Karen Black Actress Biography

Karen Black
Black in 1968
Born	Karen Blanche Ziegler July 1, 1939 Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 8, 2013 (aged 74) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, California, U.S.
Education	Northwestern University
Occupation	Actress screenwriter singer composer
Years active	1960–2013
Works	Filmography
Spouse(s)	Charles Black (m. 1960; divorced) Robert Burton ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1974)​ L. M. Kit Carson ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1983)​ Stephen Eckelberry ​ ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	3, including Hunter Carson
Relatives	Gail Brown (sister)
Awards	Full list

Karen Black Actress 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 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.

Karen Black Actress Movies List:

1960	The Prime Time
1966	You're a Big Boy Now
1969	Hard Contract
1969	Easy Rider
1970	Five Easy Pieces
1971	Drive, He Said
1971	A Gunfight
1971	Born to Win
1972	Cisco Pike
1972	Portnoy's Complaint
1973	Little Laura and Big John
1973	The Pyx
1973	The Outfit
1974	Rhinoceros
1974	The Great Gatsby
1974	Law and Disorder
1974	Airport 1975
1975	Trilogy of Terror
1975	The Day of the Locust
1975	Nashville
1976	Crime and Passion
1976	Family Plot
1976	Burnt Offerings
1977	Capricorn One
1977	The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977	Because He's My Friend
1978	The Rip-Off
1978	In Praise of Older Women
1979	Killer Fish
1979	The Last Word
1979	Mr. Horn
1980	Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980	Power
1980	Where the Ladies Go
1981	Separate Ways
1981	Killing Heat
1981	Chanel Solitaire
1982	The Last Horror Film
1982	Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982	Miss Right
1983	Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1984	Bad Manners
1984	A Stroke of Genius
1984	There's Something Wrong in Paradise
1984	Full Circle Again
1985	Martin's Day
1985	Cut and Run
1985	The Blue Man
1985	Savage Dawn
1986	The Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986	Invaders from Mars
1986	Hostage
1987	It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1988	The Invisible Kid
1988	Dixie Lanes
1988	Out of the Dark
1989	Homer and Eddie
1989	The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1989	Trust Me
1990	Overexposed
1990	Twisted Justice
1990	Zapped Again!
1990	Night Angel
1990	Club Fed
1990	Mirror, Mirror
1990	Pretty Hattie's Baby
1990	The Children
1990	The Covenant
1990	Haunting Fear
1990	Fatal Encounter
1990	Evil Spirits
1991	Quiet Fire
1991	The Killer's Edge
1991	Dead Girls Don't Tango
1991	Caged Fear
1991	Rubin and Ed
1991	Children of the Night
1991	The Roller Blade Seven
1992	The Player
1992	Tuesday Never Comes
1992	Judgement
1992	Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
1992	The Legend of the Roller Blade Seven
1992	The Double 0 Kid
1993	Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
1993	The Trust
1993	Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993	Movies Money Murder
1994	Too Bad About Jack
1995	Plan 10 from Outer Space
1995	The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
1995	Dream Catcher
1995	Starstruck
1996	Sister Island
1996	Crimetime
1996	Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
1996	Every Minute is Goodbye
1996	Dinosaur Valley Girls
1996	New York Crossing
1997	Greater Than a Tiger
1997	Stir
1997	Conceiving Ada
1997	Men
1997	Dogtown
1997	Modern Rhapsody
1998	Invisible Dad
1998	I Woke Up Early The Day I Died
1998	Sugar: The Fall of the West
1998	My Neighbor's Daughter
1998	Bury the Evidence
1998	Malaika
1998	Charades
1998	Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin
1998	Lightspeed
1999	The Underground Comedy Movie
1999	Mascara
1999	Paradise Cove
2000	Fallen Arches
2000	Red Dirt
2000	Oliver Twisted
2000	Inviati speciali
2000	The Independent
2001	The Donor
2001	Gypsy 83
2001	Hard Luck
2001	Soulkeeper
2002	Teknolust
2002	Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002	All Hallow's Eve
2003	House of 1000 Corpses
2003	Paris
2003	Buttleman
2003	Summer Solstice
2004	America Brown
2004	Birth of Industry
2005	Love Wine
2005	Carma
2005	My Suicidal Sweetheart
2005	Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005	Firecracker
2005	The Straun House
2006	Hollywood Dreams
2006	Read You Like a Book
2006	Whitepaddy
2007	Suffering Man's Charity
2007	One Long Night
2008	Contamination
2008	Watercolors
2008	The Blue Tooth Virgin
2008	A Single Woman
2009	Meet the Eye
2009	Irene in Time
2009	Repo Chick
2009	Stuck!
2009	Double Duty
2009	First Time Long Time
2010	Better People
2010	Nothing Special
2011	Some Guy Who Kills People
2011	Letters from the Big Man
2011	Maria My Love
2012	Mommy's Little Monster
2012	Warnings from the Bathtub
2012	Vacationland
2012	Dark Blood
2013	OowieWanna
2013	Ooga Booga
2013	She Loves Me Not
2013	Bottomless Pit
2014	Wild in Blue
2014	A Walk Into a Split Mind

Karen Black Actress TV Shows List:

1967	The F.B.I.
1967	Run for Your Life
1967	The Big Valley
1967	The Second Hundred Years
1967	The Invaders
1967	Iron Horse
1968	Mannix
1968	Judd, for the Defense
1968	Adam-12
1969	The Name of the Game
1972	Ghost Story
1976–1981	Saturday Night Live
1984–1985	E/R
1985–1987	Faerie Tale Theatre
1986	Murder, She Wrote
1987	Worlds Beyond
1989	Miami Vice
1991	ABC Weekend Special
1993	In the Heat of the Night
1993	Moon Over Miami
1997	The Hunger
1998	Profiler
1998	Party of Five
1999	Rude Awakening
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2003	Russians in the City of Angels
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!