Karen Black

Karen Black

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. ​
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1939-07-01
Place of Birth: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Also Known As: カレン・ブラック, Karen Blanche Ziegler

Movies List of Karen Black

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Nashville

1975 Movie
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Men

1997 Movie
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Malaika

1998 Movie
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House of 1000 Corpses

2003 Movie
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The Player

1992 Movie
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The Great Gatsby

1974 Movie
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The Day of the Locust

1975 Movie
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Born to Win

1971 Movie
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Out of the Dark

1988 Movie
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Dinosaur Valley Girls

1995 Movie
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Family Plot

1976 Movie
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The Invisible Kid

1988 Movie
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Cut and Run

1985 Movie
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Invaders from Mars

1986 Movie
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Gypsy 83

2001 Movie
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Five Easy Pieces

1970 Movie
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The Outfit

1973 Movie
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Airport 1975

1974 Movie
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One Long Night

2007 Movie
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Burnt Offerings

1976 Movie
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Evil Spirits

1990 Movie
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Killer Fish

1979 Movie
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Rubin & Ed

1992 Movie
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Haunting Fear

1990 Movie
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Night Angel

1990 Movie
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You're a Big Boy Now

1966 Movie
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Children of the Night

1991 Movie
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Invisible Dad

1998 Movie
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Soulkeeper

2001 Movie
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Trilogy of Terror

1975 Movie
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New York Crossing

1996 Movie
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Firecracker

2005 Movie
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Homer and Eddie

1989 Movie
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Hard Contract

1969 Movie
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Stuck!

2009 Movie
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Bury the Evidence

1998 Movie
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A Gunfight

1971 Movie
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Ghost Writer

2007 Movie
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Mirror Mirror

1990 Movie
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Wanderlust

2006 Movie
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Separate Ways

1981 Movie
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Cisco Pike

1972 Movie
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The Pyx

1973 Movie
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Drive, He Said

1971 Movie
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Savage Dawn

1986 Movie
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Conceiving Ada

1999 Movie
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Red Dirt

2000 Movie
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Eternal Evil

1985 Movie
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Maria My Love

2012 Movie
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America Brown

2005 Movie
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Mascara

1999 Movie
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Crimetime

1996 Movie
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Irene in Time

2009 Movie
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Dogtown

1996 Movie
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Portnoy's Complaint

1972 Movie
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The Grass Is Singing

1981 Movie
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Crime and Passion

1976 Movie
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Law and Disorder

1974 Movie
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Easy Rider

1969 Movie
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Light Speed

1998 Movie
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Martin's Day

1985 Movie
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Ooga Booga

2013 Movie
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Charades

1998 Movie
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Overexposed

1990 Movie
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The Killers Edge

1991 Movie
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Quiet Fire

1991 Movie
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Club Fed

1990 Movie
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The Squeeze

1978 Movie
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Nothing Special

2010 Movie
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She Loves Me Not

2013 Movie
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Judgement

1992 Movie
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Hostage

1987 Movie
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Rhinoceros

1974 Movie
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The Prime Time

1960 Movie
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Dr. Rage

2005 Movie
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Caged Fear

1991 Movie
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Miss Right

1982 Movie
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Where the Ladies Go

1980 Movie
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Bad Manners

1984 Movie
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Hollywood Dreams

2007 Movie
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Zapped Again!

1990 Movie
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Wamego: Ultimatum

2009 Movie
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Contamination

2008 Movie
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Wild in Blue

2014 Movie
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Twisted Justice

1990 Movie
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Fallen Arches

2000 Movie
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Dixie Lanes

1988 Movie
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Power

1980 Movie
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Bottomless Pit

2015 Movie
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Angel Blue

1998 Movie
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OowieWanna

2012 Movie
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Paris

2003 Movie
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Cries of Silence

1996 Movie
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Capricorn One

1977 Movie
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The Double 0 Kid

1992 Movie
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Chanel Solitaire

1981 Movie
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The Last Word

1979 Movie
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The Children

1990 Movie
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Mr. Horn

1979 Movie
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The Independent

2000 Movie
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Final Judgement

1992 Movie
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Stir

1997 Movie
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Starstruck

1995 Movie
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Repo Chick

2009 Movie
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Double Duty

2009 Movie
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Teknolust

2002 Movie
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Paradise Cove

1999 Movie
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The Little Mermaid

1987 Movie
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Too Bad About Jack

1994 Movie
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Oliver Twisted

2000 Movie
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Tuesday Never Comes

1992 Movie
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A Single Woman

2008 Movie
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Fatal Encounter

1990 Movie
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The Donor

2001 Movie
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Read You Like a Book

2006 Movie
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The Trust

1993 Movie
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The Last Horror Film

1982 Movie
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Watercolors

2008 Movie
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Ralph S. Mouse

1991 Movie
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Whitepaddy

2006 Movie
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997 Movie
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Dark Blood

2012 Movie