Karen Black
Acting
Born July 1, 1939 — Died August 8, 2013
From Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Also known as カレン・ブラック, Karen Blanche Ziegler, Карен Блэк
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...
Filmography
Airports
2025
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
(archive footage)
20185.5
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Bottomless Pit
Karen Black
2015
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Self (archive footage)
20157.6
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Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
Self – Joanne (archive footage)
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Linda Magnusson (archive footage) (uncredited)
20147.2
Wild in Blue
Justine
20144.2
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
20137.7
She Loves Me Not
Karla
20133.9
Ooga Booga
Mrs. Allardyce
20133.1
Dark Blood
Motel Woman
20126.0
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Maria My Love
Maria
20122.0
OowieWanna
The Donna
20129.8
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Mommy's Little Monster
Mrs. Melnick
20123.5
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
Tarot
2012
Letters from the Big Man
Sean's Colleague
20117.2
Some Guy Who Kills People
Ruth Boyd
20116.1
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
2010
Henry Jaglom Finds 'A Safe Place'
Self
2010
Nothing Special
May
20105.0
Double Duty
Annabelle
20097.0
Stuck!
The Neighbor Lady
20092.6
Repo Chick
Aunt De La Chasse
20093.6
Irene in Time
Sheila Shivvers
20091.2
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Meet the Eye
2009
Wamego: Ultimatum
Self
2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
20095.6
First Time Long Time
Dr. Shneidel
2009
A Single Woman
Storyteller
20085.5
The Blue Tooth Virgin
Zena
20088.0
Watercolors
Mrs. Martin
20085.5
Contamination
Mavis
20082.0
Hollywood Dreams
Luna
20073.1
One Long Night
Barbara
20073.9
Suffering Man's Charity
Renee
20074.8
Read You Like a Book
Kate
20063.6
Wanderlust
Herself
20065.9
Whitepaddy
Mrs. Leider
20067.5
America Brown
Marianne Brown
20056.0
Firecracker
Sandra / Eleanor
20056.1
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Agrippina
20055.8
Crazy for Love
Grace's Mom
20055.6
Dr. Rage
Molly
20053.0
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Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self
20042.0
Birth of Industry
Sara
20048.0
WAMEGO: Making Movies Anywhere
Self
20048.0
Paris
Chantelle
20033.0
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Mrs. Buttleman
20037.0
House of 1000 Corpses
Mother Firefly
20036.2
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
20037.1
Curse of the Forty-Niner
Aunt Nelly
20024.3
A Light in the Darkness
Mrs. Melnick
20024.3
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
("Los Vampirios Moronious" short)
2002
Teknolust
Dirty Dick
20024.4
Gypsy 83
Bambi LeBleau
20016.5
Soulkeeper
Martha la Magnifica
20015.1
The Donor
Mrs. Springle
20014.0
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self
20016.9
The Independent
Karen Black
20005.5
Red Dirt
Aunt Summer
20005.7
Fallen Arches
Lucy Romano
20007.0
Oliver Twisted
Mrs. Mary Happ
20005.0
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
20009.0
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
19997.1
The Underground Comedy Movie
Mother
19992.6
Mascara
Aunt Eloise
19994.0
Conceiving Ada
Lady Byron / Mother Coer
19994.7
Paradise Cove
Ma
19996.5
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Karen Black: Actress at Work
Self
199910.0
Charades
Jude
19984.2
Bury the Evidence
The Mother
19988.0
Angel Blue
Social Worker
19984.5
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Whip Lady
19985.0
Invisible Dad
Courtney Whitmer
19984.1
Malaika
Jessica Martin
199810.0
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Light Speed
High Priestess
19982.0
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
19983.0
Men
Alex
19974.5
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
19976.8
Stir
Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
19974.6
Dogtown
Rose Van Horn
19974.0
New York Crossing
Mrs. Tender
19964.0
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
June Rhodes
19964.5
Crimetime
Millicent
19964.3
Cries of Silence
Rose Walsh
19967.3
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Every Minute Is Goodbye
19966.0
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
Evelyn
199510.0
Plan 10 from Outer Space
Nehor
19956.0
Dinosaur Valley Girls
Ro-Kell
19954.3
Starstruck
Bertha
19954.3
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
1994
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Too Bad About Jack
199410.0
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
Carla
19936.0
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
19934.6
The Trust
Maria Vandermeer
199310.0
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
19934.7
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
Auntie Lee
19924.9
The Double 0 Kid
Mrs. Elliot
19925.0
Judgement
Tiffany Powers
19923.9
Final Judgement
Mrs. Sorrel
19924.0
Tuesday Never Comes
Michelle
19923.7
Rubin & Ed
Rula
19926.5
The Player
Karen Black
19927.2
Dead Girls Don't Tango
Insp. Wilson
19924.0
Quiet Fire
Kim Martino
19915.2
Evil Spirits
Ella Purdy
19913.7
Children of the Night
Karen Thompson
19914.4
The Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
19913.2
Caged Fear
Blanche
19914.1
Blood Money
Barrett
19915.6
Ralph S. Mouse
Miss Kuchenbacker
19917.0
Mirror Mirror
Susan Gordon
19905.2
Club Fed
Sally Rich
19905.5
Haunting Fear
Dr. Julia Harcourt
19904.7
Night Angel
Rita
19904.4
The Children
Sybil Lullmer
19904.9
Zapped Again!
Homeroom Teacher
19904.2
Twisted Justice
Mrs. Granger
19905.8
Overexposed
Mrs. Trowbridge
19903.3
Fatal Encounter
Joan Caldwell
19909.0
Homer and Eddie
Belle
19895.6
Out of the Dark
Ruth Wilson
19885.6
Dixie Lanes
Zelma Putnam
19884.0
The Invisible Kid
Mom
19884.9
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Martha Gelhorn
19888.0
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Karen Black
1988
Hostage
Laura Lawrence
19877.5
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
Ellen Jarvis
19875.4
The Little Mermaid
Sea Witch
19876.8
Invaders from Mars
Linda Magnusson
19865.6
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Gloria
19868.0
Savage Dawn
Rachel
19854.4
Cut and Run
Karin
19855.3
Martin's Day
Karen
19856.4
Eternal Evil
Janus
19854.4
Bad Manners
Gladys Fitzpatrick
19845.8
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Zee
19835.9
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Joanne
19826.0
The Last Horror Film
Karen Black (uncredited)
19825.3
Miss Right
Amy
19824.3
Chanel Solitaire
Emilienne d'Alençon
19815.0
The Grass Is Singing
Mary Turner
19814.7
Separate Ways
Valentine Colby
19814.7
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
Investigator Evelyn Carter
19803.0
Where the Ladies Go
Helen
198010.0
Killer Fish
Kate
19794.7
The Last Word
Paula Herbert
19795.0
Mr. Horn
Ernestina Crawford
19797.0
The Squeeze
Clarisse Saunders
19785.9
In Praise of Older Women
Maya
19785.3
Because He's My Friend
Anne
19788.0
Capricorn One
Judy Drinkwater
19776.8
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Miriam Oliver / Sandy
19776.4
Burnt Offerings
Marian Rolf
19766.5
Family Plot
Fran
19766.8
Crime and Passion
Susan Winters
19767.0
Nashville
Connie White
19757.2
The Day of the Locust
Faye Greener
19756.4
Trilogy of Terror
Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia
19756.2
Airport 1975
Nancy Pryor
19745.8
Law and Disorder
Gloria
19745.0
The Great Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
19746.3
Rhinoceros
Daisy
19745.6
The Outfit
Bett Harrow
19736.8
The Pyx
Elizabeth Lucy
19735.4
Little Laura and Big John
Laura
19734.3
Portnoy's Complaint
Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
19724.7
Cisco Pike
Sue
19725.6
Born to Win
Parm
19715.3
A Gunfight
Jenny Simms
19715.8
Drive, He Said
Olive
19715.6
Five Easy Pieces
Rayette Dipesto
19707.1
Easy Rider
Karen
19697.1
Hard Contract
Ellen
19695.1
You're a Big Boy Now
Amy Partlett
19666.1
The Prime Time
Betty
19604.5
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George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies
Self
N/A
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Vacationland
Louise
N/A