Karen Black
Karen Black | |
|---|---|
 in Ace Up My Sleeve (1976) | |
| Born | Karen Blanche Ziegler July 1, 1939 Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 8, 2013 (aged 74) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter, singer, composer, producer |
| Years active | 1959–2013 |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Black (1955-1962) Robert Burton (1973–74) L.M. Kit Carson (1975–?) Stephen Eckelberry (1987–2013; her death) |
| Children | Hunter Carson (b. 1975) Celine Eckelberry (b. 1987) |
Karen Black (July 1, 1939[1] – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She has acted in many movies. These include The Great Gatsby, Airport 1975 and Easy Rider. Black has won 2 Golden Globe Awards for "Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture".[2]
Early life
[change | change source]She was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Elsie Mary (née Reif), a writer of several prize-winning children's novels, and Norman Arthur Ziegler.[3][4] Her paternal grandfather was Arthur Charles Ziegler, a classical musician and first violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.[5] Her sister is actress Gail Brown. Black was of German, Czech and Norwegian ancestry.
Personal life
[change | change source]Black was married four times. She had two children.
Death
[change | change source]Black died on August 8, 2013 in Santa Monica, California from ampullary cancer, aged 74.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Karen Black". Yahoo! movies. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Browse Results". GoldenGlobes.org. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Karen Black Biography (1939?-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Frisbie, Thomas (June 18, 2008). "Article: Wrote history-based books for young adults". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Karen Black Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Chicago Actress Karen Black dead at 74". Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
Other websites
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Media related to Karen Black at Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Black on IMDb
- Karen Black at the Internet Broadway Database
- Karen Black at AllMovie
- Stuck! movie site Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Podcast interview March 2007 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Karen Black - The Terror Trap
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