- Moved back to the BIG APPLE in 1977, working variously as a waitress, house painter, bookstore clerk, and chief sandwich maker in a wine-and-cheese shop.
- Lived with musician Stephen Bishop.
- Overcame temporary blindness caused by Kerato Conjunctivitis in 1978. Voted one of the most beautiful women in the world by the readers of Harpers Bazaar Magazine in 1983.
- Has completed a screenplay based on Walker Percy's novel The Second Coming, which she anticipates (4-96) will be made into a movie.
- In the mid-1970's, when she lived in Washington, D.C., one of Karen's boyfriends was writer Terence Winch. He wrote about their relationship in a story called The Age of Transition in his book Contenders.
- At the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, a row of actor's booths are set up with video screens and earphones, enabling visitors to hear, among others, Karen Allen talking about her work in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
- Founded Berkshire Mountain Yoga in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in June of 1995.
- Has her own clothing label Imagine for which she designs and knits sweaters, hats, and scarves. She teaches advanced knitting, sweater design and multi-color knitting at schools in upstate New York and western Massachusetts.
- 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).
Quotes- "I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York."
- "[They were] a small group of actors in their 20s, run by a man who had experience with Peter Brook and Grotowski, and I spent five years with them, producing, directing and acting."
- "I was so lucky. I was very broke and I was taking classes at Lee Strasberg's Institute and I saw a 3 X 5 index card on the bulletin board advertising for college-aged girls for a film. That was Animal House."
- "Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a nationality."
Awards- Saturn Award: Best Actress, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1982)
- Theatre World Award: Best New Actress, MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE (1983)
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