Karen Black Net Worth

Karen Black Net Worth is
$2 Million

Karen Black Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She is known for her appearances in such films as Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Great Gatsby and Airport 1975 (both 1974), The Day of the Locust and Nashville (both 1975), Alfred Hitchcock's final film Family Plot (1976), and Capricorn One (1978). Over the course of her career, she won two Golden Globe Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in 1971 for Best Supporting Actress.

Full NameKaren Black
Net Worth$30 million
Date Of BirthJuly 1, 1939, Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
DiedAugust 8, 2013, Santa Monica, California, United States
Place Of BirthPark Ridge, Illinois, USA
Height5' 8" (1.73 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack, Writer
EducationNorthwestern University
NationalityAmerican
SpouseStephen Eckelberry (m. 1987–2013)
ChildrenHunter Carson, Celine Eckelberry, Diane Koehnemann Bay
ParentsElsie Mary Reif, Norman Arthur Ziegler
SiblingsGail Brown
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Music GroupsThe New Christy Minstrels
NominationsAcademy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, TV Land Blockbuster Movie of the Week Award
MoviesFive Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, Trilogy of Terror, Family Plot, Burnt Offerings, House of 1000 Corpses, The Day of the Locust, Airport 1975, Nashville, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, The Great Gatsby, Drive, He Said, You're a Big Boy Now, The Outfit, Born to Win, Cisco Pike, I...
TV ShowsTales of the City (UK)
Star SignCancer
#Quote
1[on Alfred Hitchcock] We'd do limericks together. One day he pulled up his shirt to show me his belly-button - which he didn't have. He'd had an operation and when they sewed him up they took it away. His belly-button was gone!
2[re Bob Rafelson, director of Five Easy Pieces (1970) and her character in it] Rafelson thought I might be too complex for Rayette, but I told him I'm essentially simple, that really everybody is essentially simple, that we are all just beings who, uh, be. Certainly Rayette can just be. dig her, she's not dumb, she's just not into thinking. I didn't have to know anybody like her to play her. I mean, I'm like her, in ways. Rayette enjoys things as she sees them, she doesn't have to add significances. She can just love the dog, love the cat. See? There are many things she does not know, but that's cool; she doesn't intrude on anybody else's trip. And she's going to survive. Do you understand me?
3Every time you do a part you try to find out what it would really be like to be that person, no matter who she is.
4[on the craft of acting] That's really what acting is: you imagine things, then you respond naturally to what you've imagined.
5My God, there aren't any more movie stars, which is terrific with me, it's very healthy. A lot of love now occurs in the business, people helping each other to do good work, getting high on each other's success. Isn't that great?
#Fact
1Lee Purcell, Rick Overton, Tanna Frederick, Karyn Rachtman, Lainie Kazan, Paul Sorvino, Julia Garcia Combs, Juliette Lewis, Russell Brown, Alan Cumming, older sister Gail Brown and widower Stephen Eckelberry all delivered eulogies at her memorial service.
2For her work in The Great Gatsby (1974), she's one of only 4 actresses to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other 3 are, in chronological order: Katy Jurado in High Noon (1952), Hermione Gingold in Gigi (1958) and Katharine Ross in Voyage of the Damned (1976).
3Survived by her brother Peter and sister Gail.
4Sister of Gail Brown.
5She is of German, Bohemian (Czech), and Norwegian descent.
6Diagnosed with ampullary cancer in November 2010 and had a third of her pancreas immediately removed. Though declared cancer-free in 2011, had relapsed and underwent two operations in 2012.
7Considers Kris Kristofferson to be the most attractive male star she has ever worked with. She especially liked his voice.
8Was married to actor Robert Burton at the time they filmed the cult TV-movie Trilogy of Terror (1975). Ms. Black initially turned the role down but eventually accepted when Robert was selected for a lead role in one of the three segments. Karen plays a college English teacher and he plays an obsessed student who stalks her. The couple was already divorced (after less than two years) by the time the TV-movie premiered in March of 1975.
9The second daughter of Norman and Elsie Ziegler (1911-2008), her mother, who went by her maiden name of Elsie Reif, was a writer of several prize-winning children's novels; her paternal grandfather was Arthur Ziegler, a classical musician and the first violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
10Attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for two years before moving to New York, where she studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio and appeared in a number of Off-Broadway productions.
11Made her Broadway debut in 1965's "The Playroom", which ran less than a month. She received great reviews, however, and nominated for a Drama Circle Critics Award for Best Actress.
12Launched her career as a playwright in May 2007 with the opening of "Missouri Waltz" in Los Angeles; Black starred in the play as well. The piece is conceived as a play with music, rather than a musical.
13Wrote the songs "Memphis" and "Rolling Stone" which she performed in character as country singer Connie White in the movie Nashville (1975). As a result she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Series.
14She adopted a daughter, Celine Eckelberry (born 1987), with her husband Stephen Eckelberry.
15Guitarist Abby Normal featured a song, titled "Scream Karen Black", on his solo project album, "Midnight Creature Feature Picture Show".
16She and her husband, Stephen Eckelberry, are active in the Church of Scientology.
17Has a cult glam-punk band named after her. Called The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Kembra Pfahler is the American performance artist and singer/rock musician who fronts it. She is known for the often sexual nature of her pieces.
18Is the highest ranked actress on the "Oracle of Bacon" website (and 21st overall), which uses the IMDB database to determine which actors can be linked by the highest number of other actors in the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" trivia game.
19Godmother of Dylan Purcell. His mother, Lee Purcell, is the godmother of Karen's children, Hunter Carson and Celine Eckelberry.
20Mother of Hunter Carson with L.M. Kit Carson.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Walk Into a Split Mindpost-production
Bottomless Pit2015ShortNarration
Wild in Blue2015Justine
OowieWanna2013ShortThe Donna
She Loves Me Not2013Karla
Ooga Booga2013Mrs. Allardyce
Window Dressing2012TV SeriesBeth
Dark Blood2012Motel Woman
Vacationland2012/IILouise Bergen
Warnings from the Bathtub2012ShortMother
Mommy's Little Monster2012Mrs. Melnick
Maria My Love2011Maria
Letters from the Big Man2011Sean's Colleague
Some Guy Who Kills People2011Ruth Boyd
Funny or Die Presents...2010TV SeriesDebbie Rubbie
Better People2010TV MovieMarci
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!2010TV SeriesJennifer
Nothing Special2010May
First Time Long Time2009ShortDr. Shneidel
Double Duty2009Annabelle
Stuck!2009Next Door Neighbor Lady
Repo Chick2009Aunt de la Chasse
Irene in Time2009Sheila Shivvers
Meet the Eye2009Short
A Single Woman2008Storyteller
The Blue Tooth Virgin2008Zena
Watercolors2008Mrs. Martin
Contamination2008Mavis
Greater Than a Tiger2007ShortPaige
One Long Night2007Barbara
Suffering Man's Charity2007Renee
Read You Like a Book2006Kate
Hollywood Dreams2006Luna
Whitepaddy2006Mrs. Leider
Firecracker2005Sandra / Eleanor
Needlework Pictures Presents Francesco Vezzoli in Gore Vidal's 'Caligula'2005ShortAgrippina
Carma2005/IKate Burns (voice)
Crazy for Love2005Grace's Mom
Love Wine2005TV MovieAunt Anita
Dr. Rage2005Molly
Birth of Industry2004ShortSara
America Brown2004Marianne Brown
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham2003VideoDancer (segment "Windowlicker")
Summer Solstice2003Dr. Sally McDermott
Paris2003Chantelle
House of 1000 Corpses2003Mother Firefly
Russkie v Gorode Angelov2003TV SeriesPatricia Sommers
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2003TV SeriesVera Morgan
Buttleman2003Mrs. Buttleman
Curse of the Forty-Niner2002Aunt Nelly
A Light in the Darkness2002Mrs. Melnick
Teknolust2002Dirty Dick
Soulkeeper2001Magnificent Martha
Gypsy 832001Bambi LeBleau
Hard Luck2001Aunt Judy
The Donor2001Mrs. Springle
Inviati speciali2000
Oliver Twisted2000Mrs. Mary Happ
Red Dirt2000Aunt Summer
Paradise Cove1999Ma
Rude Awakening1999TV SeriesCrystal Garcia
Mascara1999Aunt Eloise
The Underground Comedy Movie1999Mother
Fallen Arches1998Lucy Romano
Light Speed1998High Priestess
Stripping for Jesus1998Short
Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin1998ShortDental Assistant
Charades1998Jude
Party of Five1998TV SeriesDoreen Jablonsky
Malaika1998Jessica Martin
My Neighbor's Daughter1998TV MovieSocial Worker
Bury the Evidence1998The Mother
Sugar: The Fall of the West1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died1998Whip Lady
Profiler1998TV SeriesEvie Long
Invisible Dad1998VideoCourtney Whitmer
Modern Rhapsody1997
Men1997Alex
Dogtown1997Rose Van Horn
Conceiving Ada1997Lady Byron / Mother Coer
The Hunger1997TV SeriesMiss Gati
Stir1997Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
Dinosaur Valley Girls1996Ro-Kell
Every Minute Is Goodbye1996Schubert
Movies Money Murder1996Bettie
New York Crossing1996TV MovieMrs. Tender
Children of the Corn: The Gathering1996VideoJune Rhodes
Crimetime1996Millicent
Sister Island1996Rose Walsh
Starstruck1995Bertha
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley1995Evelyn
Plan 10 from Outer Space1995Nehor
Too Bad About Jack1994
The Trust1993Maria Vandermeer
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story1993Carla
In the Heat of the Night1993TV SeriesCarla Ray
Moon Over Miami1993TV SeriesLorraine Pitzer
Dead Girls Don't Tango1992Insp. Wilson
Legend of the Roller Blade Seven1992Tarot
Return of the Roller Blade Seven1992Tarot
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies1992Auntie Lee
Judgement1992Tiffany Powers
Final Judgement1992VideoMrs. Sorrel
Tuesday Never Comes1992Michelle
The Player1992Karen Black
The Double 0 Kid1992VideoMrs. Elliot
The Roller Blade Seven1991Tarot
Quiet Fire1991VideoKim Martino
Children of the Night1991Karen Thompson
Rubin and Ed1991Rula
Caged Fear1991Blanche
The Killers Edge1991VideoBarrett
ABC Weekend Specials1991TV SeriesMiss Kuchenbacker
Evil Spirits1990Ella Purdy
Fatal Encounter1990
The Children1990Sybil Lullmer
Mirror Mirror1990Susan Gordon
Club Fed1990Sally Rich
Haunting Fear1990VideoDr. Julia Harcourt
Night Angel1990Rita
Zapped Again!1990VideoSubstitute Teacher
Twisted Justice1990Mrs. Granger
Overexposed1990Mrs. Trowbridge
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway1989Martha Gelhorn
Homer and Eddie1989Belle
Miami Vice1989TV SeriesHelen Jackson
Platinum Blonde1988Short
Out of the Dark1988Ruth Wilson
Dixie Lanes1988Zelma Putnam
The Invisible Kid1988Mom / Deborah
Hostage1987Laura Lawrence
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive1987Ellen Jarvis
Faerie Tale Theatre1985-1987TV SeriesSea Witch / Guest Interviewee
Worlds Beyond1987TV SeriesLee Jeffreys
Invaders from Mars1986Linda Magnusson
Murder, She Wrote1986TV SeriesDr. Sylvia Dunn
Flight of the Spruce Goose1986Gloria
Raw Terror1986
Savage Dawn1985Rachel
Eternal Evil1985Janus
Inferno in diretta1985Karin
The Hitchhiker1985TV SeriesKay Mason
Martin's Day1985Karen
E/R1984-1985TV SeriesSheila Sheinfeld
A Stroke of Genius1984
Growing Pains1984Gladys Fitzpatrick
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?1983Zee
Miss Right1982Amy
The Last Horror Film1982Karen Black (uncredited)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982Joanne
Chanel Solitaire1981Emilienne d'Alençon
Killing Heat1981Mary Turner
Separate Ways1981Valentine Colby
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop1980TV MovieInvestigator Evelyn Carter
Where the Ladies Go1980TV MovieHelen
Power1980TV MovieRose Vanda-Buchanan
Killer Fish1979Kate
The Last Word1979Paula Herbert
Mr. Horn1979TV MovieErnestina Crawford
In Praise of Older Women1978Maya
The Squeeze1978Clarisse Saunders
Because He's My Friend1978TV MovieAnne
Capricorn One1977Judy Drinkwater
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver1977TV MovieMiriam Oliver Sandy
Burnt Offerings1976Marian Rolf
Family Plot1976Fran
Crime and Passion1976Susan Winters
Nashville1975Connie White
The Day of the Locust1975Faye Greener
Trilogy of Terror1975TV MovieJulie Millicent Larimore Therese Larimore ...
Airport 19751974Nancy Pryor
Law and Disorder1974Gloria
The Great Gatsby1974Myrtle Wilson
Rhinoceros1974Daisy
The Outfit1973Bett Harrow
The Pyx1973Elizabeth Lucy
Little Laura and Big John1973Laura
Circle of Fear1972TV SeriesBarbara Sanders
Portnoy's Complaint1972Mary Jane Reid (The Monkey)
Cisco Pike1972Sue
Born to Win1971Parm
A Gunfight1971Jenny Simms
Drive, He Said1971Olive
Freedom1970/IIShort
Five Easy Pieces1970Rayette Dipesto
Hastings Corner1970TV MovieJenny Honker
The Name of the Game1969TV SeriesMonica Garrison
Easy Rider1969Karen
Hard Contract1969Ellen
Adam-121968TV SeriesSusan Decker
Judd for the Defense1968TV SeriesAlethea Staunton
Mannix1968TV SeriesElaine Tate
Iron Horse1967TV SeriesPatricia Dunne
The Invaders1967TV SeriesClaudia Stone
The Second Hundred Years1967TV SeriesMarcia
The Big Valley1967TV SeriesCarla Roberts
Run for Your Life1967TV SeriesJennifer Palmer
The F.B.I.1967TV SeriesLorraine Chapman
You're a Big Boy Now1966Amy Partlett
The Prime Time1960Betty - Painted Woman

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Firecracker2005performer: "J'attendrai"
Gypsy 832001performer: "When Sunny Gets Blue", "I Want a Lip", "Walking in the Jungle"
Dogtown1997performer: "Love God"
The Hunger1997TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Road to Freedom: L. Ron Hubbard and Friends1986Video documentary short "The ARC Song"
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982performer: "Wives & Lovers"
Saturday Night Live1976TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dolly1976TV Series performer - 1 episode
Nashville1975lyrics: "I Don't Know If I Found It in You" / music: "I Don't Know If I Found It in You" / performer: "Memphis", "Rolling Stone", "I Don't Know If I Found It in You" / writer: "Memphis", "Rolling Stone"
The Pyx1973"Song of Solomon Chapter 3 verses 1-4", "I was touched by your passing through", "It all turned out the way I planned it"
Born to Win1971performer: "Ballad in C"
Five Easy Pieces1970performer: "Don't Touch Me" - uncredited

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Invention of Dr. Morel2000Short
Edna McCoy's Festival1999writer
Charades1998writer
Malaika1998additional story
Men1997
Movies Money Murder1996
Going Home1996Short

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?1983
Nashville1975

Editorial Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Firecracker2005editorial consultant

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Charades1998producer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Wichita2016in loving memory of
Bottomless Pit2015Short in cosmic loving memory
Salat Kaligula2015Short in memory of
5%2013Short film dedicated to
Reputations1999TV Series documentary with thanks to - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Jonas in the Desert1994DocumentaryHerself
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City1993TV Mini-SeriesHerself
The Pat Sajak Show1989-1990TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Circus of the Stars #141989TV Special documentaryHerself - Elephant Act
This Is Your Life1989TV Series documentaryHerself
The Road to Freedom: L. Ron Hubbard and Friends1986Video documentary shortHerself
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards1985TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The Don Harron Show1984TV SeriesHerself
Breakaway1984TV SeriesHerself
Saturday Night Live1976-1981TV SeriesHerself - Host / Various / Mona Lisa / ...
America 2-Night1978TV SeriesHerself
The 50th Annual Academy Awards1978TV SpecialHerself - Performer: Best Costume Design Award
Science Fiction Film Awards1978TV Movie documentaryHerself - Host
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis1977TV Special documentaryHerself (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show1975-1977TV SeriesHerself - Actress
Circus of the Stars1977TV Special documentaryHerself - Performer
Gala de l'union1976TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1971-1976TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards1976TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
Dolly1976TV SeriesHerself
The 28th Annual Tony Awards1974TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: Best Costume Designer
The Dean Martin Show1972TV SeriesHerself
The 44th Annual Academy Awards1972TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The Carol Burnett Show1972TV SeriesHerself
Rollin' on the River1972TV SeriesHerself
The David Frost Show1971TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards1971TV SpecialHerself - Nominee: Best Actress in Supporting Role
Stage Door Divas2014Documentary
5th Annual World Music & Independent Film Festival2014Herself - 5th annual Lifetime Achievement Award
Karen Black: On Acting2014Video documentaryHerself
Brighter Featuring Karen Black2013ShortHerself
Henry Jaglom Finds a Safe Place2010Video documentary shortHerself
Soul Searching in Five Easy Pieces2010Video documentary shortHerself
Wamego: Ultimatum2009Video documentaryHerself
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos2008DocumentaryHerself
Wamego Strikes Back2007DocumentaryHerself
The John Kerwin Show2007TV SeriesHerself - Guest
George Sluizer - Filmen over grenzen2006DocumentaryHerself
Wanderlust2006TV Movie documentaryHerself
Trilogy of Terror: Three Colors Black2006Video documentary shortHerself
On Screen!2005TV Series documentaryHerself
Biography2004TV Series documentaryHerself
Film Trix 20042004Documentary shortHerself
Wamego: Making Movies Anywhere2004Video documentaryHerself
Switched!2003TV SeriesHerself
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003DocumentaryHerself
Fans and Freaks: The Culture of Comics and Conventions2002DocumentaryHerself
The Big Show2001TV MovieHerself
Plotting 'Family Plot'2001Video documentaryHerself
The Independent2000Herself
Karen Black: Actress at Work1999DocumentaryHerself
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage1999Video documentaryHerself
Decoupage 2000: Return of the Goddess1999ShortHerself
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997DocumentaryHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014DocumentaryLinda Magnusson (uncredited)
The 86th Annual Academy Awards2014TV SpecialHerself - Actress (In Memoriam)
20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2014TV SpecialHerself - In Memoriam
Troma Is Spanish for Troma2010Documentary
Saucy 70's Volume 22010Video documentary
A Conversation with Robert Altman2000Video documentary shortConnie White (uncredited)
Hollywood Mavericks1990DocumentaryRayette Dipesto
Give Me Your Answer True1987Documentary
America at the Movies1976DocumentaryRayette Dipesto (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2005International Fantasy Film AwardFantasportoBest ActressFirecracker (2005)
2005Outstanding Achievement AwardNew York VisionFestActing - FemaleFirecracker (2005)
2004Chainsaw AwardFangoria Chainsaw AwardsBest Supporting ActressHouse of 1000 Corpses (2003)
2003Stinker AwardThe Stinkers Bad Movie AwardsWorst Fake Accent: FemaleHouse of 1000 Corpses (2003)
2000Eyegore AwardEyegore Awards
1999Acting AwardChicago Alt.Film FestBest ActressFallen Arches (1998)
1999Indie Supporter AwardMethod Fest
1998Best ActressHermosa Beach Film FestivalDogtown (1997)
1977Medalla Sitges en Plata de LeySitges - Catalonian International Film FestivalBest ActressBurnt Offerings (1976)
1975Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Supporting Actress - Motion PictureThe Great Gatsby (1974)
1971Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Supporting Actress - Motion PictureFive Easy Pieces (1970)
1971NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest Supporting ActressFive Easy Pieces (1970)
1970NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Supporting ActressFive Easy Pieces (1970)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006TV Land AwardTV Land AwardsBlockbuster Movie of the WeekTrilogy of Terror (1975)
2003Stinker AwardThe Stinkers Bad Movie AwardsWorst Supporting ActressHouse of 1000 Corpses (2003)
1976Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Actress in a Motion Picture - DramaThe Day of the Locust (1975)
1976GrammyGrammy AwardsAlbum of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialNashville (1975)
1971OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actress in a Supporting RoleFive Easy Pieces (1970)

2nd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1971Golden LaurelLaurel AwardsStar of Tomorrow, FemaleFive Easy Pieces (1970)
1971Golden LaurelLaurel AwardsBest Supporting Performance, FemaleFive Easy Pieces (1970)
1970NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest ActressFive Easy Pieces (1970)

Known for movies

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