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Karen Black

actor
singer
screenwriter
singer-songwriter
composer
television actor
stage actor
film actor

Born 1939-07-01
Died 2013-08-08 (aged 74)
Nationality United States
Years active 1959–2013

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Filmography

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Acting credits
			Role
2015	Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief	Movie		74
2012	Dark Blood	Movie		73
2008	Watercolors	Movie		69
2003	House of 1000 Corpses	Movie		64
2002	Teknolust	Movie		63
2001	Soulkeeper	TV movie		62
1998	I Woke Up Early The Day I Died	Movie		59
1997	Men	Movie		58
1996	Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering	Movie		57
1992	The Player	Movie		53
1990	Mirror, Mirror	Movie		51
1989	Homer and Eddie	Movie		50

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Career timeline

Award won Role or nomination

1939
age 0
- Born
1966
age 27
- You're a Big Boy Now
1969
age 30
- Easy Rider
1970
age 31
- Five Easy Pieces
1971
age 32
- A Gunfight
- Born to Win
- Cisco Pike
- Drive, He Said
1973
age 34
- The Outfit
1974
age 35
- Airport 1975
- The Great Gatsby
1975
age 36
- Nashville
- The Day of the Locust
- Trilogy of Terror
1976
age 37
- Burnt Offerings
- Crime and Passion
- Family Plot
1977
age 38
- Capricorn One
1979
age 40
- Killer Fish
1982
age 43
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1983
age 44
- Breathless
1986
age 47
- Invaders from Mars
1987
age 48
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
1989
age 50
- Homer and Eddie
1990
age 51
- Mirror, Mirror
1992
age 53
- The Player
1996
age 57
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
1997
age 58
- Men
- Menscreenwriter
1998
age 59
- I Woke Up Early The Day I Died
2001
age 62
- Soulkeeper
2002
age 63
- Teknolust
2003
age 64
- House of 1000 Corpses
2008
age 69
- Watercolors
2012
age 73
- Dark Blood
2013
age 74
- Died
2015
age 74
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Career in numbers

Credits per year

Acting
Writing

1966
1969
1970
1971
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1979
1982
1983
1986
1987
1989
1990
1992
1996
1997
1998
2001
2002
2003
2008
2012
2015

Scores by year

1966You're a Big Boy Now71.0
1969Easy Rider82.3
1970Five Easy Pieces86.3
1971Born to Win41.5
1971Drive, He Said60.0
1974Airport 197542.7
1974The Great Gatsby44.3
1975Nashville87.5
1975The Day of the Locust70.5
1975Trilogy of Terror85.5
1976Burnt Offerings53.0
1976Family Plot80.3
1977Capricorn One63.5
1982Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean85.0
1983Breathless56.3
1986Invaders from Mars46.3
1987It's Alive III: Island of the Alive50.0
1989Homer and Eddie13.0
1992The Player90.0
1998I Woke Up Early The Day I Died27.3
2002Teknolust40.0
2003House of 1000 Corpses29.7
2012Dark Blood70.0
2015Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief84.3

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Family and influences

Spouse
- L. M. Kit Carson
Children
- Hunter Carson

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Photos

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Personal details

Nationalities: United States
Cause of death: periampullary cancer
Languages: English
Years active: 1959–2013
Instruments: voice
Education: Maine East High School, Northwestern University