Karen Summer was born on July 22, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. An only child, Summer grew up in both Tarzana and Encino, California. Karen began her career in show business doing a lot of extra, photo double, and stand-in work for the mainstream movie industry; she worked as a stand-in and production assistant for the hit TV series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) for three years. After meeting noted adult industry casting director Jim South at an El Torito restaurant on Ventura Boulevard, Summer started out in the adult entertainment industry as a nude model and made her hardcore film debut at age twenty in 1982. Karen appeared in a slew of adult movies made throughout the 1980's for such top directors as Larry Revene, John Stagliano, Bruce Seven, Kirdy Stevens (Stevens was Summer's all-time favorite director), Svetlana Mischoff, and Jack Remy. After retiring from the adult film industry in the 1990's, Summer continued to work for a while as a feature dancer and burlesque performer before moving to Florida, getting married, and becoming a paralegal. In the wake of divorcing her husband in 2000, Karen went on to work in the health care field. Karen hosts her own show XXX Porn Star Radio as well as runs her own official interactive website. Summer was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, the XRCO Hall of Fame, and Legends of Erotica in 2015.
The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene
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Granny Fucks Her Godson
Head Waitress
Sizzling Summer
(Self)
Babylon Nights
(Glenda / Lenore)
Every Man's Fantasy
(Woman on Boat / Marsha)
Confessions of a Candy Striper
(Nurse)
Confessions of Candy
(Candy)
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation
(Naomi)
Midnight Zone
Older And Bolder
Daddy Doesn't Know
(Helen Osborne)
Can't Get Enough
(Nora Connors)
Sexbusters
All American Girls 2: In Heat
(Chrissy)
Grateful Grannies
Educating Eva
(Secretary)
Bad Attitude
(Shirl)
Back To Back
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Oriental Lesbian Fantasies
Deep Inside Karen Summer
Deep Inside Rachel Ashley
Saturday Night Beaver
Mommy & me 12
Cum Inside Erica Boyer
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Mature Outlook
Felanalingus
Sex busters
Flaming Tongues 3
((archive footage))
Granny Fuckers
Inside China Lee
(Self)
Honey Wilder Triple Feature 6
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Sex Game
((archive footage))
Playing with Fire
(April Marshall)
Hustler 17
(Shirley)
This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX
(Sophia)
Our Major Is Sex
Fetish Fantasy MILFs
Wet Science Triple Feature
((archive footage))
Backstage Pass
Daisy Chain
(Sara Jane)
The Animal in Me
(Pepper Halliday)
Taboo V: The Secret
(Naomi)
Little Muffy Johnson
(Rhonda)
Amazing Sex Stories
(Jane)
Hot Flashes
(Josephine Juicyfruit)
Tasty
(Kathy)
Wet Science
Lost Angel
Gang Bangs
(Brandy)
The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm
(Michelle Lee)
Educating Nina
(Girl in Bed / Girl in Locker Room)
I Love L.A. 1
Limousine's Escort Girls
The Treasure Box
Taste of Pink
Tight Delight
Love, Sex & TV News
(the madam)
Candy Stripers 2
(Candy Striper Angie)
Taboo IX
(Naomi (archive footage) (uncredited))
Young Nurses in Love
(Glenda / Lenore)
Tomboy
(Girl 2)
The Beat Goes On
Tounge Twisters
Phone Sex Fantasies
One Night At A Time
(Amy)
Hot Spa
Little Often Annie
(Aunt Em)
Hot Blooded
(Amy)
Bad Girls IV
The Loves Of Lolita
(Sissy)
Mouthful of Love
Hot Wire
The Woman Who Loved Men
Hollywood Starlets
Loose Ends
(Mistress Ann)
I Never Say No!
(Delena)
Breastography
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Dance Fever
(Hot Show Girl)
Shacking Up
(Arden Hall)
Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five
(Veronica Vane)
Abracadabra
Head Games
Centerfold Celebrities
Naughty Angels
(Sarah)
Intimate Realities
Triplets
Bare Elegance
(Girl in Black)
Raffles
(Mrs. Simpson)
Sexual Odyssey
(Therapist #1 (as Karen Sommars))
Shades of Ecstasy
(Lisa)
Dream Jeans
Sounds of Sex
(Lisa)
Rockey X
(Doctor)
Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey
The Rocky Porno Video Show
(Pandora)
Perfection
(Marcy (as Karen Summers))
Loving Spoonfuls
((archive footage))
Lust In America
(Judy)
Looking for Love
(Carol)
Naughty Nanette
In all the Right Places
(Fantasy Girl Two)
Europe on Two Guys a Day
Anal Annie and the Willing Husbands
Anal Annie Just Can't Say No
Casino of Lust
Before She Says 'I Do'
(Eve)
Dames
Cupid's Arrow
(Ginger)
The Sperminator
(Rosalind Wolf)
X-Factor
(2nd Nurse)
Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn
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Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection
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Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy