Karen Black

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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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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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Black → hasNotableBearer → Karen Black ⓘ
Karen Black → name → Karen Black self-link ⓘ
Karen Black → pseudonym → Karen Black ⓘ
Five Easy Pieces → starring → Karen Black ⓘ