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 2021 Deadly Tales IV (Video)
Cheryl Holly (voice)
 2015 Bottomless Pit (Short)
Narration
 2015 Wild in Blue
Justine
 2013 Mick Turner: The Bird Catcher (Music Video)
 2013 OowieWanna (Short)
The Donna
 2013 She Loves Me Not
Karla
 2013 Ooga Booga
Mrs. Allardyce
 2012 Window Dressing (TV Series)
Beth
- Til Beth Do Us Part (2012) ... Beth
 2012 Dark Blood
Motel Woman
 2012/II Vacationland
Louise Bergen
 2012 Warnings from the Bathtub (Short)
Mother
 2012 Mommy's Little Monster
Mrs. Melnick
 2011 Maria My Love
Maria
 2011 Letters from the Big Man
Sean's Colleague
 2011 Some Guy Who Kills People
Ruth Boyd
 2010 Nothing Special
May
 2010 Funny or Die Presents... (TV Series)
Debbie Rubbie
- Episode #1.8 (2010) ... Debbie Rubbie
 2010 Better People (TV Movie)
Marci
 2010 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (TV Series)
Jennifer
- Choices (2010) ... Jennifer
 2009 First Time Long Time (Short)
Dr. Shneidel
 2009 Double Duty
Annabelle
 2009 Stuck!
Next Door Neighbor Lady
 2009 Repo Chick
Aunt de la Chasse
 2009 The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (Podcast Series)
Rachel Simpson / Aunt T.
- The Hunt (2009) ... Rachel Simpson (voice)
- The Bewitchin' Pool (2009) ... Aunt T. (voice)
 2009 Irene in Time
Sheila Shivvers
 2009 Meet the Eye (Short)
 2008 A Single Woman
Storyteller
 2008 The Blue Tooth Virgin
Zena
 2008 Watercolors
Mrs. Martin
 2008 Contamination
Mavis
 2007 One Long Night
Barbara
 2006 Whitepaddy
Mrs. Leider
 2006 Read You Like a Book
Kate
 2006 Hollywood Dreams
Luna
 2005 Dr. Rage
Molly
 2005 Firecracker
Sandra / Eleanor
 2005 Crazy for Love
Grace's Mom
 2005 Carma
Kate Burns (voice)
 2005 Love Wine (TV Movie)
Aunt Anita
 2004 Birth of Industry (Short)
Sara
 2004 America Brown
Marianne Brown
 2003 Buttleman
Mrs. Buttleman
 2003 The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (Video)
Dancer (segment "Windowlicker")
 2003 Summer Solstice
Dr. Sally McDermott
 2003 Paris
Chantelle
 2003 House of 1000 Corpses
Mother Firefly
 2003 Russkie v Gorode Angelov (TV Series)
Patricia Sommers
- Priklyuchenie (2003) ... Patricia Sommers
 2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)
Vera Morgan
- Con-Text (2003) ... Vera Morgan
 2002 Curse of the Forty-Niner
Aunt Nelly
 2002 A Light in the Darkness
Mrs. Melnick
 2002 Teknolust
Dirty Dick
 2001 Soulkeeper
Magnificent Martha
 2001 Hard Luck
Aunt Judy
 2001 Gypsy 83
Bambi LeBleau
 2001 The Donor
Mrs. Springle - Françoise's mother
 2000 Oliver Twisted
Mrs. Mary Happ
 2000 Red Dirt
Summer / Griffith's Aunt
 2000 The Independent
Karen Black
 2000 Fallen Arches
Lucy Romano
 1999 Paradise Cove
Ma
 1999 Rude Awakening (TV Series)
Crystal Garcia
- One Birthday at a Time (1999) ... Crystal Garcia
- The Grateful Living (1999) ... Crystal Garcia
 1999 Mascara
Aunt Eloise
 1998 Light Speed
High Priestess
 1998 Stripping for Jesus (Short)
 1998 Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin (Short)
Dental Assistant
 1998 Charades
Jude
 1998 Party of Five (TV Series)
Doreen Jablonsky
- One Christmas, to Go (1998) ... Doreen Jablonsky
 1998 Malaika
Jessica Martin
 1998 Bury the Evidence
The Mother
 1998 My Neighbor's Daughter
Social Worker
 1998 Profiler (TV Series)
Evie Long
- Cycle of Violence (1998) ... Evie Long
 1998 Invisible Dad (Video)
Courtney Whitmer
 1997 Dogtown
Rose Van Horn
 1997 Men
Alex
 1997 Conceiving Ada
Lady Byron / Mother Coer
 1997 Stir
Dr. Gabrielle Kessler
 1997 The Hunger (TV Series)
Miss Gati / Landlady
- Menage a Trois (1997) ... Miss Gati / Landlady
 1997 Greater Than a Tiger (Short)
Paige
 1996 Dinosaur Valley Girls
Ro-Kell
 1996 Every Minute Is Goodbye
Schubert
 1996 New York Crossing (TV Movie)
Mrs. Tender
 1996 Children of the Corn: The Gathering (Video)
June Rhodes
 1996 Crimetime
Millicent
 1996 Sister Island
Rose Walsh
 1995 Starstruck
Bertha
 1994 The Ramones: Substitute (Music Video)
Mother (uncredited)
 1993 Moon Over Miami (TV Series)
Lorraine Pitzer
- Watching the Detectives (1993) ... Lorraine Pitzer
 1993 The Trust
Maria Vandermeer
 1993 In the Heat of the Night (TV Series)
Carla Ray
- A Dish Best Served Cold (1993) ... Carla Ray
 1993 Movies Money Murder
Bettie
 1992 Dead Girls Don't Tango
Insp. Wilson
 1992 The Double 0 Kid (Video)
Mrs. Elliot
 1992 Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
Auntie Lee
 1992 Hitz
Tiffany Powers
 1992 Final Judgement (Video)
Mrs. Sorrel
 1992 Tuesday Never Comes
Michelle
 1992 The Player
Karen Black
 1991 Quiet Fire (Video)
Kim Martino
 1991 Evil Spirits
Ella Purdy
 1991 Children of the Night
Karen Thompson
 1991 The Roller Blade Seven
Tarot
 1991 Rubin and Ed
Rula
 1991 Caged Fear
Blanche
 1991 The Killers Edge (Video)
Barrett
 1990 ABC Weekend Specials (TV Series)
Miss Kuchenbacker
- Ralph S. Mouse (1990) ... Miss Kuchenbacker
 1990 Fatal Encounter
Joan Caldwell
 1990 The Children
Sybil Lullmer
 1990 Haunting Fear (Video)
Dr. Julia Harcourt
 1990 Club Fed
Sally Rich
 1990/I Mirror Mirror
Susan Gordon
 1990 Night Angel
Rita
 1990 Zapped Again! (Video)
Substitute Teacher
 1990 Twisted Justice
Mrs. Granger
 1990 Overexposed
Mrs. Trowbridge
 1989 The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (TV Movie)
Martha Gelhorn
 1989 Homer and Eddie
Belle
 1989 Miami Vice (TV Series)
Helen Jackson
- Victims of Circumstance (1989) ... Helen Jackson
 1988 Platinum Blonde (Short)
 1988 Out of the Dark
Ruth
 1988 Dixie Lanes
Zelma Putnam
 1988 The Invisible Kid
Mom / Deborah
 1987 The Hitchhiker (TV Series)
Kay Mason
- Hired Help (1987) ... Kay Mason
 1987 Stevie Wonder: Skeletons (Music Video)
Karen Black
 1985-1987 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)
Sea Witch / Guest Interviewee
- The Little Mermaid (1987) ... Sea Witch
- Grimm Party (1985) ... Guest Interviewee
 1987 Worlds Beyond (TV Series)
Lee Jeffreys
- Suffer Little Children (1987) ... Lee Jeffreys
 1986/II Hostage
Laura Lawrence
 1986 Invaders from Mars
Linda Magnusson
 1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Dr. Sylvia Dunn
- One Good Bid Deserves a Murder (1986) ... Dr. Sylvia Dunn
 1985 Savage Dawn
Rachel
 1985 Eternal Evil
Janus
 1985 Martin's Day
Karen
 1984-1985 E/R (TV Series)
Sheila Sheinfeld
- Merry Wives of Sheinfeld: Part 2 (1985) ... Sheila Sheinfeld
- Merry Wives of Sheinfeld: Part 1 (1985) ... Sheila Sheinfeld
- Enter Romance (1984) ... Sheila Sheinfeld
 1984 Cut and Run
Karin
 1984 Bad Manners
Mrs. Fitzpatrick
 1984 Full Circle Again (TV Movie)
Joanna / Jenny
 1982 Miss Right
Amy
 1982 The Last Horror Film
Karen Black (uncredited)
 1981 Chanel Solitaire
Emilienne d'Alençon
 1981 Separate Ways
Valentine Colby
 1981 The Grass Is Singing
Mary Turner
 1980 Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (TV Movie)
Investigator Evelyn Carter
 1980 Where the Ladies Go (TV Movie)
Helen
 1980 Power (TV Movie)
Rose Vanda-Buchanan
 1979 The Last Word
Paula Herbert
 1979 Mr. Horn (TV Mini Series)
Ernestina Crawford
 1979 Killer Fish
Kate Neville
 1978 The Squeeze
Clarisse Saunders
 1978 Because He's My Friend (TV Movie)
Anne
 1977 Capricorn One
Judy Drinkwater
 1977 The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (TV Movie)
Miriam Oliver / Sandy
 1976 Burnt Offerings
Marian Rolf
 1976 Family Plot
Fran
 1976 Crime and Passion
Susan Winters
 1975 Nashville
Connie White
 1975 The Day of the Locust
Faye
 1975 Trilogy of Terror (TV Movie)
Julie / Millicent / Therese / ...
 1974 Airport 1975
Nancy Pryor
 1974 Law and Disorder
Gloria
 1974 The Great Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
 1974 Rhinoceros
Daisy
 1973 The Outfit
Bett Harrow
 1973 The Pyx
Elizabeth Lucy
 1972 Circle of Fear (TV Series)
Barbara Sanders
- Bad Connection (1972) ... Barbara Sanders
 1972 Portnoy's Complaint
The Monkey
 1971 Born to Win
Parm
 1971 Cisco Pike
Sue
 1971 A Gunfight
Jenny Simms
 1971/I Drive, He Said
Olive
 1970/II Freedom (Short)
 1970 Five Easy Pieces
Rayette Dipesto
 1970 Hastings Corner (TV Movie)
Jenny Honker
 1969 The Name of the Game (TV Series)
Monica Garrison
- Give Till It Hurts (1969) ... Monica Garrison (as Caran Black)
 1969 Easy Rider
Karen
 1969 Hard Contract
Ellen
 1968 Adam-12 (TV Series)
Susan Decker
- Log 132: Producer (1968) ... Susan Decker
 1968 Judd for the Defense (TV Series)
Alethea Staunton
- The Devil's Surrogate (1968) ... Alethea Staunton
 1968 Mannix (TV Series)
Elaine Tate
- License to Kill - Limit Three People (1968) ... Elaine Tate
 1967 Iron Horse (TV Series)
Patricia Dunne
- The Prisoners (1967) ... Patricia Dunne
 1967 The Invaders (TV Series)
Claudia Stone
- The Ransom (1967) ... Claudia Stone
 1967 The Second Hundred Years (TV Series)
Marcia
- Luke Alikes (1967) ... Marcia
- On Bended Knee (1967) ... Marcia
 1967 The Big Valley (TV Series)
Carla
- Days of Grace (1967) ... Carla
 1967 Run for Your Life (TV Series)
Jennifer Palmer
- Tell It to the Dead (1967) ... Jennifer Palmer
 1967 The F.B.I. (TV Series)
Lorraine Chapman
- The Satellite (1967) ... Lorraine Chapman
 1966 You're a Big Boy Now
Amy Partlett
 1960 The Prime Time
Betty
Hide Hide Show Show Writer (7 credits)
 1999 Edna McCoy's Festival (Short) (writer)
 1998 Charades (writer)
 1998 Malaika (additional story)
 1997 Men (screenplay)
 1996 Going Home (Short)
Hide Hide Show Show Composer (1 credit)
 1975 Nashville
Hide Hide Show Show Soundtrack (16 credits)
  The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2023) (writer - 1 episode, 2023)
- Murder in the Rue Morgue (2023) ... (performer: "I Wish I Knew the Man I Thought You Were") / (writer: "I Wish I Knew the Man I Thought You Were")
 2020 Beyond Blue (Video Game) (performer: "Brighter!")
 2019 Russian Doll (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Warm Body (2019) ... (performer: "Dreams-Come-True-Girl" - uncredited)
 2005 Va-Va Voom! (Video) (performer: "My Father's Dream")
 2005 Firecracker (performer: "J'Attendrai" (Tornerai))
 2001 Gypsy 83 (performer: "When Sunny Gets Blue", "I Want a Lip", "Walking in the Jungle")
 1997 Dogtown (performer: "Love God")
 1997 The Hunger (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Menage a Trois (1997) ... (performer: "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" - uncredited)
 1986 The Road to Freedom: L. Ron Hubbard and Friends (Video documentary short) ("The ARC Song")
 1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (performer: "Wives & Lovers")
 1977 Dolly (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Featuring Karen Black (1977) ... (performer: "Me and Bobby McGee")
 1976 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Karen Black/John Prine (1976) ... (performer: "Ten Cents A Dance")
 1975 Nashville (lyrics: "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")
 1973 The Pyx (performer: "Song of Solomon Chapter Three Verses 1-4", "I Was Touched By Your Passing Through", "It All Turned Out The Way I Planned It") / (writer: "Song of Solomon Chapter Three Verses 1-4", "I Was Touched By Your Passing Through", "It All Turned Out The Way I Planned It")
 1971 Born to Win (performer: "Ballad in C") / (writer: "Ballad in C")
 1970 Five Easy Pieces (performer: "Don't Touch Me" - uncredited)
Hide Hide Show Show Editorial department (1 credit)
 2005 Firecracker (editorial consultant)
Hide Hide Show Show Producer (1 credit)
 1998 Charades (producer)
Hide Hide Show Show Thanks (6 credits)
 2017 Vedro (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- Fufay Presents: A Bucket of Blood (2017) ... (in memory of)
 2016 American Killing (in loving memory of)
 2015 Bottomless Pit (Short) (in cosmic loving memory)
 2015 Salat Kaligula (Short) (in memory of)
 2013 5% (Short) (film dedicated to)
 1999 Reputations (TV Series documentary) (with thanks to - 1 episode)
- Hitch: Alfred the Auteur (1999) ... (with thanks to)
Hide Hide Show Show Self (65 credits)
 2014 Stage Door Divas (Documentary)
 2014 5th Annual World Music & Independent Film Festival
Self - 5th annual Lifetime Achievement Award
 2014 Karen Black: On Acting (Video documentary)
Self
 2013 Brighter Featuring Karen Black (Short)
Self
 2010 Henry Jaglom Finds a Safe Place (Video documentary short)
Self
 2009 Repo Chick: Better Than Money (Video documentary short)
Self - Actress
 2009 Independent Lens (TV Series documentary)
Self
 2009 Wamego: Ultimatum (Video documentary)
Self
 2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (Documentary)
Self
 2007 The John Kerwin Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 12 December 2007 (2007) ... Self - Guest
 2007 Wamego Strikes Back (Documentary)
Self
 2006 Trilogy of Terror: Three Colors Black (Video documentary short)
Self
 2006 George Sluizer - Filmen over grenzen (Documentary)
Self
 2006 Wanderlust (TV Movie documentary)
Self
 2005 Va-Va Voom! (Video)
Self
 2005 On Screen! (TV Series documentary)
Self
- In Praise of Older Women (2005) ... Self
 2004 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self
 2004 Film Trix 2004 (Documentary short)
Self
 2004 Wamego: Making Movies Anywhere (Video documentary)
Self
 2003 Switched! (TV Series)
Self
- Celine and Brandon (2003) ... Self
 2001 The Big Show (TV Movie)
Self
 2001 Plotting 'Family Plot' (Video documentary)
Self
 2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Audience Member
 1999 Karen Black: Actress at Work (Documentary)
Self
 1999 Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (Video documentary)
Self
 1999 The Paul Kent Show (TV Series)
Self
- Night of 100 Stars (1999) ... Self
 1995 Who Is Henry Jaglom? (Documentary)
Self
 1994 Jonas in the Desert (Documentary)
Self
 1993 Tales of the City (TV Mini Series)
Self
- Episode #1.3 (1993) ... Self
 1989-1990 The Pat Sajak Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.249 (1990) ... Self - Guest
- Episode #1.83 (1989) ... Self - Guest
 1989 Circus of the Stars #14 (TV Special documentary)
Self - Elephant Act
 1989 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Self
- Omar Sharif (1989) ... Self
 1988 Chick Corea: Eternal Child (Music Video)
Self (uncredited)
 1988 Cannes Film Festival (TV Series)
Self - Presenter
 1986 The Road to Freedom: L. Ron Hubbard and Friends (Video documentary short)
Self
 1985 The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter
 1984 The Don Harron Show (TV Series)
Self
- Episode dated 24 February 1984 (1984) ... Self
 1984 Breakaway (TV Series)
Self
- Episode #1.101 (1984) ... Self
 1976-1981 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
Self - Host / Various / Mona Lisa / ...
- Karen Black/Cheap Trick/Stanley Clarke Trio (1981) ... Self - Host / Mona Lisa / Various
- Karen Black/John Prine (1976) ... Self - Host / Catherine the Great / Various
 1979 Road to Yucca Luna (TV Special)
 1978 America 2-Night (TV Series)
Self
- Karen Black (1978) ... Self
 1978 What If...? The Making of Capricorn One (Video documentary short)
Self
 1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer
 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards (TV Special documentary)
Self - Host
 1977 AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series documentary)
Self - Audience Member
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (1977) ... Self - Audience Member
 1977 Dolly (TV Series)
Self
- Featuring Karen Black (1977) ... Self
 1975-1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Actress
- Episode #16.105 (1977) ... Self - Actress
- Episode #14.185 (1975) ... Self - Actress
 1977 Circus of the Stars (TV Special)
Self - Performer
 1976 Gala de l'union (TV Series)
Self
 1976 The Bobby Vinton Show (TV Series)
Self
- Karen Black (1976) ... Self
 1971-1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 July 1976 (1976) ... Self - Guest
- Episode dated 29 July 1975 (1975) ... Self - Guest
- Episode dated 8 January 1975 (1975) ... Self - Guest
- Episode dated 15 October 1973 (1973) ... Self - Guest
- Episode dated 19 January 1973 (1973) ... Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 June 1972 (1972) ... Self - Guest
- Episode dated 13 October 1971 (1971) ... Self - Guest
 1976 Pour le cinéma (TV Series)
Self
- Episode dated 26 June 1976 (1976) ... Self
 1976 The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter
 1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter
 1972 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series)
Self
- Episode #8.4 (1972) ... Self
 1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter
 1972 The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest / Various Characters
- Karen Black and Paul Lynne (1972) ... Self - Guest / Various Characters
 1971-1972 Rollin' on the River (TV Series)
Self
- John Stewart (1972) ... Self
 1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest
- Episode #4.29 (1971) ... Self - Guest
- Episode #3.69 (1971) ... Self - Guest
 1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Nominee
Hide Hide Show Show Archive footage (16 credits)
  Monty and the Movies (Documentary) (post-production)
Self
 2022 My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (Documentary)
Self
 2020 Film Önü / Arkasi (TV Series)
Self
- Five Easy Pieces (2020) ... Self
 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Documentary)
Linda Magnusson (uncredited)
 2014 The Oscars (TV Special)
Self - Actress (In Memoriam)
 2014 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Self - In Memoriam
 2013 Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (Documentary)
Self
 2010 Soul Searching in Five Easy Pieces (Video documentary short)
Rayette Dipesto
 2010 Troma Is Spanish for Troma (Documentary)
 2010 Saucy 70's Volume 2 (Video documentary)
 2000 A Conversation with Robert Altman (Video documentary short)
Connie White (uncredited)
 1990 Hollywood Mavericks (Documentary)
Rayette Dipesto (uncredited)
 1987 Give Me Your Answer True (Documentary)
 1976 America at the Movies (Documentary)
Rayette Dipesto (uncredited)

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