A Night Out With Karen Allen

New York Times:

"IT'S a little like being shot out of a cannon," Karen Allen said, describing her return to the role of Marion Ravenwood in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

It has been 27 years since Ms. Allen, 56, played Harrison Ford's rugged romantic interest in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Following breakthrough roles in "Animal House," "Manhattan" and "Starman," and more recent work in "The Perfect Storm" and "In the Bedroom," she moved with her son, Nick Browne, to Great Barrington, Mass.

Today, she owns a knitting shop there and teaches acting at Bard College at Simon's Rock -- but a call from Steven Spielberg, inviting her to join the newest Indiana Jones movie, thrust her back into the spotlight.

At the movie's preview Wednesday night at Lincoln Square, Ms. Allen was greeted by flash bulbs, autograph hounds and an untapped popcorn-movie demographic: knitting enthusiasts.

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Comments

[johnnygoodwud]

i'm a 61 yr. old (going on 50) male, and karen is still smokin' hot. she seems to have a great outlook on life. maybe i should take up knitting.

[starboymikey]

I fell totally in love with her in Animal House and again in Raiders. What a sweet, soulful, gorgeous woman. I've missed seeing her in films recently, but will definitely check out the new Indy film if she's in it, regardless of the reviews. It's nice to see the series come full circle.

[darthdarcy]

I've met Karen and she is really terrific and when I met her I knew she looked familiar but wasn't aware of who she was exactly this was in Montclair NJ, and she was the one who started up a very pleasant conversation with me and we were both really enjoying it...and it lasted for a while she was doing some work there with the play company the thing was I couldn't take my eyes off her freckles and those big beautiful eyes she was so easy to look at I always hoped to cross paths with her again, my brother went to Bard college and taught there as well, it's just across the river from here in Boiceville­..so who knows I've lead an interesting life too..

[EnuffsEnuffAlready]

Well, DarthDarcy, you've got all the fixin's for several sentences up there. All you need are a buncha periods, so feel free and help yourself! (. . . . . . . . . . . . ).

[LiberalBuzz]

Good for her. Nothing like being brought back into the spotlight after so many years tucked away with your private life.

Going to be able to have a slightly more comfortable life too.

[nanotubz]

Actually she could be one of the few remaining old liberal Republicans. Largely northeasterners who disappeared as a force during the Nixon years, then faced eradication by the Gipperettes,
and the Gingrich-DeLay brownshirts. The country would be better off if they were in resurgence.

[leftbehind2000]

I don't know that anyone could be a "liberal republican" these days.

There would be no one for whom to vote.

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

I sure hope she's not a Republican, because I like her. Freckles; yummmm.

[loofa]

she cannot possibly be a republican. Her son went to Waldorf schools and she knits and works with local theater. I think she's more a salt of the earth liberal type. No way. Besides, I don't think republicans have such sweet smiles.

[sco8d]

Glad to see her back, I had a big crush on her as a kid and she still looks hot! I watch starman every time it is on cable, she is so cool, I wonder if she likes younger men, and I went to a Waldorf school in P.A.

What do you think my chances are?