Talk:Karen Black

Original article

Karen Black is not Canadian. She was born July 1, 1942 in Park Ridge, Illinois. She has spent her entire career in the United States and has never lived in Canada. If you're interested in Canadian actors visit http://www.northernstars.ca

The above was the article on Karen Black before I removed it to the talk page. Honestly, it does not make a lot of sense to me. --KF 01:25 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)

The line "... having commenced university studies in 1954, aged 15." is likely to be incorrect. My mother attended high school with Karen Black in Lafayette, Indiana in 1956 where she lived while married to a student at Purdue University. Her photo is in my mother's high school year book. http://www.whenmoviesweremovies.com/nonnatives.html 20.142.112.35 (talk) 18:34, 6 September 2011 (UTC) BSP

birth year

The IMDB Database says she was born 1 July 1939. Her official Website says she was born 1945. Probably she is shaving years off her age. I cannot find any source that says 1942. I think this is in error. Overdubbed 13:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Actual the IBDB database says 1942 [1], so that adds more to the confusion. --rogerd 20:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

There seems to much discrepancy about when Karen Black was born. IBDB states that she was born on July 1st, 1942, as does AOL (http://television.aol.com/celebrity/karen-black/82001/main)... "Name: Karen Black Birth Date: 7/1/1942." It seems as if this year is most certainly correct as both encompassing Birth years (1939 and 1945) have a median year of 1942. In film reference.com (http://www.filmreference.com/film/10/Karen-Black.html) there is also some confusion about when she was born: "Original name, Karen Blanche Ziegler; born July 1, 1939 (some sources say 1942)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wlaucks (talk • contribs) 22:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Scientology

I am removing the reference that says Karen Black has denounced Scientology until a citation can be shown. The problem with leaving it like this, is that people will assume its true and report it in other places and then the citation creates itself, when the fact of the matter is that it doesn't appear that Karen Black has left Scientology at all.

According to my sources Karen Black is currently on level OT5. She married one of the Eckleberry boys and her mother-in-law, Renee Duke is also a long time Scientologist living in Scientology Mecca, Clearwater, Florida. Ms. Duke is also a friend of Beck's mother (another Scientology family). Her 17 year old daughter Celine is also currently taking Scientology courses.

Now I don't propose to add my original research to the article, but I do expect those that wish to disavow Mrs. Black from Scientology provide some reference for the claim. Vivaldi 19:48, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

She mentioned in several interviews over the course of the 1990s that she had left Scientology. Perhaps she returned to Scientology?

From Chicago Tribune, September 20, 2008

Italic text I was never not a part of Scientology. I've been involved with Scientology for about 30 years. It just works for me. I think it works for a lot of people who try it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.222.64.147 (talk) 07:12, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

84.222.64.147, if you are the subject of this article, it would be great if you could confirm same, because the presumption is that someone who was admitted to university at 15, even if they didn't pursue further intellectual training, couldn't be a scientologist for other than social reasons, at least not for 30 years although they might have been. That at least seem to be the drift of the editors here and certainly I would have thought so too. If you are someone else quoting the subject, a source would be great. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 13:00, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Gay icon

I was wondering why she is considered a gay icon.

filmography

I deleted the "filmography" as it was merely the IMDB listings cut and pasted. It was not in any wikipedia format with internal wikilinks or even external IMDB links. the IMDB is also a dynamic database, by cutting and pasting the material, you have defeated the purpose of active linking. The IMDB link is already at the bottom under extermal links. Perhaps someone would add filmography that lists the highlights of her career. EraserGirl (talk) 22:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Can someone delete Karenblack.net in the references? It seems to be a bunch of ads not related to Karen Black.70.114.39.22 (talk) 09:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

• I re-deleted it. Full of redlinks, not really adding anything when the IMDB link is much more informative and complete. Dennis Brown (talk) 12:33, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

• Finally got the filmography cleaned up, removed the improper links that went to wrong articles, redlinks, and links that didn't actually mention her. It isn't a complete filmography (which IMDB is better for) but it is better verified and includes all the notable projects. Dennis Brown (talk) 11:40, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Prey - Trilogy of Terror

What? No mention of her getting chased around the apartment by that murderous little knife-weilding doll? I would have thought that was a major cultural reference! - Guest

Lazy eye? Crossed-eyed?

Has Mrs. Black ever discussed her visible lazy eye/crossed eye? It has been spoofed in pop culture and is a part of her identity... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.159.111.98 (talk) 11:59, 8 September 2010 (UTC)