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  Karen Allen , Celebrity profile, bio, biography
Karen Allen's mother was a teacher and her father a FBI agent so Karen Allen found herself, and her two sisters, moving around a lot during her youth.
Karen Allen was married to soap star Kale Browne (with whom she co-starred in 'Til There Was You (1997)) in 1988 and they have a son Nicholas.
Karen Allen is undoubtedly one of the most talented, ambitious and versatile actresses of the last twenty years.
www.starglimpse.com /celebs/pages/karen_allen/karen_allen.shtml   (968 words)

  
 Karen Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress most famous for her roles in the films National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Starman (1984).
Allen was born in Carrollton, in rural southern Illinois, to Carroll Thompson Allen (an FBI agent) and Patricia A. Howell.
Allen married actor Kale Browne (who, incidentally, portrayed Christa McAuliffe's husband, Steven, in Challenger) in 1988 and had Nicholas, her first child, in 1990.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karen_Allen   (493 words)

  
 Karen Allen
Born in rural Carrolton, Illinois, Allen and her two sisters were shuttled through Knoxville, Chattanooga and Pittsburgh before the family settled in Washington, D.C. when she was eleven.
Her father, Carroll Thompson Allen, worked for the FBI and her mother, Patricia Howell, was a schoolteacher.
Allen made her Broadway debut in 1982 in The Monday After the Miracle, for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best New Actress.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=4796   (455 words)

  
 Birds & More | Meet Karen Allen, the Owner of Birds & More
Karen has also had numerous articles published in magazines, as well as veterinarian manuals and she is a Certified Avian Specialist (CAS) of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.
Karen owns her own bird store in Torrance, California and has raised almost all of her 100 birds, which were born, from her own breeding pairs or from selected breeders.
She is also a consultant to people around the world on the proper care of birds and is a frequent contributor to the bird help line at birdhotline.com.
www.birdsandmore.com /aboutKaren.html   (272 words)

  
 Karen Allen Seminars: About Karen Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Karen is committed to transforming the lives of others by empowering them with the knowledge needed to step into their God-given destinies.
Karen’s educational and career experiences are in the areas of sociology, counseling, education, public administration, business development and financial planning.
Karen has come to realize that people want to be better but sometimes lack the knowledge and/or the skills necessary to fulfill their dreams.
www.karenallenseminars.net /about_karen   (214 words)

  
 Karen Allen - Biography - Moviefone
Allen divided her time between the stage, TV movies and the big screen in the ensuing two decades, preferring roles that allowed her to appear without makeup, with her generously freckled face in full view.
Temporarily blinded by conjunctivitis shortly before launching her film career, Allen was able to draw from life while portraying the adult Helen Keller in the mid-'80s Broadway play Helen and Teacher.
Allen's TV roles included a protrayal of the ill-fated civilian astronaut Christine McAuliffe in Challenger (1990).
movies.aol.com /celebrity/karen-allen/1033/biography   (152 words)

  
 John Carpenter: Bios: Karen Allen & Jeff Bridges
Allen, who plays Jenny Hayden, the young widow whisked away on an incredible three-day journey into adventure and romance in Starman was born in a small southern Illinois town, then spent the next 10 years traveling with her family until they settled in Maryland.
At 17, Allen left home and moved to New York to study art and design, then moved to Washington, D.C. While in Washington, Allen’s interest in theatre and acting began after she saw a performance by the Polish Theatre Laboratory under the direction of Jerzy Grotowski.
Allen made her Broadway debut in Monday After the Miracle opposite Jane Alexander, for which she was awarded the 1983 Theatre World Award.
www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com /pages/bios/kaljbr.html   (1212 words)

  
 The Karen Allen Biography Page
But then, in 2001, Karen came to a two-pronged realization: that she wanted to be able to produce more of her knitwear in a shorter amount of time, and that her acting career "was sort of winding down...
Karen Allen has completed a screenplay based on Walker Percy's novel The Second Coming, which she anticipates (4-96) will be made into a movie.
Karen Allen and her former husband actor Kale Browne played husband and wife twice — in the 1997 film 'Til There Was You and in the TV movie Challenger (1990).
www.acmewebpages.com /karen_a/biog.htm   (1657 words)

  
 Karen Allen
The daughter of an FBI agent and a teacher, Karen and her sisters spent much of their childhood on the move.
Karen won the Saturn Award for best actress and appeared to have endless possibilities, but instead of parlaying her success into a career, she chose a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Shoot the Moon as her follow-up.
Karen didn't cut back on her work, however, averaging two films a year through much of the 90s.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/where_are_they_now/84607   (403 words)

  
 Olympic swimming: Karen Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Karen Allen: That was probably one of the best-swum races and largest victory margins in a relay that I've ever seen, but I thought the most impressive relay performance was Saturday's 4x100 freestyle relay, which Australia also won.
Karen Allen: The first night was tough for the team because it had never lost the men's 4x100 relay in the Olympics.
Karen Allen: Yes, they do make a difference in the swimmer's speed, but you're right, getting in and out of them is a problem.
www.usatoday.com /community/chat/0920allen.htm   (1270 words)

  
 Karen Allen - Moviefone
Trained at the Washington Theatre Laboratory and Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, Karen Allen was primarily a stage actress when she began to...
Karen Allen (I) (Actress, Raiders of the Lost Ark...
Karen Allen: This is my tribute to Karen Allen who is best remembered as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark and as Jenny Hayden in Starman.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/karen-allen/1033/main   (111 words)

  
 Karen Allen information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
In 1974, Karen joined a theater group and three years later moved back to New York and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
Her next two appearances would be in The Wanderers in 1979 and A Small Circle of Friends in 1980, where she played one of three radical college students during the 1960s.
Karen also debuted on Broadway in 1982's "The Monday After the Miracle".
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Karen_Allen   (448 words)

  
 SpielbergFilms.com - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Actress Karen Allen (who of course portrays Indy's love interest Marion Ravenwood in the film) will be present for post-screening discussions of "Raiders" this weekend at the Paris Theatre on West 58th Street.
On an associated note, the New York Post has a interview up with Allen about her appearance at the Paris showings, "Raiders," and "Indiana Jones 4." The article includes an interesting bit of rumor debunking of a rumor I'd never even heard of before.
Writes the Post: "Allen, 54, has spent many years denying rumors she wasn't invited back for "Doom" because of a rift with director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas.
www.spielbergfilms.com /raiders/951   (281 words)

  
 Birds & More | Welcome to The Bird Lover's Store!
Karen Allen, "The Parrot Lady" ™, is the owner of Birds and More and has been involved with birds for over 30 years She is a regular contributor to "Vet Talk" a column written especially for you the bird owner.
Email in your questions and Karen will be sure to answer.
Come browse awhile and visit often as we are constantly updating valuable information to make the new bird owner and the old pros alike have happy and healthy bird companions.
www.birdsandmore.com   (165 words)

  
 Celebrity OOps! - Karen Allen naked in Backfire
This site is devoted to Karen Allen revealing, naked, nude, topless, cleavage, candid, there are many pictures of Karen Allen revealing, naked, nude, topless, cleavage, candid.
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Karen Allen was born 5 October 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois, USA.
members.fortunecity.com /noops264/fcnoops_karen_allen.html   (167 words)

  
 BEF: Karen Allen's Follow-Up Report
In the fall of 2004, CRPS teacher Karen Allen traveled to Japan as part of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program.
When she returned, Karen Allen asked the Brighton Education Fund to provide funding that would allow her to share her experience with the Council Rock community in a wide variety of ways that complement curriculum units on diversity and community.
Click here for Karen's report detailing many aspects of her follow-up work.
www.brightoneducationfund.org /grants/Karen_Allen.html   (192 words)

  
 Atlanta Georgia, Peachtree City Georgia Real Estate, Relocation - Karen Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Karen moved to Historic Senoia in the 1980's with her husband, also a former school teacher.
Karen is an Associate Broker, is 2006 President of the Georgia chapter of Certified Residential Specialist, and has been a million-dollar-plus producer for Coldwell Banker Fulton Realty for more than ten years.
She is graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon and speaks French.
www.karenallen.com /karenandsarah2.htm   (222 words)

  
 KAREN ALLEN BIOGRAPHY KAREN ALLEN FILM CREDITS KAREN ALLEN PICTURES/POSTERS KAREN ALLEN AWARDS KAREN ALLEN FANSITES ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Karen Allen and her two sisters moved around a lot with their FBI agent father, and school teacher mother, eventually settling in Washington, D.C. Always feeling like the new kid on the block, and lacking direction upon graduating from DuVal High School in Glenndale, Maryland, Karen floundered for a while when it came to ambition.
Karen's first major film role came as Katy in 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House which became one of the biggest hits of the year.
Voted one of the most beautiful women in the world by the readers of Harpers Bazaar in 1983, the spunky, and likeable Karen Allen seemed to have it made by Hollywood standards, but this serious thespian had other plans; she wanted to keep some of her focus on the stage.
www.thespiannet.com /actresses/A/allen_karen/index.shtml   (625 words)

  
 AMCTV.com - Karen Allen biography
In fact Allen is more apt to describe herself as a stage actress who punctuates her career with occasional film work rather than the other way around
Born in 1951, Karen Allen didn't discover her passion for acting until she'd spent years studying design, writing, traveling in South America, and even living briefly in Jamaica.
In the meantime, Allen continues to expand her career on her own terms, and retain a life that is as focused on balance as the yoga she loves.
www.amctv.com /article/0,,1343-1--0-10-EST,00.html   (256 words)

  
 Karen Allen - MovieActors.com
Karen Allen made a big impression in her major film debut, National Lampoon's ANIMAL HOUSE.
Her next big break was her co-staring performance with Harrison Ford in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
Karen Allen in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
www.movieactors.com /actors/karenallen.htm   (66 words)

  
 Karen Allen
To those who came along last night, thank you for making it the night it was.
posted by Karen Allen @ 10:11 AM 3 comments
The reception will be held for those CF members attending the dinner in the Opal Room in the Dorchester from 6pm to 7pm when the main proceedings will begin.
karenallen.blogspot.com   (1336 words)

  
 Karen Allen: Area Chairmen Co-Options
Hey Karen - its the three south Wales areas not the North which are vacant - have you had any interest in them areas?
Hi Karen just enquiring whether you have had much luck in the vacant regions
Maybe we should try to promote the positions by contacting associations putting it on the CF emails off Sarah Souther (we havent had one for a while)
karenallen.blogspot.com /2006/10/area-chairmen-co-options.html   (440 words)

  
 Karen Allen
A svelte, raspy-voiced, wide-eyed brunette, Karen Allen is one of those actresses that Hollywood doesn't seem to know how to cast, despite her appearances in two blockbusters.
In 1977, Allen moved to NYC to study acting with Lee Strasberg and began appearing in student films (i.e., "The Aftermath").
John Landis then cast her as the formidable girlfriend of Boon (Peter Riegert) in "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978), which also marked the beginning of a four-year romance with singer-songwriter Stephan Bishop who had a small role in the film....
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 Karen Allen Photos - Karen Allen News - Karen Allen Information
Karen Allen Photos - Karen Allen News - Karen Allen Information
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 Karen Allen (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
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 Karen Allen Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbe, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, Joseph Chrest, Adrien Brody, Katherine Heigl.
Starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Cesare Danova, Mary Louise Weller.
Starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Ted White, M C Gainey, George "Buck" Flower, Mickey Jones, Lu Leonard.
www.tv-now.com /stars/kallen.html   (543 words)

  
 Karen Allen Seminars
I want to sincerely thank you for visiting our web site, watching The Karen Allen Show, participating in our seminars/workshops, supporting the I-Can Academy, Inc., and encouraging me in my Fitness Commitment.
Keep the positive feedback coming regarding how our efforts are impacting your community.
We also want to know how we might improve our services to you and your family.
www.karenallenseminars.com /ka/talk.htm   (61 words)

  
 Karen Allen Profile, Karen Allen Images and Wallpapers - MaxAbout.com
Karen Allen Profile, Karen Allen Images and Wallpapers - MaxAbout.com
Has completed a screenplay based on Walker Percy''s novel The Second Coming, which she anticipates (4-96) will be made into a movie.
Allen and her former husband actor Kale Browne played husband and wife in the 1997 film TIL THERE WAS YOU and in the TV movie CHALLENGER (1990).
www.maxabout.com /entertainment/celebrities/profiles/k/karen_allen.aspx   (318 words)

  
 Karen Allen Seminars
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Here, at Karen Allen Seminars, we are committed to finding those materials that will elevate the quality your life.
Check back frequently and you will find exciting, informative and informational material.
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Karen Allen has 22 years of experience and training in marriage counseling, relationship counseling, family counseling, individual counseling and group counseling in Portland OR.
Call 503-254-1533 for a free phone consultation about your marriage counseling, relationship counseling, individual counseling, family counseling and group counseling needs in Portland OR.
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