Still of Karen Black in Letters from the Big Man (2011)
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Karen Black in Letters from the Big Man (2011)
																																				
						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 ...