Played by Karen Allen, she enters the story when Indiana Jones visits her in Nepal, needing her help to locate the Ark of the Covenant with a possession originally obtained by her father, Dr. Abner Ravenwood.

[2] Allen came up with her own backstory for the character, such as what happened to her mother, her romance with Jones in her early to mid-teens, and her time in Nepal; Spielberg described it as "an entirely different movie".

[5] After Raiders of the Lost Ark was released, Spielberg wanted Allen to return for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but George Lucas decided that Indy would have a different love interest in each film.

[2] Marion became a frequent supporting character in The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, a Marvel Comics title which ran for 34 issues from January 1983 until March 1986.

[8] Marion's father, Dr. Abner Ravenwood, was a professor of archaeology obsessed with finding the Biblical Ark of the Covenant; he was also a mentor to the young Henry "Indiana" Jones, who eventually accompanied them on several digs.

After Jones broke off contact with them both, he returned to the United States to focus on his career as an archaeology professor, and Marion and her father settled in Nepal.

In 1936, Marion found herself back in contact with Jones, when he offered her money for the headpiece of the Staff of Ra, an artifact originally located by her father.

Jones continued to pursue archaeological artifacts, while Marion tried her hand at journalism before opening a bar in New York City named The Raven's Nest.

It is revealed that when Indy left Marion, not believing he deserved her, she was pregnant with their future son Henry "Mutt" Jones III.

Twenty years after Mutt's birth, Russians captured Oxley in an attempt to find the mythical crystal skulls that he had pursued.

Mutt's death takes a heavy emotional toll on Marion and with Jones finding himself unable to console her, she demands a separation and refuses to talk to him.