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Karen Black
United States
Karen Black earned an Academy Award nomination for Five Easy Pieces 1970 and won a Golden Globe for The Great Gatsby 1974. She also starred in Easy Rider 1969 and wrote songs for Nashville 1975. Her career included high-profile collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola, Dennis Hopper, and Alfred Hitchcock in Family Plot 1976. Despite later uneven film choices, she remained a versatile actress and later debuted as a playwright in 2007.