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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...
Highest rated appearances
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)

Double Duty
as Annabelle

Stuck!
as The Neighbor Lady

Repo Chick
as Aunt De La Chasse

Irene in Time
as Sheila Shivvers
Meet the Eye

Wamego: Ultimatum
as Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self

First Time Long Time
as Dr. Shneidel

A Single Woman
as Storyteller

The Blue Tooth Virgin
as Zena

Watercolors
as Mrs. Martin

Contamination
as Mavis

Hollywood Dreams
as Luna

One Long Night
as Barbara

Suffering Man's Charity
as Renee

Read You Like a Book
as Kate

Wanderlust
as Herself

Whitepaddy
as Mrs. Leider

America Brown
as Marianne Brown

Firecracker
as Sandra / Eleanor

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Agrippina

Crazy for Love
as Grace's Mom

Dr. Rage
as Molly
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self

Birth of Industry
as Sara

WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
as Self

Paris
as Chantelle

Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
as Mrs. Buttleman

House of 1000 Corpses
as Mother Firefly

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

Curse of the Forty-Niner
as Aunt Nelly

A Light in the Darkness
as Mrs. Melnick

Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
as ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)

Teknolust
as Dirty Dick

Gypsy 83
as Bambi LeBleau

Soulkeeper
as Martha la Magnifica

The Donor
as Mrs. Springle

Plotting 'Family Plot'
as Self

The Independent
as Karen Black

Red Dirt
as Aunt Summer

Fallen Arches
as Lucy Romano

Oliver Twisted
as Mrs. Mary Happ

Altman on His Own Terms
as Self

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self

The Underground Comedy Movie
as Mother

Mascara
as Aunt Eloise

Conceiving Ada
as Lady Byron / Mother Coer

Paradise Cove
as Ma
Karen Black: Actress at Work
as Self

Charades
as Jude

Bury the Evidence
as The Mother

Angel Blue
as Social Worker

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Whip Lady

Invisible Dad
as Courtney Whitmer

Malaika
as Jessica Martin
Light Speed
as High Priestess

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self

Men
as Alex

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self

Stir
as Dr. Gabrielle Kessler

Dogtown
as Rose Van Horn

New York Crossing
as Mrs. Tender

Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
as June Rhodes

Crimetime
as Millicent

Cries of Silence
as Rose Walsh
Every Minute Is Goodbye

The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
as Evelyn

Plan 10 from Outer Space
as Nehor

Dinosaur Valley Girls
as Ro-Kell

Starstruck
as Bertha

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
Too Bad About Jack

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

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
as Carla

Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot

The Trust
as Maria Vandermeer

Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
as Auntie Lee

The Double 0 Kid
as Mrs. Elliot

Judgement
as Tiffany Powers

Final Judgement
as Mrs. Sorrel

Tuesday Never Comes
as Michelle

Rubin & Ed
as Rula

The Player
as Karen Black

Dead Girls Don't Tango
as Insp. Wilson

Quiet Fire
as Kim Martino

Evil Spirits
as Ella Purdy

Children of the Night
as Karen Thompson

The Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot

Caged Fear
as Blanche

Blood Money
as Barrett

Ralph S. Mouse
as Miss Kuchenbacker

Mirror Mirror
as Susan Gordon

Club Fed
as Sally Rich

Haunting Fear
as Dr. Julia Harcourt

Night Angel
as Rita

The Children
as Sybil Lullmer

Zapped Again!
as Homeroom Teacher

Twisted Justice
as Mrs. Granger

Overexposed
as Mrs. Trowbridge

Fatal Encounter
as Joan Caldwell

Homer and Eddie
as Belle

Out of the Dark
as Ruth Wilson

Dixie Lanes
as Zelma Putnam

The Invisible Kid
as Mom

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
as Martha Gelhorn

On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Karen Black

Hostage
as Laura Lawrence

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
as Ellen Jarvis

The Little Mermaid
as Sea Witch

Invaders from Mars
as Linda Magnusson

Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Gloria

Savage Dawn
as Rachel

Cut and Run
as Karin

Martin's Day
as Karen

Eternal Evil
as Janus

Bad Manners
as Gladys Fitzpatrick

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Zee

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

The Last Horror Film
as Karen Black (uncredited)

Miss Right
as Amy

Chanel Solitaire
as Emilienne d'Alençon

The Grass Is Singing
as Mary Turner

Separate Ways
as Valentine Colby

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Investigator Evelyn Carter

Where the Ladies Go
as Helen

Killer Fish
as Kate

The Last Word
as Paula Herbert

The Squeeze
as Clarisse Saunders

In Praise of Older Women
as Maya

Because He's My Friend
as Anne

Capricorn One
as Judy Drinkwater

The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
as Miriam Oliver / Sandy

Burnt Offerings
as Marian Rolf

Family Plot
as Fran

Crime and Passion
as Susan Winters

Nashville
as Connie White

The Day of the Locust
as Faye Greener

Trilogy of Terror
as Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia

Airport 1975
as Nancy Pryor

Law and Disorder
as Gloria

The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson

Rhinoceros
as Daisy

The Outfit
as Bett Harrow

The Pyx
as Elizabeth Lucy

Little Laura and Big John
as Laura

Portnoy's Complaint
as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

Cisco Pike
as Sue

Born to Win
as Parm

A Gunfight
as Jenny Simms

Drive, He Said
as Olive

Five Easy Pieces
as Rayette Dipesto