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Karen Allen

1951 - Today

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Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American film, television and stage actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film Animal House (1978), which was soon followed by a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Manhattan (1979) and a co-lead role in Philip Kaufman's coming-of-age film The Wanderers (1979), before co-starring opposite Al Pacino in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980). Allen's critical and commercial breakthrough came when she portrayed Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She later co-starred in Shoot the Moon (1982), Starman (1984), for which she was again nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, and Scrooged (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Allen is the 1,614th most popular actor (down from 906th in 2019), the 2,986th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,617th in 2019) and the 788th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karen Allen ranks 1,614 out of 13,578. Before her are Oscar Homolka, Lea Thompson, Miguel Ferrer, Valeria Golino, Vera Farmiga, and Martha Scott. After her are Prabhas, Erdoğan Atalay, Michael C. Hall, Franco Citti, Leon Ames, and Rachel McAdams.

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Among people born in 1951, Karen Allen ranks 138. Before her are Jack Unterweger, John McTiernan, Jan Fischer, Osman Hussein, Julian Schnabel, and David Vunagi. After her are Christian Lacroix, Markku Alén, Francesco Moser, Pierre Lemaitre, K. K. Downing, and Salih Muslim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Allen ranks 2,986 out of 20,380. Before her are Jane Jacobs (1916), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Lea Thompson (1961), Miguel Ferrer (1955), Vera Farmiga (1973), and Martha Scott (1912). After her are Stormy Daniels (1979), Don Walsh (1931), Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), James Baker (1930), Michael C. Hall (1971), and David Patterson (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Karen Allen ranks 788. Before her are Ralph Waite (1928), Ben Johnson (1918), Lea Thompson (1961), Miguel Ferrer (1955), Vera Farmiga (1973), and Martha Scott (1912). After her are Michael C. Hall (1971), Leon Ames (1902), Thomas F. Wilson (1959), Anne Heche (1969), Michelle Trachtenberg (1985), and Henry Calvin (1918).

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