Karen Black
Karen Black ( born July 1, 1939 as Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois; † August 8, 2013 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American actress and singer.
Life
Karen Black worked in the 1960s as a waitress in New York and attended the drama school of Lee Strasberg. Her first major film role was in Big Boy, now you 'll be a man! (1966, directed by Francis Ford Coppola ). Greater attention she attracted in Easy Rider ( 1969).
The breakthrough in the film industry succeeded Karen Black 1970 Bob Rafelson film Five Easy Pieces - A man looking himself in the drama that is about a young man who runs away as a concert pianist before a successful career, presented Black mistress to protagonist Jack Nicholson; they do it was awarded jointly with Maureen Stapleton ( Airport ) best Supporting Actress at the ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards one years for her performance as a waitress Rayette and was nominated for an Oscar. 1975 Black won again a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Jack Clayton's drama The Great Gatsby. Your last two films before her death were the drama She Loves Me Not by Brian Jun and Jack Sanderson, and the mystery film In the Woods.
As an actress, Black was known for her look, which stood for "coolness, desire and madness ".
From 1955 to 1962 she was with Charles Black, married on 18 April 1973 to October 1974 with the actor Robert Burton. As of July 4, 1975 she was married to the actor and screenwriter LM Kit Carson. After her divorce she married on 27 September 1987, director and producer Stephen Eckelberry. She was in her third marriage mother of a son, the actor, script writer and producer Hunter Carson ( born December 26, 1975), they also adopted a three- month-old girl (* 1987).
She was, as her ex- husband, LM Kit Carson, an active member of Scientology.
In 2009, she sang a part of the song Dreams Come True Girl on the album Catacombs by Cass McCombs.
Black died on August 8, 2013 periampullärem cancer in Santa Monica.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards