Movies
TV Shows
Actors
Karen Black
Jul 01, 1939 (87 years old) in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Mike Douglas Show
Saturday Night Live
Murder, She Wrote
Credits
2025 ·
Airports
as
2018 ·
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
as (archive footage)
2015 ·
Bottomless Pit
as Karen Black
2015 ·
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
as Self (archive footage)
2014 ·
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
as Self – Joanne (archive footage)
2014 ·
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014 ·
Wild in Blue
as Justine
2013 ·
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
2013 ·
She Loves Me Not
as Karla
2013 ·
Ooga Booga
as Mrs. Allardyce
2012 ·
Dark Blood
as Motel Woman
2012 ·
Maria My Love
as Maria
2012 ·
OowieWanna
as The Donna
2012 ·
Mommy's Little Monster
as Mrs. Melnick
2012 ·
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
as Tarot
2011 ·
Letters from the Big Man
as Sean's Colleague
2011 ·
Some Guy Who Kills People
as Ruth Boyd
2010 ·
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
2010 ·
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
as Self
2010 ·
Nothing Special
as May
2009 ·
Double Duty
as Annabelle
2009 ·
Stuck!
as The Neighbor Lady
2009 ·
Repo Chick
as Aunt De La Chasse
2009 ·
Irene in Time
as Sheila Shivvers
2009 ·
Meet the Eye
as
2009 ·
Wamego: Ultimatum
as Self
2009 ·
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
2009 ·
First Time Long Time
as Dr. Shneidel
2008 ·
A Single Woman
as Storyteller
2008 ·
The Blue Tooth Virgin
as Zena
2008 ·
Watercolors
as Mrs. Martin
2008 ·
Contamination
as Mavis
2007 ·
Hollywood Dreams
as Luna
2007 ·
One Long Night
as Barbara
2007 ·
Suffering Man's Charity
as Renee
2007 ·
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Jennifer
2006 ·
Read You Like a Book
as Kate
2006 ·
Wanderlust
as Herself
2006 ·
Whitepaddy
as Mrs. Leider
2005 ·
America Brown
as Marianne Brown
2005 ·
Firecracker
as Sandra / Eleanor
2005 ·
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Agrippina
2005 ·
Crazy for Love
as Grace's Mom
2005 ·
Dr. Rage
as Molly
2004 ·
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self
2004 ·
Birth of Industry
as Sara
2004 ·
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
as Self
2003 ·
Paris
as Chantelle
2003 ·
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
as Mrs. Buttleman
2003 ·
House of 1000 Corpses
as Mother Firefly
2003 ·
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003 ·
Russians in the City of Angels
as Patricia Sommers
2002 ·
Curse of the Forty-Niner
as Aunt Nelly
2002 ·
A Light in the Darkness
as Mrs. Melnick
2002 ·
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
as ("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
2002 ·
Teknolust
as Dirty Dick
2001 ·
Gypsy 83
as Bambi LeBleau
2001 ·
Soulkeeper
as Martha la Magnifica
2001 ·
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Vera Morgan
2001 ·
The Donor
as Mrs. Springle
2001 ·
Plotting 'Family Plot'
as Self
2000 ·
The Independent
as Karen Black
2000 ·
Red Dirt
as Aunt Summer
2000 ·
Fallen Arches
as Lucy Romano
2000 ·
Oliver Twisted
as Mrs. Mary Happ
2000 ·
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self
1999 ·
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
1999 ·
The Underground Comedy Movie
as Mother
1999 ·
Mascara
as Aunt Eloise
1999 ·
Conceiving Ada
as Lady Byron / Mother Coer
1999 ·
Paradise Cove
as Ma
1999 ·
Karen Black: Actress at Work
as Self
1998 ·
Charades
as Jude
1998 ·
Bury the Evidence
as The Mother
1998 ·
Angel Blue
as Social Worker
1998 ·
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Whip Lady
1998 ·
Rude Awakening
as Crystal Garcia
1998 ·
Invisible Dad
as Courtney Whitmer
1998 ·
Malaika
as Jessica Martin
1998 ·
Light Speed
as High Priestess
1998 ·
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
as Self
1997 ·
Men
as Alex
1997 ·
The Hunger
as Miss Gati / Landlady
1997 ·
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
1997 ·
Stir
as Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
1997 ·
Dogtown
as Rose Van Horn
1996 ·
New York Crossing
as Mrs. Tender
1996 ·
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
as June Rhodes
1996 ·
Profiler
as Evie Long
1996 ·
E! True Hollywood Story
as
1996 ·
Crimetime
as Millicent
1996 ·
Cries of Silence
as Rose Walsh
1996 ·
Every Minute Is Goodbye
as
1995 ·
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
as Evelyn
1995 ·
Plan 10 from Outer Space
as Nehor
1995 ·
Dinosaur Valley Girls
as Ro-Kell
1995 ·
Starstruck
as Bertha
1994 ·
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
as
1994 ·
Party of Five
as Doreen Jablonsky
1994 ·
Too Bad About Jack
as
1994 ·
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
as
1993 ·
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
as Carla
1993 ·
Tales of the City
as Self
1993 ·
Moon Over Miami
as
1993 ·
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot
1993 ·
The Trust
as Maria Vandermeer
1993 ·
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot
1992 ·
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
as Auntie Lee
1992 ·
The Double 0 Kid
as Mrs. Elliot
1992 ·
Judgement
as Tiffany Powers
1992 ·
Final Judgement
as Mrs. Sorrel
1992 ·
Tuesday Never Comes
as Michelle
1992 ·
Rubin & Ed
as Rula
1992 ·
The Player
as Karen Black
1992 ·
Dead Girls Don't Tango
as Insp. Wilson
1991 ·
Quiet Fire
as Kim Martino
1991 ·
Evil Spirits
as Ella Purdy
1991 ·
Children of the Night
as Karen Thompson
1991 ·
The Roller Blade Seven
as Tarot
1991 ·
Caged Fear
as Blanche
1991 ·
Blood Money
as Barrett
1991 ·
Ralph S. Mouse
as Miss Kuchenbacker
1990 ·
Mirror Mirror
as Susan Gordon
1990 ·
Club Fed
as Sally Rich
1990 ·
Haunting Fear
as Dr. Julia Harcourt
1990 ·
Night Angel
as Rita
1990 ·
The Children
as Sybil Lullmer
1990 ·
Zapped Again!
as Homeroom Teacher
1990 ·
Twisted Justice
as Mrs. Granger
1990 ·
Overexposed
as Mrs. Trowbridge
1990 ·
Fatal Encounter
as Joan Caldwell
1989 ·
Homer and Eddie
as Belle
1988 ·
Out of the Dark
as Ruth Wilson
1988 ·
Dixie Lanes
as Zelma Putnam
1988 ·
The Invisible Kid
as Mom
1988 ·
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
as Martha Gelhorn
1988 ·
On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Karen Black
1987 ·
Hostage
as Laura Lawrence
1987 ·
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
as Ellen Jarvis
1987 ·
The Little Mermaid
as Sea Witch
1986 ·
Worlds Beyond
as Lee Jeffreys
1986 ·
Invaders from Mars
as Linda Magnusson
1986 ·
Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Gloria
1985 ·
Savage Dawn
as Rachel
1985 ·
Cut and Run
as Karin
1985 ·
Martin's Day
as Karen
1985 ·
Eternal Evil
as Janus
1984 ·
Bad Manners
as Gladys Fitzpatrick
1984 ·
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Sylvia Dunn
1984 ·
Miami Vice
as Helen Jackson
1984 ·
E/R
as
1983 ·
The Hitchhiker
as Kay Mason
1983 ·
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Zee
1982 ·
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
as Joanne
1982 ·
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Guest Interviewee
1982 ·
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Sea Witch
1982 ·
The Last Horror Film
as Karen Black (uncredited)
1982 ·
American Playhouse
as Self
1982 ·
Miss Right
as Amy
1981 ·
Chanel Solitaire
as Emilienne d'Alençon
1981 ·
The Grass Is Singing
as Mary Turner
1981 ·
Separate Ways
as Valentine Colby
1980 ·
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Investigator Evelyn Carter
1980 ·
Where the Ladies Go
as Helen
1980 ·
Power
as Rose Vanda-Buchanan
1979 ·
Killer Fish
as Kate
1979 ·
The Last Word
as Paula Herbert
1979 ·
Mr. Horn
as Ernestina Crawford
1979 ·
Mr. Horn
as Ernestina Crawford
1978 ·
The Squeeze
as Clarisse Saunders
1978 ·
In Praise of Older Women
as Maya
1978 ·
Because He's My Friend
as Anne
1977 ·
Capricorn One
as Judy Drinkwater
1977 ·
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
as Miriam Oliver / Sandy
1976 ·
Burnt Offerings
as Marian Rolf
1976 ·
Family Plot
as Fran
1976 ·
Crime and Passion
as Susan Winters
1975 ·
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975 ·
Nashville
as Connie White
1975 ·
The Day of the Locust
as Faye Greener
1975 ·
Trilogy of Terror
as Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
1975 ·
People's Choice Awards
as Self
1974 ·
Airport 1975
as Nancy Pryor
1974 ·
Law and Disorder
as Gloria
1974 ·
The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
1974 ·
Rhinoceros
as Daisy
1973 ·
The Outfit
as Bett Harrow
1973 ·
The Pyx
as Elizabeth Lucy
1973 ·
Little Laura and Big John
as Laura
1973 ·
Police Story
as Office Evelyn Carter
1972 ·
Ghost Story
as Barbara Sanders
1972 ·
Portnoy's Complaint
as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
1972 ·
Cisco Pike
as Sue
1971 ·
Born to Win
as Parm
1971 ·
A Gunfight
as Jenny Simms
1971 ·
Drive, He Said
as Olive
1970 ·
Five Easy Pieces
as Rayette Dipesto
1969 ·
Easy Rider
as Karen
1969 ·
Hard Contract
as Ellen
1968 ·
Adam-12
as Susan Decker
1968 ·
The Name of the Game
as Monica Garrison
1967 ·
Mannix
as
1967 ·
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967 ·
Judd, for the Defense
as
1967 ·
The Second Hundred Years
as Marcia
1967 ·
The Invaders
as Claudia Stone
1966 ·
You're a Big Boy Now
as Amy Partlett
1965 ·
The F.B.I.
as Lorraine Chapman
1965 ·
The Big Valley
as Carla
1965 ·
Run for Your Life
as Jennifer Palmer
1962 ·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1961 ·
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1960 ·
The Prime Time
as Betty
2026 ·
George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies
as Self
2026 ·
Vacationland
as Louise
2026 ·
Science Fiction Film Awards
as Herself
