forty-Niner

4.4

Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002-10-01

3.2

Dixie Lanes
1988-05-03

2

Power
1980-01-14

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

1

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980-04-28

Letters from the Big Man

7.2

Letters from the Big Man
2011-11-11

0

Bottomless Pit
2015-10-21

4.8

Angel Blue
1998-11-15

9.8

OowieWanna
2012-02-18

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

0

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010-11-23

Cries of Silence

7.5

Cries of Silence
1996-05-01

2

Paris
2003-06-06

6.749

Capricorn One
1977-12-10

The Double 0 Kid

5

The Double 0 Kid
1992-09-07

4

The Last Word
1979-10-10

Plotting 'Family Plot'

6.2

Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001-03-06

6

Mr. Horn
1979-02-01

Chanel Solitaire

3.8

Chanel Solitaire
1981-01-01

Final Judgement

3.8

Final Judgement
1992-01-01

4.3

Stir
1997-07-01

The Independent

5.6

The Independent
2000-11-10

2

Starstruck
1995-01-01

Flight of the Spruce Goose

0

Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986-01-17

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

7

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999-10-07

3.5

Overexposed
1990-01-01

3.3

Repo Chick
2009-09-09

7

Double Duty
2009-12-08

3

Light Speed
1998-01-01

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven

5

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993-06-25

4.3

Teknolust
2002-01-10

Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1

0

Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
2002-02-19

6

Paradise Cove
1999-01-01

The Little Mermaid

6.3

The Little Mermaid
1987-04-06

Too Bad About Jack

0

Too Bad About Jack
1994-01-01

3

Oliver Twisted
2000-01-01

Tuesday Never Comes

2

Tuesday Never Comes
1992-05-17

7

A Single Woman
2008-09-21

A Light in the Darkness

2

A Light in the Darkness
2002-01-01

Dead Girls Don't Tango

0

Dead Girls Don't Tango
1992-03-06

Fatal Encounter

0

Fatal Encounter
1990-01-01

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts

5

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
2018-10-01

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman

5

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
2003-05-08

Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'

0

Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
2010-11-23

Read You Like a Book

3.9

Read You Like a Book
2006-10-01

3.5

The Donor
2001-04-13

Because He's My Friend

0

Because He's My Friend
1978-06-11

The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley

0

The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
1995-03-01

0

The Trust
1993-04-23

Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!

0

Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994-01-01

6

Watercolors
2008-06-07

The Last Horror Film

5.2

The Last Horror Film
1982-08-12

WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere

0

WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
2004-06-18

6

Ralph S. Mouse
1991-02-16

0

Whitepaddy
2006-01-01

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

6.6

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997-07-08

6

Dark Blood
2012-09-27

0

Malaika
1998-01-01

3.7

Men
1997-10-23

New York Crossing

0

New York Crossing
1996-12-12

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

7.1

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003-03-09

Bury the Evidence

0

Bury the Evidence
1998-12-12

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

6.3

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009-01-11

7.079

Easy Rider
1969-06-26

The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra

0

The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
1994-10-10

Where the Ladies Go

0

Where the Ladies Go
1980-03-14

Wamego: Ultimatum

0

Wamego: Ultimatum
2009-02-17

Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone

0

Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
2012-01-01

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

0

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998-01-01

The Underground Comedy Movie

2.7

The Underground Comedy Movie
1999-05-14

7.49

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

5.6

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.081

Adam-12
1968-09-21

5.929

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

Murder, She Wrote

7.575

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

6.583

Mannix
1967-09-16

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.572

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

Moon Over Miami

7.5

Moon Over Miami
1993-09-15

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

5.2

E/R
1984-09-16

6.1

The Hitchhiker
1983-11-01

Judd for the Defense

7.5

Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08

Run for Your Life

7.167

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

5.6

The Hunger
1997-07-20

7.125

Ghost Story
1972-09-15

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.6

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show

7.5

The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11

6.792

The Invaders
1967-01-10

Saturday Night Live

6.9

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.536

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007-02-11

The Name of the Game

6.8

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

Tales of the City

7.893

Tales of the City
1993-09-28

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.6

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

The Mike Douglas Show

5.4

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01