Karen Black

AKA:
Karen Blanche Ziegler
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
07/01/1942
Birthplace:
Park Ridge, Illinois
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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
Marian
1976
Fran
1976
Connie White
1975
Bett Jarrow
1974
Parmalee
1971
Actor
Actor
Sybil Lullmer
Marianne Brown
Mrs Towbridge
Rose Van Horn
Millicent
Aunt Judy
Karen
Karin
Sally Rich
Blanche
Laura Lawrence
Myrtle Wilson
Alex
Emilienne d'Alencon
Dirty Dick
Jenny
Duke's Mother
Mrs Granger
Rachel Wade
Daisy
Producer
Psychiatrist
Maria Vandermeer
Clarisse
Faye Greener
1975
Actor
Gladys Fitzpatrick
Eleanor
Rayette Dipesto
Cisco's Girl
Chief Stewardess Nancy Pryor
Mrs Gordon
Zelma Laidlaw
Paula Herbert
Kate Neville
Rose Walsh
Mary Jane Reid
Janus
screenplay
screenplay
Karen Thompson
Aunt Summer
Actor
Mary Turner
Valentine Colby
Aunt Nelly
Elizabeth Lucy
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)
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