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| Birth Name(s) : Karen Black |
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Full Karen Black Biography
Karen Black (born July 1, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter.
Black made her Broadway debut in 1965's The Playroom, which received good reviews and for which she was nominated for a Drama Circle Critic Award for Best Actress. Her film debut was in The Prime Time (1960) and her first big role was as Amy Partlett in You're a Big Boy Now (1966), which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. She subsequently appeared on the TV series The Second Hundred Years (1967) as Marcia Garroway.
Black became a well-known actress after her role as Karen in Easy Rider (1969). She has over 100 film performances to her credit, including her role as Fran in Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976) and her turn as Rayette Dipesto in Five Easy Pieces (1970), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for Five Easy Pieces, and she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for her role as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974). She was also nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for her role as Faye Greener in The Day of the Locust (1975). She also starred in Airport 1975 as Chief Cabin Attendant Nancy Pryor with a memorable line, "There's no one left to fly the plane!" She also appeared in the made-for TV three-part horror film, Trilogy of Terror. She then appeared in an obscure, dual role in the 1977 thriller film, The Strange Possession of Mrs Oliver.
Black has made a number of guest starring appearances on popular shows, including The Big Valley, Mannix, Adam-12, Saturday Night Live, Murder, She Wrote, Family Guy, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In March 2005, Black received the Best Actress Award at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Porto, Portugal, for her work in the critically-acclaimed Steve Balderson film Firecracker (2005), in which she plays two roles, Sandra and Eleanor. She and actor John Hurt were both presented with Career Achievement Awards as well.
Black launched career as a playwright in May 2007 with the opening of Missouri Waltz at the Blank Theater in Los Angeles; Black stars in the play as well. Conceived as a play with music, rather than a musical, the play contains songs by Harriet Schock. The play is a bittersweet comedy about two ghosts who haunt their ancestral home in New Madrid, Missouri.
... aka Leidenschaftliche Berechnung (1998) (Germany)
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) (V) .... June Rhodes
... aka Judgement (1992)
- Legend of the Rollerblade 7, The (1992) .... Tarot
- Player, The (1992) .... Herself
- Killer's Edge, The (1991) .... Barrett
... aka Meine liebe Rose (1990) (West Germany)
- Club Fed (1990) .... Sally Rich
- Evil Spirits (1990) .... Ella Purdy
- Fatal Encounter (1990)
- Haunting Fear (1990) .... Dr. Julia Harcourt
- Mirror, Mirror (1990) .... Mrs. Gordon
- Night Angel (1990) .... Rita
- Overexposed (1990) .... Mrs. Trowbridge
- Twisted Justice (1990) .... Mrs. Granger
- Zapped Again! (1990) (V) .... Substitute Teacher
... aka Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987) (USA)
- Ralph S. Mouse (1987) (TV)
- Invaders from Mars (1986) .... Linda Magnusson
- Blue Man, The (1985) (TV) .... Janus
... aka Amazon: Savage Adventure (1985) ... aka Cut and Run (1985) ... aka Straight to Hell (1985) (International: English title: literal title)
- Savage Dawn (1985) .... Rachel
- Growing Pains (1984) .... Mrs. Fitzpatrick
... aka Faerie Tale Theatre: The Little Mermaid (1984) (TV)
- Martin's Day (1984) .... Karen
- Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) .... Zee
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) .... Joanne
- Donna giusta, La (1982) .... Amy
... aka Miss Right (1982) (USA)
- Chanel Solitaire (1981) .... Emilienne D'Alençon
- Separate Ways (1981) .... Valentine Colby
- Gräset sjunger (1981) .... Mary Turner
... aka Other Side of Fear, The (1980) (TV)
- Where the Ladies Go (1980) (TV) .... Helen
- Power (1980) (TV) .... Rose
... aka Number, The (1979)
- Mr. Horn (1979) (TV) .... Ernestina Crawford
- Because He's My Friend (1978) (TV) .... Anne
- Killer Fish (1978) .... Kate
... aka Diamond Thieves (1978) ... aka Heist, The (1978) ... aka Rip-Off, The (1978)
- In Praise of Older Women (1978) .... Maya
- Capricorn One (1978) .... Judy Drinkwater
- Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver, The (1977) (TV) .... Miriam Oliver/Sandy
- Burnt Offerings (1976) .... Marian Rolf
- Family Plot (1976) .... Fran
- Ace Up My Sleeve (1975) .... Susan Winters
... aka Crime and Passion (1975) (USA) ... aka Frankensteins Spukschloß (1975) (West Germany)
- Nashville (1975) .... Connie White
- Day of the Locust, The (1975) .... Faye Greener
- Trilogy of Terror (1975) (TV) .... Julie/Millicent/Therese/Amelia
- Law and Disorder (1974) .... Gloria
- Airport 1975 (1974) .... Chief Cabin Attendant Nancy Pryor
- Great Gatsby, The (1974) .... Myrtle Wilson
- Outfit, The (1974) .... Bett Jarrow
- Little Laura and Big John (1973) .... Laura
- Rhinoceros (1973) .... Daisy
- Pyx, The (1973) .... Elizabeth Lucy
... aka Hooker Cult Murders, The (1973)
- Cisco Pike (1972) .... Sue
- Portnoy's Complaint (1972) .... Mary Jane Reid (The Monkey)
- Born to Win (1971) .... Parm
... aka Addict (1971) ... aka Born to Lose (1971)
- Gunfight, A (1971) .... Jenny Simms
- Drive, He Said (1971) .... Olive
- Five Easy Pieces (1970) .... Rayette Dipesto |
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