Karen Allen Trivias

Overcame temporary blindness caused by Kerato Conjunctivitis in 1978. She later won major theatre awards for playing a blind woman in 'Monday Before The Miracle' and 'The Miracle Worker'.

Voted one of the most beautiful women in the world by the readers of Harpers Bazaar Magazine in 1983.

Considered for the role of Princess Lea in Star Wars (1977), later cast in the Lucas-produced Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).

Graduated from DuVal High School in Glenndale Maryland in 1969.

Son, Nicholas

Lived with musician Stephen Bishop.