OK , maybe you all knew this , but , I had'nt heard much about it , myself.

Karen Black , who starred or co - starred in everything from Cult Classics , "Five Easy Pieces" and "Easy Rider" , Mainstream hits like"The Great Gatsby",and Hitchcock's swansong , "Family Plot" to 70's Horror like the reviled "Burnt Offerings" and the celebrated "Trilogy of Terror" , not to mention countless , largely forgotten , B-pictures , passed away after a brutal bout with Cancer , for which her Husband tried to raise funds online to cover her medical expenses.  Black never became the big star her fans thought she should have been , but her detractors were rarely satisfied , either. Unconventionally pretty , perhaps she was'nt regarded as the Hollywood ideal of a modern sex symbol (An extremely silly notion). A band was even named after her , The Voluptous Horror of Karen Black , best known for full frontal nudity on stage (And,, um , no, I never saw them.).

THAT! is very weird, I just watched Trilogy of Terror last Saturday (Aug 3) and was intrigued by her, so I watched a ton of other Karen Black movies the rest of last week.  I got into a Karen Black kick actually. What a strange coincidence?!

Oh, i didn´t know she died! Shot down by cancer, terrible!
I think she was a beautiful lioness, and liked a lot her intriguing eyes with a slight squint.

beside from the classical i still remember how i got impressed with Trilogy of Terror as a kid!.
rest in peace, Karen.

Probably everyone's favorite of the Trilogy (my favorite anyway):

Lutz Vipinderwoman said:

THAT! is very weird, I just watched Trilogy of Terror last Saturday (Aug 3) and was intrigued by her, so I watched a ton of other Karen Black movies the rest of last week.  I got into a Karen Black kick actually. What a strange coincidence?!

 

Strange , but sad. : ( 

Tersicore said:

Oh, i didn´t know she died! Shot down by cancer, terrible!
I think she was a beautiful lioness, and liked a lot her intriguing eyes with a slight squint.

beside from the classical i still remember how i got impressed with Trilogy of Terror as a kid!.
rest in peace, Karen.

 

Well said . John. Thank you for the cool picture.

Yeah a real pity. One of my all-time fave actresses after Natalie Wood of course:):). Her best movie has gotta be without a shdow of any doubt TRILOGY OF TERROR:):)

I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT "TRILOGY OF TERROR" WAS KAREN'S APEX. I WATCHED IT AGAIN , RECENTLY. IT'S A VERY FEMINIST HORROR FILM , MUCH LIKE GEORGE ROMERO'S "SEASON OF THE WITCH". "Oh , I'm not drugging you....I'm KILLING you.".