Marion Ravenwood

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

"See you tomorrow, Indiana Jones."

Marion Ravenwood is the main heroine of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Tough, witty, stubborn, lovable, and caring, she is the love interest of Indiana Jones and the mother of Mutt Williams. Marion is played by Karen Allen. She returns in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Marion Ravenwood was the daughter of a professor, Dr. Abner Ravenwood. She was in love with Indiana Jones, but they had a very complicated relationship. Marion worked at a pub in Nepal, where Indy convinced her to help him find the lost Ark of the Covenant using the headpiece to the Staff of Ra. She refused and booted him out. The demonic Nazi spy Arnold Toht slithered into the pub and interrogated her into giving him the headpiece until Indy came to her rescue. Marion reluctantly agreed to join him and they began their journey into a market in Egypt. They get attacked by robbers and Nazi soldiers employed by Jones's archenemy, Rene Belloq, who capture Marion and fake her death, but not before she fends them off and hides in a straw basket. After discovering the Ark's whereabouts, Indy finds Marion tied up in Belloq's tent. He prepares to free her but, realizing that if he does so he'll give away their hiding place, leaves her behind. When Indy is tossed into the Well of Souls, Toht throws her in with him. They manage to escape and chase after the Ark, but are captured once again. Fortunately, the Ark unleashes its power, killing Belloq, Toht, and the Nazis. Marion and Indy manage to get together again after their quest.

Trivia

 * Karen Allen is Steven Spielberg's wife.