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Karen Black (born July 1, 1942) is an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter.

She was born Karen Blanche Ziegler in Park Ridge, Illinois, the daughter of Norman Ziegler and Elsie Reif. She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, for two years.

Black then went to New York. She appeared in a number of Off-Broadway productions. She debuted on Broadway in The Playroom (1965), which received good reviews and for which she was nominated for a Drama Circle Critic Award for Best Actress.

Her film debut was in The Prime Time (1960). Her first big role was as Amy Partlett in You're a Big Boy Now
(1966), which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and which starred Julie Harris and Geraldine Page.

Black became a star with her role as Karen in Easy Rider
(1969 in film). She has over 100 film performances to her credit, including her role as Fran in Hitchcock's Family Plot
(1976).

Black received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rayette Dipesto in Five Easy Pieces
(1970).

She won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for Five Easy Pieces, and she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for her role as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974).

She was also nominated for Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for her role as Faye Greener in The Day of the Locust
(1975).

She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Series for the film Nashville (1975).

Black has had two husbands, screenwriter Kit Carson (divorced), and film editor Stephen Eckelberry (married 1987 - present). She and Carson have one son, Hunter Carson (born December 25, 1975); and she and Eckelberry adopted one daughter at three months of age, Celine Eckelberry (born in November 1987).

She also appeared on the TV series The Hundred Years (1967) as Marcia Garroway. And she has made a number of guest starring appearances on popular shows, including The Big Valley, Mannix, Adam-12, Saturday Night Live
, Murder, She Wrote, Family Guy, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

In March 2005, Karen Black received the Best Actress Award at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Porto, Portugal, for her work in the film Firecracker (2004), in which she plays two roles, Sandra and Eleanor.

She and actor John Hurt were both presented with Career Achievement Awards as well.

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