Karen Russell
Karen Russell was a buxom, shapely, and voluptuous brunette actress and dancer who popped up with pleasing regularity in a handful of entertainingly trashy low-budget straight-to-video exploitation pictures made throughout the 1980's and 1990's. Karen made a memorable film debut as nasty street gang moll Chula in the brutal urban action opus "Tenement." She was quite funny and appealing as the ditsy Shawnee in the crudely amusing "Vice Academy." Russell's other noteworthy parts include sweet, but troubled Mafia princess Amy in the gloriously outrageous "Murder Weapon," motorcycle mama Candy in "Easy Wheels," naive hooker Fran in the hugely enjoyable "The Banker," cop Francesco Quinn's bitter estranged ex-wife Isabella in "Murder Blues," and lusty groupie Michelle in "Shock 'Em Dead." Moreover, Karen appeared in small roles as a dancer in the mainstream features "Dick Tracy," "Havana," "Mobsters," and "Bugsy." After calling it a day as an actress in the mid-1990's, Russell went on to become a yoga teacher and founder of her own business Yoga Groove based in North Hollywood, California.
- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders
Acting
Movie
Dick Tracy
as Dancer
1990
Movie
Bugsy
as Dancer
1991
Movie
Mobsters
as Showgirl
1991
Movie
Havana
as Dancer #2
1990
TV
Dream On
as Woman #1
1990
Movie
Hell High
as Teen Girl
1989
Movie
The Devil You Know
as Announcer (voice)
2022
Movie
Modern Girls
as Music Video Dancer
1986
Movie
Memorial Valley Massacre
as Emily (as Dusty Woods)
1988
Movie
Vice Academy
as Shawnee
1989
Movie
Dr. Alien
as Coed #2
1989
Movie
Tenement
as Chula
1985
Movie
Phoenix the Warrior
as Mohawk
1988
Movie
Murder Weapon
as Amy
1989
Movie
Shock 'Em Dead
as Michelle
1991
Movie
The Banker
as Fran
1989
Movie
Hellbent
as Topless Woman
1988
Movie
American Rampage
as Hooker #1
1989
Movie
Easy Wheels
as Candy
1989
Movie
Blood Nasty
as Mona
1989
Movie
Wilding
as Cathy
1990
Movie
Mob Boss
as Mary
1990
Movie
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
as Self - Showgirl
1997
Movie
Lethal Games
as Coco
1991