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.
Known For
Fetish Fantasy MILFs
(archive footage)
2022
Mature Outlook
2022
Older And Bolder
2018
Granny Fucks Her Godson
2018
Sexy Grannies Getting After It
2018
Mommy & me 12
2016
Granny Fuckers
2015
Love, Sex & TV News
the madam
2015
This Ain't the Golden Girls XXX
Sophia
2015
Grateful Grannies
2014
Wet Science Triple Feature
(archive footage)
2013
Cum Inside Erica Boyer
(archive footage)
2013
Honey Wilder Triple Feature 6
(archive footage)
2012
The Golden Age of Porn: Lili Marlene
(archive footage)
2010
Porn Star Legends: Amber Lynn
(archive footage)
2007
Deep Inside Karen Summer
(archive footage)
2007
Big Tit Superstars of the 80's: Mindy Rae Collection
(archive footage)
2005
Taboo IX
Naomi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Abracadabra
1989
Limousine's Escort Girls
1989
Lost Angel
1989
Felanalingus
1989
Flaming Tongues 3
(archive footage)
1988
Europe on Two Guys a Day
1988
The Beat Goes On
1987
I Love L.A. 1
1987
Breastography
(archive footage)
1987
Bad Attitude
Shirl
1987
Back To Back
(archive footage)
1987
Deep Inside Rachel Ashley
1987
Dream Jeans
1987
Loving Spoonfuls
(archive footage)
1987
Midnight Zone
1986
Saturday Night Beaver
1986
Tounge Twisters
1986
Taboo V: The Secret
Naomi
1986
Bad Girls IV
1986
Rockey X
Doctor
1986
Wet Science
1986
Amazing Sex Stories
Jane
1986
Sex Game
(archive footage)
1986
The Rocky Porno Video Show
Pandora
1986
In all the Right Places
Fantasy Girl Two
1986
Shacking Up
Arden Hall
1985
Dance Fever
Hot Show Girl
1985
Lust In America
Judy
1985
Can't Get Enough
Nora Connors
1985
Head Games
1985
The Animal in Me
Pepper Halliday
1985
Tight Delight
1985
Taste of Pink
1985
Tasty
Kathy
1985
The Treasure Box
1985
Confessions of a Candy Striper
Nurse
1985
Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy
Karen Summer
1985
Candy Stripers 2
Candy Striper Angie
1985
Phone Sex Fantasies
1985
Gang Bangs
Brandy
1985
Taboo IV: The Younger Generation
Naomi
1985
Every Man's Fantasy
Woman on Boat / Marsha
1985
Educating Eva
Secretary
1985
Little Muffy Johnson
Rhonda
1985
Hot Blooded
Amy
1985
Hot Wire
1985
Hollywood Starlets
1985
Loose Ends
Mistress Ann
1985
Naughty Angels
Sarah
1985
Triplets
1985
Raffles
Mrs. Simpson
1985
Sexual Odyssey
Therapist #1 (as Karen Sommars)
1985
Sounds of Sex
Lisa
1985
Perfection
Marcy (as Karen Summers)
1985
Looking for Love
Carol
1985
Naughty Nanette
1985
Anal Annie and the Willing Husbands
1985
Anal Annie Just Can't Say No
1985
Dames
1985
The Sperminator
Rosalind Wolf
1985
The Loves Of Lolita
Sissy
1984
Tomboy
Girl 2
1984
I Never Say No!
Delena
1984
The Woman Who Loved Men
1984
Daddy Doesn't Know
Helen Osborne
1984
Young Nurses in Love
Glenda / Lenore
1984
Sex busters
1984
Hot Spa
1984
Mouthful of Love
1984
Educating Nina
Girl in Bed / Girl in Locker Room
1984
Confessions of Candy
Candy
1984
Little Often Annie
Aunt Em
1984
One Night At A Time
Amy
1984
Head Waitress
1984
Sizzling Summer
Self
1984
Babylon Nights
Glenda / Lenore
1984
Sexbusters
1984
Oriental Lesbian Fantasies
1984
Inside China Lee
Self
1984
Hustler 17
Shirley
1984
Our Major Is Sex
1984
Daisy Chain
Sara Jane
1984
Hot Flashes
Josephine Juicyfruit
1984
Bare Elegance
Girl in Black
1984
Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey
1984
Casino of Lust
1984
Before She Says 'I Do'
Eve
1984
Cupid's Arrow
Ginger
1984
X-Factor
2nd Nurse
1984
Hollywood Confidential: Secret Of Stage Five
Veronica Vane
1983
Playing with Fire
April Marshall
1983
All American Girls 2: In Heat
Chrissy
1983
Backstage Pass
1983
The Erotic Adventures of Dr. Storm
Michelle Lee
1983
Intimate Realities
1983
Shades of Ecstasy
Lisa
1983
Centerfold Celebrities
1982