Karen Black

Karen Black

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Birthday: 
1 July 1939, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: 
Karen Blanche Ziegler
Height: 
171 cm
Karen Black was born Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois, to Elsie Mary (Reif), who wrote children's books, and Norman Arthur Ziegler, an engineer and businessman. She was of Norwegian (from her paternal grandmother), German, and Bohemian (Czech) descent. Karen entered Northwestern University at 15 and left two years later. She studi... Show more »
Karen Black was born Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois, to Elsie Mary (Reif), who wrote children's books, and Norman Arthur Ziegler, an engineer and businessman. She was of Norwegian (from her paternal grandmother), German, and Bohemian (Czech) descent. Karen entered Northwestern University at 15 and left two years later. She studied under Lee Strasberg in New York and worked in a number of off-Broadway roles. She made a critically acclaimed debut on Broadway in 1965 in "The Playroom". Her first big film role was in You're a Big Boy Now (1966), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Shortly after wards, she appeared as Marcia in the TV series The Second Hundred Years (1967).The film that made her a star was Easy Rider (1969), where she worked with Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and a supporting actor named Jack Nicholson. She appeared with Nicholson again the next year when they starred in Five Easy Pieces (1970), which garnered an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for Karen. Her roles mainly consisted of waitresses, hookers and women on the edge. Some of her later films were disappointments at the box office, but she did receive another Golden Globe for The Great Gatsby (1974). One role for which she is well remembered is that of the jewel thief in Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot (1976). Another is as the woman terrorized in her apartment by a murderous Zuni doll come to life in the well received TV movie Trilogy of Terror (1975). After a number of forgettable movies, she again won rave reviews for her role in Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). Since then, her film career has been busy, but the quality of the films has been uneven. Show less «

Karen Black's FILMOGRAPHY

Saturday Night Live - Season 44

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Saturday Night Live - Season 43

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Saturday Night Live - Season 42

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Saturday Night Live - Season 41

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Wild In Blue

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films

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Ooga Booga

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Dark Blood

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Law and Order: Criminal Intent - Season 10

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Some Guy Who Kills People

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job - Season 5

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Law and Order: Criminal Intent - Season 9

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Nothing Special

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job - Season 4

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job - Season 3

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Law and Order: Criminal Intent - Season 8

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Watercolors

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Saturday Night Live - Season 33

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job - Season 2

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job - Season 1

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Law and Order: Criminal Intent - Season 7

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One Long Night

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Law and Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6

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