
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
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

as Dancer

as Woman #1
1990

as Dancer
1990

as Dancer
1991

as Dancer #2
1990

as Showgirl
1991

as Candy
1989

as Chula
1985

as Shawnee
1989

as Music Video Dancer
1986

as Cathy
1990

as Fran
1989

as Announcer (voice)
2022
as Dancer
1991

as Announcer (voice)
2022

as Self - Showgirl
1997
1994

as Dancer
1991

as Coco
1991

as Showgirl
1991

as Michelle
1991

as Isabella
1991

as Herself / Actress
1991

as Dancer #2
1990

as Mary
1990

as Lisa
1990

as Dancer
1990

as Cathy
1990

as Fran
1989

as Amy
1989

as Coed #2
1989

as Candy
1989

as Shawnee
1989

as Teen Girl
1989

as Mona
1989

as Hooker #1
1989

as Emily (as Dusty Woods)
1988

as Mohawk
1988