
Karen Allen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1951
- Birthplace
- Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).
Filmography
- The Cutting Room Floor
The Cutting Room Floor TBA
Actor

Other Mommy 2026
as Grandma Ruth

The Easy Kind 2024
as Kathy

Unsinkable 2024
as Nancy Smith

A Stage of Twilight 2024
as Cora

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones 2024
as Self

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford 2023
as Self

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023
as Marion

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age 2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Things Heard & Seen 2021
as Mare Laughton

Colewell 2019
as Nora

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. 2017
Director, Screenplay

Year by the Sea 2016
as Joan

Bad Hurt 2016
as Elaine Kendall

White Irish Drinkers 2011
as Margaret

November Christmas 2010
as Claire Sanford

A Dog Year 2009
as Paula (voice)

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' 2008
as Self

Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend 2008
as Self

Animal House: The Inside Story 2008
as Self

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
as Marion Ravenwood
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills 2006
as Self

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel 2005
as Katherine Farewell

When Will I Be Loved 2004
as Alexandra Barrie

Poster Boy 2004
as Eunice Kray

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy 2003
as self

Plain Dirty 2003
as Butcher Lee
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update 2003
as Katy Schoenstein

World Traveler 2002
as Delores

In the Bedroom 2001
as Marla Keyes

My Horrible Year! 2001
as Belinda Faulkner

The Perfect Storm 2000
as Melissa Brown

Wind River 2000
as Martha

The Basket 2000
as Bessie Emery

Falling Sky 1999
as Resse Nicholson

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion 1998
as Self - Katy

All the Winters that Have Been 1997
as Hannah Raven

'Til There Was You 1997
as Betty Dawkan

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story 1996
as Margaret

Ghost in the Machine 1993
as Terry Munroe

King of the Hill 1993
as Miss Mathey

Voyage 1993
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell

The Sandlot 1993
as Mom

Rapture 1993
as Georgianne Corcoran

Malcolm X 1992
as Miss Dunne

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems 1992
as (voice)

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes 1992
as (voice)

The Turning 1992
as Glory Lawson

Sweet Talker 1991
as Julie Maguire

Secret Weapon 1990
as Ruth

Challenger 1990
as Christa McAuliffe

Animal Behavior 1989
as Alex Bristow

Scrooged 1988
as Claire Phillips

Backfire 1988
as Mara McAndrew

The Glass Menagerie 1987
as Laura Wingfield

Terminus 1987
as Gus

Starman 1984
as Jenny Hayden

Until September 1984
as Mo Alexander

Split Image 1982
as Rebecca / Amy

Shoot the Moon 1982
as Sandy

The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' 1981
as Self

Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
as Self (archive footage)

Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
as Marion Ravenwood

A Small Circle of Friends 1980
as Jessica Bloom

Cruising 1980
as Nancy Gates

The Wanderers 1979
as Nina

Manhattan 1979
as Television Actor #2

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II 1978
as Elizabeth

Animal House 1978
as Katy
Credits from TMDB.