Template:Indiana Jones character Marion Ravenwood is a fictional character from the 1981 film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Played by Karen Allen, she enters the story when Indiana Jones visits her in Nepal, needing her help — specifically, he needs an artifact in her possession, originally obtained by her father, archeologist Professor Ravenwood (mentor of Indy), in order to locate the Ark of the Covenant.

Marion Ravenwood is a tough, self-reliant woman, who is unintimidated by men, and quite able to take care of herself when the situation demands it. Her father, Dr. Ravenwood, was a professor of archeology and mentor to the young Indiana Jones (who accompanied them on several digs). Jones and Marion entered into a relationship during this time, which created difficulties between the adventurer and his mentor. Though the exact details are unclear, their friendship came to an end over Jones's relationship with Marion, and Jones abruptly left the Ravenwoods around the year 1926. Since Marion's date of birth has never been ascertained it is not known how old she was during their relationship; however, during Raiders of the Lost Ark Marion chastises Jones, stating

I was a child! I was in love! It was wrong and you knew it!

implying that the relationship was inappropriate. After Jones broke off contact with them both, he returned to the United States to focus on his career as an archeology professor, and Marion and her father settled in Nepal and started running a local tavern.

Marion found herself back in contact with Jones in 1936, when he asked her for the artifact originally located by her father. Reluctant at first, she was forced to cooperate when the Nazi Toht arrived to demand the piece himself, and he and his henchman ended up destroying the tavern. Marion collaborates with Jones in the recovery of the Ark of the Covenant from the Nazis; in the process the couple rekindle their romance, and (at the end of these events) resumed their relationship. However, this did not last; Jones continue to pursue archeological artifacts, whilst Marion first tried her hand at journalism before opening a bar in New York City named The Raven's Nest.^[1]

• In an interview featured on the Bonus Materials disc, released with the Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones DVD set, Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the screenplay for Raiders of the Lost Ark, says he named the character after his wife's grandmother (Marion), and a street in California (Ravenwood Lane).
• The Bonus Materials disc also contains footage of Sean Young's screentest for the role.

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