Karen Black
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.…
Filmography
Where the Ladies Go
1980 · 10.0
Too Bad About Jack
1994 · 10.0
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
1995 · 10.0
Malaika
1998 · 10.0
OowieWanna
2012 · 9.8
Fatal Encounter
1990 · 9.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1
Russians in the City of Angels
2003 · 8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1
Birth of Industry
2004 · 8.0
Because He's My Friend
1978 · 8.0
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988 · 8.0
Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986 · 8.0
The Blue Tooth Virgin
2008 · 8.0
Bury the Evidence
1998 · 8.0
Moon Over Miami
1993 · 7.8
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · 7.7
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Whitepaddy
2006 · 7.5
Hostage
1987 · 7.5
Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4
Ghost Story
1972 · 7.4
Nashville
1975 · 7.3
Cries of Silence
1996 · 7.3
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007 · 7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · 7.2
Letters from the Big Man
2011 · 7.2
The Player
1992 · 7.2
Adam-12
1968 · 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965 · 7.1
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · 7.1
Easy Rider
1969 · 7.0
Party of Five
1994 · 7.0
Profiler
1996 · 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968 · 7.0
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
Mr. Horn
1979 · 7.0
Power
1980 · 7.0
Crime and Passion
1976 · 7.0
Fallen Arches
2000 · 7.0
Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
2003 · 7.0
Ralph S. Mouse
1991 · 7.0
Double Duty
2009 · 7.0
Mannix
1967 · 6.9
The Invaders
1967 · 6.8
Family Plot
1976 · 6.8
The Outfit
1973 · 6.8
The Little Mermaid
1987 · 6.8
Capricorn One
1977 · 6.8
The Second Hundred Years
1967 · 6.5
Gypsy 83
2001 · 6.5
Rubin & Ed
1992 · 6.5
Paradise Cove
1999 · 6.5
Burnt Offerings
1976 · 6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975 · 6.4
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977 · 6.4
The Great Gatsby
1974 · 6.3
Trilogy of Terror
1975 · 6.3
House of 1000 Corpses
2003 · 6.2
The Big Valley
1965 · 6.2
The Hitchhiker
1983 · 6.2
The Hunger
1997 · 6.2
Martin's Day
1985 · 6.2
You're a Big Boy Now
1966 · 6.1
Some Guy Who Kills People
2011 · 6.1
Firecracker
2005 · 6.1
Rude Awakening
1998 · 6.0
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story
1993 · 6.0
Dark Blood
2012 · 6.0
Plan 10 from Outer Space
1995 · 6.0
Every Minute Is Goodbye
1996 · 6.0
America Brown
2005 · 6.0
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1983 · 5.9
Bad Manners
1984 · 5.9
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982 · 5.9
The Squeeze
1978 · 5.9
Airport 1975
1974 · 5.8
Worlds Beyond
1986 · 5.8
A Gunfight
1971 · 5.8
Twisted Justice
1990 · 5.8
E/R
1984 · 5.7
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005 · 5.7
Red Dirt
2000 · 5.7
The F.B.I.
1965 · 5.6
Out of the Dark
1988 · 5.6
Crazy for Love
2005 · 5.6
Cisco Pike
1972 · 5.6
Homer and Eddie
1989 · 5.6
Drive, He Said
1971 · 5.6
Blood Money
1991 · 5.6
Rhinoceros
1974 · 5.6
Invaders from Mars
1986 · 5.6
Club Fed
1990 · 5.5
The Pyx
1973 · 5.5
The Independent
2000 · 5.5
Watercolors
2008 · 5.5
Deadly Dolls: Deepest Cuts
2018 · 5.5
A Single Woman
2008 · 5.5
The Trust
1993 · 5.5
Born to Win
1971 · 5.4
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987 · 5.3
In Praise of Older Women
1978 · 5.3
The Last Horror Film
1982 · 5.3
Cut and Run
1985 · 5.3
Quiet Fire
1991 · 5.2
Mirror Mirror
1990 · 5.2
The Double 0 Kid
1992 · 5.1
Soulkeeper
2001 · 5.1
The Invisible Kid
1988 · 5.1
Hard Contract
1969 · 5.1
Law and Disorder
1974 · 5.0
Chanel Solitaire
1981 · 5.0
The Last Word
1979 · 5.0
Nothing Special
2010 · 5.0
Oliver Twisted
2000 · 5.0
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
1992 · 4.9
Suffering Man's Charity
2007 · 4.9
The Children
1990 · 4.9
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998 · 4.8
Killer Fish
1979 · 4.7
The Grass Is Singing
1981 · 4.7
Conceiving Ada
1999 · 4.7
Return of the Roller Blade Seven
1993 · 4.7
Portnoy's Complaint
1972 · 4.7
Haunting Fear
1990 · 4.7
Stir
1997 · 4.6
Legend of The Roller Blade Seven
1993 · 4.6
Teknolust
2002 · 4.5
Men
1997 · 4.5
Savage Dawn
1985 · 4.5
Separate Ways
1981 · 4.5
Angel Blue
1998 · 4.5
The Prime Time
1960 · 4.5
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
1996 · 4.5
Night Angel
1990 · 4.4
Eternal Evil
1985 · 4.4
Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002 · 4.3
Children of the Night
1991 · 4.3
Crimetime
1996 · 4.3
A Light in the Darkness
2002 · 4.3
Little Laura and Big John
1973 · 4.3
Dinosaur Valley Girls
1995 · 4.3
Starstruck
1995 · 4.3
Zapped Again!
1990 · 4.2
Wild in Blue
2014 · 4.2
Miss Right
1982 · 4.2
Charades
1998 · 4.2
Invisible Dad
1998 · 4.1
Caged Fear
1991 · 4.1
Dogtown
1997 · 4.0
Final Judgement
1992 · 4.0
Dead Girls Don't Tango
1992 · 4.0
Dixie Lanes
1988 · 4.0
New York Crossing
1996 · 4.0
The Donor
2001 · 4.0
Judgement
1992 · 3.9
One Long Night
2007 · 3.9
She Loves Me Not
2013 · 3.9
Evil Spirits
1991 · 3.7
Tuesday Never Comes
1992 · 3.7
Repo Chick
2009 · 3.7
Mascara
1999 · 3.6
Read You Like a Book
2006 · 3.6
Mommy's Little Monster
2012 · 3.5
Overexposed
1990 · 3.3
The Roller Blade Seven
1991 · 3.2
Ooga Booga
2013 · 3.1
Hollywood Dreams
2007 · 3.1
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
1980 · 3.0
Dr. Rage
2005 · 3.0
Paris
2003 · 3.0
Stuck!
2009 · 2.6
The Underground Comedy Movie
1999 · 2.5
Light Speed
1998 · 2.0
Maria My Love
2012 · 2.0
Contamination
2008 · 2.0
Irene in Time
2009 · 1.2
Airports
2025 · 0.0
First Time Long Time
2009 · 0.0
Bottomless Pit
2015 · 0.0
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
1994 · 0.0
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988 · 0.0
Best of Tromadance Film Festival: Volume 1
2002 · 0.0
Hawk Warrior of the Wheelzone
2012 · 0.0
Meet the Eye
2009 · 0.0
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black: Teather Penumbra
1994 · 0.0
Vacationland
— · 0.0