Karen Allen
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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).
Known for
Credits
Other Mommy (2026)
as Grandma Ruth
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
as Marion
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
as Marion Ravenwood
The Perfect Storm (2000)
as Melissa Brown
The Sandlot (1993)
as Mom
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
as Mare Laughton
Malcolm X (1992)
as Miss Dunne
Animal House (1978)
as Katy
Starman (1984)
as Jenny Hayden
Scrooged (1988)
as Claire Phillips
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
as Self
Manhattan (1979)
as Television Actor #2
In the Bedroom (2001)
as Marla Keyes
Cruising (1980)
as Nancy Gates
The Wanderers (1979)
as Nina
King of the Hill (1993)
as Miss Mathey
Ghost in the Machine (1993)
as Terry Munroe
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II (1978)
as Elizabeth
Split Image (1982)
as Rebecca / Amy
'Til There Was You (1997)
as Betty Dawkan
When Will I Be Loved (2004)
as Alexandra Barrie
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend (2008)
as Self
A Dog Year (2009)
as Paula (voice)
Year by the Sea (2016)
as Joan
Poster Boy (2004)
as Eunice Kray
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992)
as (voice)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003)
as Katy Schoenstein
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006)
as Self
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003)
as self
Shoot the Moon (1982)
as Sandy
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
as Margaret
A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
as Jessica Bloom
Backfire (1988)
as Mara McAndrew
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)
as Self
A Stage of Twilight (2024)
as Cora
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2005)
as Katherine Farewell
Animal House: The Inside Story (2008)
as Self
November Christmas (2011)
as Claire Sanford
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems (1992)
as (voice)
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)
as Self - Katy
Wind River (2000)
as Martha
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
as Laura Wingfield
World Traveler (2002)
as Delores
My Horrible Year! (2001)
as Belinda Faulkner
Until September (1984)
as Mo Alexander
Falling Sky (1999)
as Resse Nicholson
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
Terminus (1987)
as Gus
The Turning (1992)
as Glory Lawson
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones (2024)
as Self
All the Winters that Have Been (1997)
as Hannah Raven
Plain Dirty (2003)
as Butcher Lee
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' (2008)
as Self
White Irish Drinkers (2011)
as Margaret
Challenger (1990)
as Christa McAuliffe
Unsinkable (2024)
as Nancy Smith
The Easy Kind (2024)
as Kathy
The Basket (2000)
as Bessie Emery
Secret Weapon (1990)
as Ruth
The Cutting Room Floor (—)
Actor
Sweet Talker (1991)
as Julie Maguire
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. (2017)
as director
Bad Hurt (2016)
as Elaine Kendall
Colewell (2019)
as Nora
Animal Behavior (1989)
as Alex Bristow
Voyage (1993)
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Rapture (1993)
as Georgianne Corcoran