ACTOR

Karen Black

1939 - 2013

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Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Black has received more than 4,745,061 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Karen Black is the 1,780th most popular actor (down from 1,662nd in 2019), the 2,915th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,828th in 2019) and the 814th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

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  • 55.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karen Black ranks 1,780 out of 13,578. Before her are Song Kang-ho, Mark Dacascos, Woody Strode, Eugene Levy, Irina Miroshnichenko, and Dean Norris. After her are Oleg Tabakov, Tom Cavanagh, Diane Cilento, Silvana Pampanini, Rebecca De Mornay, and Frunzik Mkrtchyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Karen Black ranks 162. Before her are Ali Farka Touré, Ignacio Zoco, Elvīra Ozoliņa, Frank Vincent, Donald Adamson, and Veruschka von Lehndorff. After her are Takako Shimazu, Glauber Rocha, Alberto Festa, Wendy Carlos, Jorge Paulo Lemann, and Yoshinobu Ishii. Among people deceased in 2013, Karen Black ranks 144. Before her are Mariangela Melato, Luis Cubilla, Robert Ressler, Marie-Claire Alain, Harry Reems, and Bill Foulkes. After her are Hans Riegel, László Csatáry, S. N. Goenka, Esther Williams, Amedeo Amadei, and Pál Csernai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Black ranks 2,915 out of 20,380. Before her are Milton L. Humason (1891), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Ellen Church (1904), King C. Gillette (1855), and Dean Norris (1963). After her are Terence McKenna (1946), William Levada (1936), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), Kathy Reichs (1948), William Peter Blatty (1928), and Natalie Cole (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Karen Black ranks 814. Before her are Robert Walker (1918), Laurie Holden (1969), Leon Russom (1941), Mark Dacascos (1964), Woody Strode (1914), and Dean Norris (1963). After her are Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Martha Scott (1912), Shera Danese (1949), Katie Holmes (1978), and Lisa Edelstein (1966).

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Television and Movie Roles

House of 1000 Corpses
Mother Firefly
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Apr 11th 20036.194 / 10
Five Easy Pieces
Rayette Dipesto
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Sep 12th 19707.1 / 10
Burnt Offerings
Marian Rolf
A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself.
Oct 18th 19766.5 / 10