Caption: Still of Alfred Hitchcock, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, William Devane and Barbara Harris in Family Plot (1976)
Actress, Soundtrack, Writer
Born: July 1, 1939
Star sign: Cancer
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Known for: Five Easy Pieces (1970), Family Plot (1976), House of 1000 Corpses (2003), Nashville (1975)
Source: IMDB
Karen Black was born Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois, to Elsie Mary (Reif), who wrote children's books, and Norman Arthur Ziegler, an engineer and businessman. She was of Norwegian (from her paternal grandmother), German, and Bohemian (Czech) descent. Karen entered Northwestern University at 15 and left two years later. She studied ...