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.
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The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene
Granny Fucks Her Godson
Head Waitress
Self
Sizzling Summer
Glenda / Lenore
Babylon Nights
Woman on Boat / Marsha
Every Man's Fantasy
Nurse
Confessions of a Candy Striper
Candy
Confessions of Candy
Naomi
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation
Midnight Zone
Older And Bolder
Helen Osborne
Daddy Doesn't Know
Nora Connors
Can't Get Enough
Sexbusters
Chrissy
All American Girls 2: In Heat
Grateful Grannies
Secretary
Educating Eva
Shirl
Bad Attitude
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Back To Back
Oriental Lesbian Fantasies
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Deep Inside Karen Summer
Deep Inside Rachel Ashley
Saturday Night Beaver
Mommy & me 12
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Cum Inside Erica Boyer
Mature Outlook
Felanalingus
Sex busters
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Flaming Tongues 3
Granny Fuckers
Self
Inside China Lee
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Honey Wilder Triple Feature 6
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Sex Game
April Marshall
Playing with Fire
Shirley
Hustler 17
Sophia
This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX
Our Major Is Sex
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Fetish & Fantasy MILFs
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Wet Science Triple Feature
Backstage Pass
Pepper Halliday
The Animal in Me
Sara Jane
Daisy Chain
Naomi
Taboo V: The Secret
Rhonda
Little Muffy Johnson
Jane
Amazing Sex Stories
Josephine Juicyfruit
Hot Flashes
Kathy
Tasty
Wet Science
Lost Angel
Brandy
Gang Bangs
Michelle Lee
The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm
Girl in Bed / Girl in Locker Room
Educating Nina
I Love L.A. 1
Limousine's Escort Girls
The Treasure Box
Tight Delight
Taste of Pink
the madam
Love, Sex & TV News
Candy Striper Angie
Candy Stripers 2
Naomi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Taboo IX
Glenda / Lenore
Young Nurses in Love
Girl 2
Tomboy
The Beat Goes On
Tounge Twisters
Phone Sex Fantasies
Amy
One Night At A Time
Hot Spa
Aunt Em
Little Often Annie
Amy
Hot Blooded
Bad Girls IV
Sissy
The Loves Of Lolita
Mouthful of Love
Hot Wire
The Woman Who Loved Men
Hollywood Starlets
Mistress Ann
Loose Ends
Delena
I Never Say No!
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Breastography
Hot Show Girl
Dance Fever
Arden Hall
Shacking Up
Abracadabra
Veronica Vane
Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five
Head Games
Centerfold Celebrities
Sarah
Naughty Angels
Intimate Realities
Triplets
Girl in Black
Bare Elegance
Mrs. Simpson
Raffles
Therapist #1 (as Karen Sommars)
Sexual Odyssey
Lisa
Shades of Ecstasy
Dream Jeans
Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey
Lisa
Sounds of Sex
Doctor
Rockey X
Pandora
The Rocky Porno Video Show
Marcy (as Karen Summers)
Perfection
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Loving Spoonfuls
Judy
Lust In America
Carol
Looking for Love
Naughty Nanette
Fantasy Girl Two
In all the Right Places
Europe on Two Guys a Day
Anal Annie and the Willing Husbands
Anal Annie Just Can't Say No
Casino of Lust
Eve
Before She Says 'I Do'
Ginger
Cupid's Arrow
Dames
Rosalind Wolf
The Sperminator
2nd Nurse
X-Factor
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Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn
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Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection
Karen Summer
Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy
Sexy Grannies Getting After It
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
115
Gender
Female
Birthday
1962-07-22
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Karin Sommers