FeaturesWhy ‘Raiders’ star Karen Allen is no damsel in distressPosted on September 7, 2017 On-screen and off, Karen Allen has always been an independent woman. It’s what made her so indelible as Marion Ravenwood, heroine of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the brassy dame who punched Indiana Jones in the jaw, outdrank an enormous Nepalese barfly and pulled a steak knife on a Nazi-friendly mercenary.
