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Actress Karen Black poses 1973 in USA. Black has starred in many films and received several awards and nominations throughout her acting career. (Photo by Liaison) ( 00646803blac_20010626_00114.jpg )

HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Actress Karen Black arrives at the premiere of "Hitchcock" during AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for AFI) ( 154891858AP00023_AFI_FEST_2 )

Karen Black, nominated for best supporting actress for her role in "Five Easy Pieces," arrives at the Academy Awards presentations in Los Angeles, April 15, 1971. (AP Photo) ( OSCARS KAREN BLACK 1971 )

Director Robert Altman, right, poses with actresses, from left, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis and Cher in New York City, Monday, Dec. 29, 1981. They are starting rehearsals for a Broadway-bound play "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean." (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) ( BLACK DENNIS CHER ROBERT ALTMAN )

Portrait of US actress Karen Black taken in 1982. (AP Photo) ( Karen Black )

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 1970 file photo, Jack Nicholson, right, and co-star Karen Black appear together at New York's Philharmonic Hall to attend the premiere of their new film "Five Easy Pieces." Black’s husband, Stephen Eckelberry, says the actress died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, after battling cancer. She was 74. (AP Photo, File) ( Obit Karen Black )

US actress Karen Black holds her son Hunter in their apartment in New York's Greenwich Village, United States in 1982. (AP Photo/W. Abbott) ( USA New York Karen Black )

Portrait of US actress Karen Black taken in 1978. (AP Photo) ( Karen Black )

NEW YORK - MAY 5: Writer/director Paul Black (L) and actress Karen Black attend the world premiere of the "America Brown" screening during the Tribeca Film Festival May 5, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images) ( 50797136TR001_brown )

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 05: Actress Karen Black arrives at the Norby Walters' 16th Annual Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Gala held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on March 5, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ( 56947965PG010_Norby_Walters )

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 22: Actress Karen Black arrives at the 11th Annual Hollywood Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 22, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) ( GYI0050875612.jpg )

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: Actress Karen Black attends the second annual Adrienne Shelly Foundation fundraising gala at Tisch's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University on November 17, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) ( 83632596BB014_SECOND_ANNUAL )

Alan Cumming (L) and Karen Black arrive at the reception celebrating the release of the limited edition fine art photography of Alan Cumming in Los Angeles, California, on April 5, 2012. (VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was6364685 )

Actress Karen Black attends the 72nd Annual Academy Awards March 26, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA. Black has starred in many films and received several awards and nominations throughout her acting career. (Photo by David McNew/Liaison) ( 36714802awar_20010627_28841.jpg )

HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 01: (L-R) Director Sacha Gervasi and actress Karen Black attend the "Hitchcock" premiere after party during AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 1, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI) ( 154891856KI00015_AFI_FEST_2 )

006468 01: Actress Karen Black poses 1973 in USA. Black has starred in many films and received several awards and nominations throughout her acting career. (Photo by Liaison) ( 00646801blac_20010626_00112.jpg )

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 16: Actors (L-R) Elliott Gould Martin Landau and Actress Karen Black who is opposed to the merging of actors unions SAG and AFTRA outside the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles where memebers were meeting to announce their support for the merger on June 12, 2003 Los Angeles , California.(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ( 2085574FH031_SAG )

HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 17: Actress Karen Black attends the film premiere of the "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" at the Arclight Cinerama Dome on June 17, 2003 in Hollywood, California. The film is the Centerpiece Premiere of the Los Angeles Film Festival. The premiere is sponsored by Gateway, Inc. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ( 2090596FB008_strip )