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Karen Black
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Karen Black
Known For
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

7.2

Nashville
1975-06-11

4.3

Men
1997-10-23

0

Malaika
1998-01-01

House of 1000 Corpses

6.181

House of 1000 Corpses
2003-04-11

7.205

The Player
1992-05-08

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

5.294

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

6.303

The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27

The Day of the Locust

6.4

The Day of the Locust
1975-05-07

5.3

Born to Win
1971-12-01

Out of the Dark

5.308

Out of the Dark
1988-06-02

Dinosaur Valley Girls

4.5

Dinosaur Valley Girls
1995-01-01

6.734

Family Plot
1976-04-09

The Invisible Kid

4.9

The Invisible Kid
1988-03-30

5.41

Cut and Run
1985-08-08

Invaders from Mars

5.551

Invaders from Mars
1986-06-06

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

4.368

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

6.6

Gypsy 83
2001-10-18

Five Easy Pieces

7.129

Five Easy Pieces
1970-09-12

6.816

The Outfit
1973-10-19

5.7

Airport 1975
1974-10-18

3.65

One Long Night
2007-03-25

Burnt Offerings

6.522

Burnt Offerings
1976-10-18

3.6

Evil Spirits
1990-01-01

Plan 10 from Outer Space

5.9

Plan 10 from Outer Space
1995-02-23

4.638

Killer Fish
1979-12-07

6.352

Rubin & Ed
1992-05-15

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

4.375

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
1992-10-21

4.607

Haunting Fear
1990-08-01

4.2

Night Angel
1990-06-02

You're a Big Boy Now

6.105

You're a Big Boy Now
1966-12-09

Children of the Night

4.23

Children of the Night
1991-09-06

3.444

Invisible Dad
1998-03-24

5.038

Soulkeeper
2001-10-13

Trilogy of Terror

6.23

Trilogy of Terror
1975-03-04

New York Crossing

1

New York Crossing
1996-12-12

6.071

Firecracker
2005-10-11

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

7.1

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

Homer and Eddie

5.519

Homer and Eddie
1989-08-17

4.7

Hard Contract
1969-04-30

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

6

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

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

5.358

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

2.75

Stuck!
2009-11-15

Bury the Evidence

0

Bury the Evidence
1998-12-12

Some Guy Who Kills People

6.023

Some Guy Who Kills People
2011-04-14

5.8

A Gunfight
1971-08-25

4.765

Ghost Writer
2007-03-09

5.082

Mirror Mirror
1990-10-19

5

Wanderlust
2006-07-12

4.5

Separate Ways
1981-05-01

5.7

Cisco Pike
1971-11-02

5.125

The Pyx
1973-09-08

6

Drive, He Said
1971-06-13

4.238

Savage Dawn
1985-12-21

4.5

Conceiving Ada
1999-02-19

5.8

Red Dirt
2000-03-17

4.4

Eternal Evil
1985-01-04

The Roller Blade Seven

2.846

The Roller Blade Seven
1991-09-06

2

Maria My Love
2012-04-17

Mommy's Little Monster

3.5

Mommy's Little Monster
2012-01-01

5.7

America Brown
2005-10-28

3.2

Mascara
1999-05-07

4

Crimetime
1996-08-01

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

6.3

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

1.2

Irene in Time
2009-06-19

4.333

Dogtown
1996-10-01

Portnoy's Complaint

4.5

Portnoy's Complaint
1972-06-19

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story

6.2

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

The Grass Is Singing

4.2

The Grass Is Singing
1981-08-30

In Praise of Older Women

5.2

In Praise of Older Women
1978-09-22

Crime and Passion

6

Crime and Passion
1976-02-06

Law and Disorder

4.9

Law and Disorder
1974-10-09

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

5.667

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

7.065

Easy Rider
1969-06-26

2

Light Speed
1998-01-01

6.2

Martin's Day
1985-02-22

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

3

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

3.444

Ooga Booga
2013-03-12

3.5

Charades
1998-12-17

2.667

Overexposed
1990-01-01

5.8

Blood Money
1991-04-12

4.667

Quiet Fire
1991-10-31

3.7

Club Fed
1990-08-09

5.2

The Squeeze
1978-10-25

Nothing Special

5

Nothing Special
2010-01-01

She Loves Me Not

4.313

She Loves Me Not
2013-06-09

3.2

Judgement
1992-08-05

0

Hostage
1987-10-01

5.3

Rhinoceros
1974-01-21

4.2

The Prime Time
1960-04-01

The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra

0

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

2.167

Dr. Rage
2005-01-01

3.833

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

Where the Ladies Go

0

Where the Ladies Go
1980-03-14

5.7

Bad Manners
1984-11-11

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

6.14

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

2.571

Hollywood Dreams
2007-05-25

4.071

Zapped Again!
1990-04-14

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

7.592

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

Wamego: Ultimatum

0

Wamego: Ultimatum
2009-02-17

2

Contamination
2008-05-01

4.225

Wild in Blue
2014-05-05

Twisted Justice

4.375

Twisted Justice
1990-03-20

The Underground Comedy Movie

2.469

The Underground Comedy Movie
1999-05-14

Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone

0

Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
2012-01-01

Curse of the Forty-Niner

4.212

Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002-10-01

0

Fallen Arches
2000-01-15

3.4

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

On the tracks of a filmmaker

0

On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988-01-01

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

0

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010-11-23

2

Paris
2003-06-06

Cries of Silence

7.5

Cries of Silence
1996-05-01

6.761

Capricorn One
1977-12-10

The Double 0 Kid

4.804

The Double 0 Kid
1992-09-07

Chanel Solitaire

4.7

Chanel Solitaire
1981-10-16

4

The Last Word
1979-10-10

Plotting 'Family Plot'

6.2

Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001-03-06

3.833

The Children
1990-05-18

6

Mr. Horn
1979-02-01

The Independent

5.625

The Independent
2000-11-10

Final Judgement

3.667

Final Judgement
1992-06-01

3.5

Stir
1997-07-01

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

3.237

Repo Chick
2009-09-09

7

Double Duty
2009-12-08

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven

3.667

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

1

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

2.667

The Donor
2001-04-13

Read You Like a Book

3.9

Read You Like a Book
2006-10-01

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

5.8

Watercolors
2008-06-07

The Last Horror Film

5.278

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

5

Whitepaddy
2006-01-01

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

6.6

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997-07-08

5.783

Dark Blood
2012-09-27

0

Menage a Trois
1997-07-20

Altman on His Own Terms

0

Altman on His Own Terms
2000-01-01

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

0

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004-08-29

Murder, She Wrote

7.516

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

5.5

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

7.459

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

E! True Hollywood Story

8.103

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

7

Adam-12
1968-09-21

Moon Over Miami

7

Moon Over Miami
1993-09-15

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.564

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

Run for Your Life

7.2

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

6.882

Police Story
1973-03-20

5.2

E/R
1984-09-16

6.1

The Hitchhiker
1983-11-01

6.1

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

Judd for the Defense

7.5

Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08

5.73

The Hunger
1997-07-20

7.1

Ghost Story
1972-09-15

Saturday Night Live

6.944

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.431

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

The Mike Douglas Show

5.375

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.463

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The Name of the Game

6.8

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show

7.7

The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11

6.81

The Invaders
1967-01-10

Tales of the City

8

Tales of the City
1993-09-28

Science Fiction Film Awards

0

Science Fiction Film Awards