Karen Blanche Black

 Karen Blanche Black (July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013)

She is known for her appearances in such films as Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Great Gatsby and Airport 1975 (both 1974), The Day of the Locust and Nashville (both 1975), Alfred Hitchcock's final film Family Plot (1976), and Capricorn One (1978). Over the course of her career, she won two Golden Globe Awards (out of three nominations), and an Academy Award nomination in 1971 for Best Supporting Actress. Other notable films from the 1970s include Born to Win (1971) with George Segal and Robert DeNiro, Cisco Pike (1972) with Kris Kristofferson and Gene Hackman, Portnoy's Complaint (1972), The Pyx (1973) with Christopher Plummer, The Outfit (1973) with Robert Duvall, and Rhinoceros (1974) with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Black was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, and part of her pancreas had to be removed. She died at age 74 from the disease, and is buried at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, CA.