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Artist Biography For Karen Black

Karen Blanche Black Née Ziegler July 1 1939 – August 8 2013 Was An American Actress Screenwriter Singer And Songwriter. She Starred As A Country Singer In Robert Altman's Film "Nashville" In 1975. A Native Of Illinois Black Studied Acting In New York City And Performed On Broadway Before Making Her Major Film Debut In Francis Ford Coppola's You're A Big Boy Now 1966 . She Followed This With Roles In Easy Rider 1969 Five Easy Pieces 1970 And The Great Gatsby 1974 For The Latter Two Of Which She Won Golden Globe Awards For Best Supporting Actress Her Performance In Five Easy Pieces Also Garnered Her An Academy Award Nomination For Best Supporting Actress. In 1975 She Appeared In Dan Curtis's Cult Horror Films Trilogy Of Terror And Burnt Offerings Robert Altman's Nashville And The Day Of The Locust Which Earned Her A Third Golden Globe Nomination. Other Roles Include Airport 1975 1974 Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot 1976 Come Back To The Five And Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean 1982 And Tobe Hooper's Invaders From Mars 1986 . In The 1990s Black Starred In A Variety Of Arthouse And Horror Films As Well As Writing Her Own Screenplays Before Appearing In Rob Zombie's House Of 1000 Corpses 2003 Which Cemented Her Status As A Cult Horror Icon. Black Continued To Star In Low-Profile Films Throughout The Early 2000s As Well As Working As A Playwright Before Being Diagnosed With Ampullary Cancer In 2010. She Died Of The Disease In Los Angeles California In August 2013. Black's Career Spanned Over Fifty Years And Includes Nearly Two Hundred Film Credits

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