ACTOR

Karen Allen

1951 - Today

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Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American film and stage actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film Animal House (1978), which was soon followed by a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Manhattan (1979) and a co-lead role in Philip Kaufman's coming-of-age film The Wanderers (1979), before co-starring opposite Al Pacino in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980). Her critical and commercial breakthrough came when she portrayed Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Allen has received more than 8,103,876 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Karen Allen is the 906th most popular actor (up from 1,395th in 2019), the 1,617th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,442nd in 2019) and the 435th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Karen Allens by language

Over the past year Karen Allen has had the most page views in the with 1,803,663 views, followed by German (153,937), and French (149,203). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (329.43%), Japanese (304.34%), and Portuguese (282.73%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karen Allen ranks 906 out of 13,578. Before her are Karen Grassle, Barbara Hershey, Lotte Lenya, James Mason, Cliff Robertson, and Edward James Olmos. After her are Anita Pallenberg, Sônia Braga, Helen Hayes, David Warner, George C. Scott, and Bata Živojinović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Karen Allen ranks 63. Before her are Michèle Mouton, Zdravko Čolić, Javier Marías, Chesley Sullenberger, Chris Cooper, and Mark Harmon. After her are Roberto Durán, Don Rosa, Glenn Hughes, Fatmir Sejdiu, Lou Ferrigno, and Bao Xishun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Allen ranks 1,617 out of 20,380. Before her are Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Joseph Nye (1937), Frank Drake (1930), Sidney Bechet (1897), Cliff Robertson (1923), and Edward James Olmos (1947). After her are Frederick Herzberg (1923), Billy Milligan (1955), John C. Mather (1946), Emmett Till (1941), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), and Kirk Hammett (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Karen Allen ranks 435. Before her are Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Norman Reedus (1969), Karen Grassle (1942), Barbara Hershey (1948), Cliff Robertson (1923), and Edward James Olmos (1947). After her are Helen Hayes (1900), George C. Scott (1927), Luke Perry (1966), Ethel Barrymore (1879), Jackie Coogan (1914), and Kyle MacLachlan (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Claire Phillips
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Nov 22o 19886.797 / 10
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Marion Ravenwood
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
May 21o 20086.002 / 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Marion Ravenwood
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Jun 12o 19817.926 / 10