Karen Black

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AKA: Karen Blanche Ziegler
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/01/1942
Birthplace: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

biography

A key female performer of the American film renaissance of the early 1970s, Karen Black was known for her warm smile, sturdy-yet-fraught quality and imperfectly set eyes. After earning praise as the small-town waitress who falls for upper-class drifter Jack Nicholson in "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), Black lent her versatility and unconventional beauty to a number of both offbeat and mainstream films, including Nicholson's "Drive, He Said" (1971), Robert Altman's "Nashville" (1975), in which she sang and earned a Grammy nomination for her efforts, and Alfred Hitchcock's swan song, "Family Plot" Continued

Credits

Luna
2007
Grace's Mom
2006
Bambi LeBleau
2004
Mother Firefly
2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Nora Morgan
2003
Aunt Eloise
1999
Lady Byron
1999
Actor
1998
Rula
1991
Fran
1976
Marian
1976
Connie White
1975
Faye Greener
1975
Chief Stewardess Nancy Pryor
1974
Bett Jarrow
1974
Parmalee
1971
Cast
Actor
Actor
Sybil Lullmer
Marianne Brown
Mrs Towbridge
Sheila Shivvers
Millicent
Rose Van Horn
Karen
Aunt Judy
Karin
Laura Lawrence
Sally Rich
Emilienne d'Alencon
Alex
Jenny
Myrtle Wilson
Dirty Dick
Blanche
Mrs Granger
Duke's Mother
Daisy
Rachel Wade
Producer
Janus
Paula Herbert
Actor
Psychiatrist
Zelma Laidlaw
Maria Vandermeer
Cisco's Girl
Rose Walsh
Mrs Gordon
Kate Neville
Gladys Fitzpatrick
Clarisse
Rayette Dipesto
Eleanor
Mary Jane Reid
screenplay
screenplay
Actor
Valentine Colby
Aunt Nelly
Mary Turner
Elizabeth Lucy
Aunt Summer
Karen Thompson

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Worked in summer stock from age 14
 
Studied ballet until age 17, then switched to drama at college
1959 
First film appearance in "The Prime Time"
1965 
Made Broadway debut in "Playroom"
1966 
Acted in "You're a Big Boy Now" (directed by Francis Ford Coppola)
Continued

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