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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.

Filmography

7.242

Nashville
1975-06-11

4.5

Men
1997-10-23

10

Malaika
1998-01-01

House of 1000 Corpses

6.202

House of 1000 Corpses
2003-04-11

7.2

The Player
1992-05-08

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

5.095

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

Little Laura and Big John

4.333

Little Laura and Big John
1973-05-03

The Great Gatsby

6.3

The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27

The Day of the Locust

6.41

The Day of the Locust
1975-05-07

5.275

Born to Win
1971-12-01

Out of the Dark

5.573

Out of the Dark
1988-06-02

Dinosaur Valley Girls

4.333

Dinosaur Valley Girls
1995-01-01

6.8

Family Plot
1976-04-09

The Invisible Kid

4.938

The Invisible Kid
1988-03-30

5.357

Cut and Run
1985-08-08

Invaders from Mars

5.566

Invaders from Mars
1986-06-06

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

4.474

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

6.403

Gypsy 83
2001-10-18

Five Easy Pieces

7.1

Five Easy Pieces
1970-09-12

6.771

The Outfit
1973-10-19

5.8

Airport 1975
1974-10-18

3.9

One Long Night
2007-03-25

Burnt Offerings

6.489

Burnt Offerings
1976-10-18

3.7

Evil Spirits
1991-10-03

Plan 10 from Outer Space

6

Plan 10 from Outer Space
1995-02-23

4.667

Killer Fish
1979-12-07

6.468

Rubin & Ed
1992-05-15

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

4.8

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
1992-10-21

4.6

Haunting Fear
1990-08-01

4.381

Night Angel
1990-06-02

You're a Big Boy Now

6.1

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

Children of the Night

4.388

Children of the Night
1991-09-06

4.1

Invisible Dad
1998-03-24

5.069

Soulkeeper
2001-10-13

Trilogy of Terror

6.227

Trilogy of Terror
1975-03-04

New York Crossing

4

New York Crossing
1996-12-12

6.063

Firecracker
2005-10-11

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

7.143

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

Homer and Eddie

5.649

Homer and Eddie
1989-08-17

5.042

Hard Contract
1969-04-30

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

5.947

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

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

5.423

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

2.6

Stuck!
2009-11-15

Bury the Evidence

8

Bury the Evidence
1998-12-12

Some Guy Who Kills People

6.057

Some Guy Who Kills People
2011-04-14

5.8

A Gunfight
1971-08-25

Suffering Man's Charity

4.8

Suffering Man's Charity
2007-03-09

5.2

Mirror Mirror
1990-10-19

5.857

Wanderlust
2006-07-12

4.7

Separate Ways
1981-05-01

5.7

Cisco Pike
1972-01-14

5.37

The Pyx
1973-09-08

5.72

Drive, He Said
1971-06-13

4.3

Savage Dawn
1985-12-21

4.727

Conceiving Ada
1999-02-19

5.704

Red Dirt
2000-03-17

4.417

Eternal Evil
1985-01-04

The Roller Blade Seven

3.231

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

6

America Brown
2005-10-28

4

Mascara
1999-05-07

4.308

Crimetime
1996-08-01

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

5.9

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

1.2

Irene in Time
2009-06-19

4

Dogtown
1997-04-06

Portnoy's Complaint

4.692

Portnoy's Complaint
1972-06-19

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story

6

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

The Grass Is Singing

4.667

The Grass Is Singing
1981-08-30

In Praise of Older Women

5.3

In Praise of Older Women
1978-09-22

Crime and Passion

6.9

Crime and Passion
1976-02-06

Law and Disorder

5

Law and Disorder
1974-10-09

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

5.875

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

7.1

Easy Rider
1969-06-26

2

Light Speed
1998-01-01

6.4

Martin's Day
1985-02-22

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

3

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

3.15

Ooga Booga
2013-03-12

4.214

Charades
1998-12-17

3.333

Overexposed
1990-01-01

5.571

Blood Money
1991-04-12

5.25

Quiet Fire
1991-10-31

5.5

Club Fed
1990-08-09

5.857

The Squeeze
1978-10-25

Nothing Special

5

Nothing Special
2010-01-01

She Loves Me Not

3.9

She Loves Me Not
2013-06-09

4.125

Judgement
1992-08-05

7.5

Hostage
1987-10-01

5.625

Rhinoceros
1974-01-21

4.5

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

3

Dr. Rage
2005-01-01

4.1

Caged Fear
1991-05-17

4.25

Miss Right
1982-01-01

Return of the Roller Blade Seven

4.667

Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993-04-15

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

6.5

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

Where the Ladies Go

10

Where the Ladies Go
1980-03-14

5.844

Bad Manners
1984-11-11

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

5.8

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

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

8

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988-01-01

Hollywood Dreams

3.111

Hollywood Dreams
2007-05-25

4.163

Zapped Again!
1990-04-14

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

7.573

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

Wamego: Ultimatum

0

Wamego: Ultimatum
2009-02-17

2

Contamination
2008-05-01

4.2

Wild in Blue
2014-05-05

Twisted Justice

5.75

Twisted Justice
1990-03-20

The Underground Comedy Movie

2.605

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

4.293

Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002-10-01

7

Fallen Arches
2000-01-15

4

Dixie Lanes
1988-05-03

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

3

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

4.5

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

3

Paris
2003-06-06

Cries of Silence

7.3

Cries of Silence
1996-05-01

6.778

Capricorn One
1977-12-10

The Double 0 Kid

5.017

The Double 0 Kid
1992-09-07

Chanel Solitaire

5

Chanel Solitaire
1981-10-16

5

The Last Word
1979-10-10

Plotting 'Family Plot'

6.875

Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001-03-06

7

Mr. Horn
1979-02-01

The Independent

5.5

The Independent
2000-11-10

Final Judgement

4

Final Judgement
1992-06-01

4.6

Stir
1997-07-01

4.333

Starstruck
1995-01-01

Flight of the Spruce Goose

8

Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986-01-17

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

7.091

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999-10-07

3.595

Repo Chick
2009-09-09

7

Double Duty
2009-12-08

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven

4.6

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993-06-25

4.408

Teknolust
2002-01-10

Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1

0

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

6.5

Paradise Cove
1999-01-01

The Little Mermaid

6.75

The Little Mermaid
1987-04-06

Too Bad About Jack

10

Too Bad About Jack
1994-01-01

5

Oliver Twisted
2000-01-01

Tuesday Never Comes

3.667

Tuesday Never Comes
1992-05-17

5.5

A Single Woman
2008-09-21

A Light in the Darkness

4.333

A Light in the Darkness
2002-04-03

Dead Girls Don't Tango

4

Dead Girls Don't Tango
1992-03-06

Fatal Encounter

9

Fatal Encounter
1990-01-01

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts

5.5

Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
2018-10-01

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman

7

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
2003-05-08

Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'

0

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

4

The Donor
2001-04-13

Read You Like a Book

3.6

Read You Like a Book
2006-10-01

Because He's My Friend

8

Because He's My Friend
1978-06-11

The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley

10

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

10

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

The Last Horror Film

5.254

The Last Horror Film
1982-08-12

5.6

Watercolors
2008-06-07

WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere

8

WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
2004-06-18

7

Ralph S. Mouse
1991-02-16

7.5

Whitepaddy
2006-01-01

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

6.833

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997-07-08

6

Dark Blood
2012-09-27

Altman on His Own Terms

9

Altman on His Own Terms
2000-01-01

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2

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

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

7.8

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013-08-04

5.625

Crazy for Love
2005-03-01

Every Minute Is Goodbye

6

Every Minute Is Goodbye
1996-01-01

Karen Black: Actress at Work

10

Karen Black: Actress at Work
1999-01-01

0

Airports
2025-09-17

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

7.206

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014-10-06

The Blue Tooth Virgin

8

The Blue Tooth Virgin
2008-06-18

0

Meet the Eye
2009-06-16

Birth of Industry

8

Birth of Industry
2004-08-18

Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk

0

Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014-11-18

First Time Long Time

0

First Time Long Time
2009-01-01

George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies

0

George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies

0

Vacationland

4.9

The Children
1990-05-18

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

5.64

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

7.453

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

E! True Hollywood Story

8.15

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

6.755

Mannix
1967-09-16

7.1

Adam-12
1968-09-21

Moon Over Miami

7.75

Moon Over Miami
1993-09-15

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

Run for Your Life

7.143

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

5.556

E/R
1984-09-16

6.25

The Hitchhiker
1983-11-23

6.172

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

6.1

The Hunger
1997-07-20

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

7.444

Ghost Story
1972-09-15

Saturday Night Live

6.938

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.232

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

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The Name of the Game

7

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show

7.713

The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11

6.8

The Invaders
1967-01-10

Tales of the City

7.647

Tales of the City
1993-09-28

Science Fiction Film Awards

0

Science Fiction Film Awards

Russians in the City of Angels

8.143

Russians in the City of Angels
2003-01-20

The Second Hundred Years

6.5

The Second Hundred Years
1967-09-06

6.993

Profiler
1996-09-21

7.012

Party of Five
1994-09-12

People's Choice Awards

9.2

People's Choice Awards
1975-03-04

5.8

Worlds Beyond
1986-10-10

7

Power
1980-01-14

0

Mr. Horn
1979-02-01

6.6

Rude Awakening
1998-08-01