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| Born | Karen Jane Allen October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05) (age 57) Carrollton, Illinois, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978 "present |
| Spouse(s) | Kale Browne (1988 "1998) |
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| Saturn Award for Best Actress (film) 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
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Early Life
Allen was born in Carrollton, rural western Illinois, the daughter of Patricia A. (née Howell), a teacher, and Carroll Thompson Allen, an FBI agent. Allen spent her first 10 years traveling around the country with her parents and two sisters. After graduating from DuVal Senior High School, in Lanham, Maryland at 17, she moved to New York City to study art and design at Fashion Institute of Technology. Read more...
Career
In 1978, Allen made her major film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House. Her next two appearances were in The Wanderers in 1979 and A Small Circle of Friends in 1980, where she played one of three radical college students during the 1960s. The United Artists-release of that film received only limited theatrical exposure, ultimately grossing under $1 million.
Her career-changing role came Read more...
Personal Life
In 1988, Allen married actor Kale Browne, who portrayed Christa McAuliffe's husband, Steven, in Challenger, and gave birth to a son, Nicholas, in 1990. The couple divorced in 1998.
After giving birth, Allen accepted smaller roles in TV and films in order to concentrate on raising Nicholas. Given her affinity for knitting, in 2003 she started her own textile company, "Karen Allen Fiber Arts," Read more...
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Washington - It was an audacious crime that terrified people in the US capital for weeks. John Allen Muhammad and his 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, armed themsel...
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:23 GMT
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Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:16:19 GMT
Washington - John Allen Muhammad, who masterminded the 2002 Washington sniper killings, was put to death by lethal injection late Tuesday, a Virginia state prison spokesman announced. Muhammad and his 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, armed the...
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:28:24 GMT
Washington - It was an audacious crime that terrified people in the US capital for weeks. John Allen Muhammad and his 17-year-old accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo armed themselves with a sniper rifle and went...
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:27 GMT
Los Angeles - Allen The Answer Iverson apparently failed to live up to his nickname for the Memphis Grizzlies, and the two unhappy parties have decided to part ways. The Grizzlies and Allen Iverson have come to a mutual agreement that because of p...
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:40:18 GMT
Washington - John Allen Muhammad, who masterminded the 2002 Washington sniper killings, was put to death by lethal injection, a Virginia state prison spokesman said. Muhammad, who died late Tuesday, and his then-17-year-old accomp...
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:22:20 GMT
