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Acting

Karen Allen

Career: Active from 1978 to 2026, busiest in 1993 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 32
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Raiders of the Lost Ark
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Karen Allen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
2.1, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Psychological Depth 3
Social Commentary 3
Intense Character Study 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Contemporary Realism 2
Melancholic 2
Feel-Good 2
Emotional 2
Slow-Burn Romance 2
Pop Culture References 2
Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 61

Other Mommy

38

as Grandma Ruth

Unsinkable

59

as Nancy Smith

A Stage of Twilight

as Cora

The Easy Kind

as Kathy

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

63

as Marion

The Last Movie Stars

86

TV show · as Self / Frances Woodward / Frances Woodward (voice)

Going Home

TV show · as Bonnie

Things Heard & Seen

44

as Mare Laughton

50 States of Fright

74

TV show · as Sheriff Stallings

2010s

7 titles · average score 66

Colewell

64

as Nora

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.

Screenplay, Director

Year by the Sea

60

as Joan

Bad Hurt

63

as Elaine Kendall

White Irish Drinkers

59

as Margaret

Blue Bloods

73

TV show · as Betty Lowe

November Christmas

77

as Claire Sanford

2000s

13 titles · average score 55

A Dog Year

52

as Paula (voice)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

64

as Marion Ravenwood

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel

55

as Katherine Farewell

When Will I Be Loved

40

as Alexandra Barrie

Poster Boy

35

as Eunice Kray

Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update

76

as Katy Schoenstein

Plain Dirty

57

as Butcher Lee

In the Bedroom

82

as Marla Keyes

My Horrible Year!

55

as Belinda Faulkner

The Basket

47

as Bessie Emery

The Perfect Storm

58

as Melissa Brown

Wind River

60

as Martha

1990s

20 titles · average score 56

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Paula Varney

Falling Sky

57

as Resse Nicholson

All the Winters that Have Been

as Hannah Raven

'Til There Was You

23

as Betty Dawkan

Ghost in the Machine

25

as Terry Munroe

Rapture

as Georgianne Corcoran

King of the Hill

82

as Miss Mathey

The Turning

37

as Glory Lawson

Sweet Talker

56

as Julie Maguire

Challenger

56

as Christa McAuliffe

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Judith Sandler

Secret Weapon

as Ruth

1980s

14 titles · average score 57

Scrooged

61

as Claire Phillips

Backfire

51

as Mara McAndrew

The Glass Menagerie

69

as Laura Wingfield

Terminus

35

as Gus

Starman

73

as Jenny Hayden

Until September

29

as Mo Alexander

Split Image

53

as Rebecca / Amy

Shoot the Moon

64

as Sandy

Raiders of the Lost Ark

88

as Marion Ravenwood

East of Eden

74

TV show · as Abra

Cruising

55

as Nancy Gates

A Small Circle of Friends

50

as Jessica Bloom

1970s

5 titles · average score 79

The Wanderers

76

as Nina

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Annie Fairgate

Manhattan

84

as Television Actor #2

Animal House

79

as Katy

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

as Elizabeth