FrameThrower · Actors · Karen Black
Karen Black
7 films · 425 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1970–2003
Born 1 July 1939 · Park Ridge, Illinois, USA · died 8 August 2013
Karen Blanche Black was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood. Her career spanned over 50 years and includes nearly 200 credits in both independent and mainstream films. Black received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Golden Globe Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
A native of suburban Chicago, Black studied theater at Northwestern University before dropping out and relocating to New York City.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 425 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1970–2003
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award1977
How their films are shot
Measured across 425 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Karen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Karen takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 425 frames from Karen Black's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.