Karen Black

E35688

film actress human screenwriter singer stage actress television actress

Karen Black was an American actress known for her distinctive roles in 1960s–1970s New Hollywood films such as "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," and "The Great Gatsby."

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Label	Occurrences
Karen Black canonical	36
Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film actress ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture ⓘ Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress ⓘ
birthName	Karen Blanche Ziegler ⓘ
burialPlace	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	ampullary cancer ⓘ
child	Hunter Carson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2013-08-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Northwestern University ⓘ Actors Studio ⓘ surface form: The Actors Studio
ethnicity	Jewish American ⓘ
familyName	Ziegler ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ horror film ⓘ
givenName	Karen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	New Hollywood ⓘ
name	Karen Black self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableRole	Faye Greener in The Day of the Locust (film) ⓘ Myrtle Wilson ⓘ surface form: Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974 film) Rayette Dipesto in Five Easy Pieces ⓘ
notableWork	A Gunfight ⓘ Airport 1975 ⓘ Burnt Offerings ⓘ Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film) ⓘ Drive, He Said ⓘ Easy Rider ⓘ Easy Wheels ⓘ Family Plot ⓘ Five Easy Pieces ⓘ House of 1000 Corpses ⓘ Nashville (1975 film) ⓘ Portnoy's Complaint (film) ⓘ The Day of the Locust (film) ⓘ The Great Gatsby (1974 film) ⓘ The Outfit (1973 film) ⓘ The Player (1992 film) ⓘ The Pyx ⓘ Trilogy of Terror ⓘ
occupation	actress ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Park Ridge, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
pseudonym	Karen Black ⓘ
relative	Norma Ziegler (mother) ⓘ Norman Ziegler (father) ⓘ
sibling	Gail Brown ⓘ
spouse	Charles Black (married 1955; divorced) ⓘ L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) ⓘ Robert Burton (married 1973; divorced) ⓘ Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death) ⓘ
yearsActive	1959–2013 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black → hasNotableBearer → Karen Black ⓘ

Park Ridge, Illinois → notableResident → Karen Black ⓘ

Karen Black → name → Karen Black self-link ⓘ

Karen Black → pseudonym → Karen Black ⓘ

Five Easy Pieces → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

The Great Gatsby (1974 film) → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

Family Plot → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

Drive, He Said → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

Maine East High School → hasNotableAlumni → Karen Black ⓘ

Capricorn One → stars → Karen Black ⓘ

The Great Gatsby (film adaptations) → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: The Great Gatsby (1974 film)

Hunter Carson → mother → Karen Black ⓘ

Henry Jaglom → workedWith → Karen Black ⓘ

Nashville (1975 film) → castMember → Karen Black ⓘ

Airport 1975 → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

Trilogy of Terror → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

Burnt Offerings → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

Burnt Offerings → notableCastEnsemble → Karen Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith

House of 1000 Corpses → castMember → Karen Black ⓘ

The Day of the Locust (film) → starredActor → Karen Black ⓘ

The Pyx → hasCastMember → Karen Black ⓘ

The Pyx → stars → Karen Black ⓘ

The Outfit (1973 film) → castMember → Karen Black ⓘ

Charles Black (married 1955; divorced) → spouse → Karen Black ⓘ

Robert Burton (married 1973; divorced) → spouse → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Burton (actor, married to Karen Black)

L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) → spouse → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: L. M. Kit Carson

L. M. Kit Carson (married 1975; divorced) → workedWith → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: L. M. Kit Carson

Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987; her death) → spouse → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephen Eckelberry

Norma Ziegler (mother) → hasChild → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Norma Ziegler

Norma Ziegler (mother) → notableRelative → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Norma Ziegler

Norman Ziegler (father) → hasChild → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Norman Ziegler

Rayette Dipesto in Five Easy Pieces → portrayedBy → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Rayette Dipesto

Faye Greener in The Day of the Locust (film) → portrayedBy → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Faye Greener

Richard Wechsler → starring → Karen Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Five Easy Pieces

Gail Brown → sibling → Karen Black ⓘ

Gail Brown → relative → Karen Black ⓘ

Karen Blanche Ziegler → alsoKnownAs → Karen Black ⓘ