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Nancy Allen‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1950-06-24

Popularity

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Nancy Allen

New York City, New York, USA

Nancy Allen

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1950-06-24

Popularity

star8.2

Biography

Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her performances in several films directed by Brian De Palma in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award nomination and three Saturn Award nominations. The daughter of a New York City police lieutenant, Allen was raised in the Bronx, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, aspiring to have a career as a dancer. In her early twenties, she shifted her focus to acting and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career there. Her first major role was as Chris Hargensen in Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie (1976). Allen was subsequently cast as the lead in the Robert Zemeckis-directed comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), followed by a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979). Allen married De Palma in 1979, and her subsequent portrayal of a prostitute who witnesses a murder in his feature Dressed to Kill (1980) earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. She then appeared in De Palma's neo-noir film Blow Out (1981), playing a woman implicated in an assassination. Allen and DePalma divorced in 1984. She appeared in the science fiction films Strange Invaders (1983) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), and Abel Ferrara's television film The Gladiator (1986). Allen garnered mainstream fame playing Anne Lewis in Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987), a role she reprised for the two sequels that followed. Other credits include Poltergeist III (1988), Limit Up (1990), and Les patriotes (1994). Allen stepped back from acting in 2008, and became involved in cancer support after her friend, Wendie Jo Sperber, died of breast cancer. In 2010, she was named executive director of the weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Los Angeles, which was founded by Sperber. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nancy Allen (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Out of Sight

Out of Sight‌
star6.7
calendar 1998

The Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment‌
star6.1
calendar 1984

Poltergeist III

Poltergeist III‌
star5.2
calendar 1988

Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'

Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'‌
star6.5
calendar 2001

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill‌
star6.9
calendar 1980

RoboCop 2

RoboCop 2‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

RoboCop

RoboCop‌
star7.3
calendar 1987

RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3‌
star4.8
calendar 1993

1941

1941‌
star5.8
calendar 1979

Acting on Impulse

Acting on Impulse‌
star3.5
calendar 1993

Dusting Cliff 7

Dusting Cliff 7‌
star4.2
calendar 1997

Carrie

Carrie‌
star7.3
calendar 1976

Home Movies

Home Movies‌
star5.4
calendar 1980

Blow Out

Blow Out‌
star7.4
calendar 1981

Acting 'Carrie'

Acting 'Carrie'‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return‌
star4.6
calendar 1999

The Last Detail

The Last Detail‌
star7.0
calendar 1973

The Buddy System

The Buddy System‌
star4.7
calendar 1984

Secret of the Andes

Secret of the Andes‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

Terror in the Aisles

Terror in the Aisles‌
star6.2
calendar 1984

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders‌
star4.8
calendar 1983

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

Kiss Toledo Goodbye‌
star3.7
calendar 1999

Against the Law

Against the Law‌
star5.2
calendar 1997

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I Wanna Hold Your Hand‌
star6.3
calendar 1978

Not for Publication

Not for Publication‌
star4.5
calendar 1984

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

The Man Who Wouldn't Die‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge‌
star4.3
calendar 1987

The Pass

The Pass‌
star6.0
calendar 1998

John Travolta: The Inside Story

John Travolta: The Inside Story‌
star8.0
calendar 2004

Limit Up

Limit Up‌
star3.0
calendar 1989

Forced Entry

Forced Entry‌
star4.4
calendar 1975

Bound by Flesh

Bound by Flesh‌
star5.9
calendar 2012

Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'

Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'‌
star7.0
calendar 2012

My Apocalypse

My Apocalypse‌
star4.8
calendar 2008

The Gladiator

The Gladiator‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

The Curse of Poltergeist

The Curse of Poltergeist‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond‌
star6.4
calendar 2016

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'‌
star7.0
calendar 2017

The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea‌
star7.7
calendar 1984

The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'

The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

Circuit

Circuit‌
star5.7
calendar 2001

Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

The Patriots

The Patriots‌
star6.6
calendar 1994

In Search of Tomorrow

In Search of Tomorrow‌
star6.4
calendar 2022

In Search of Darkness: Part II

In Search of Darkness: Part II‌
star7.7
calendar 2020

Tv Credits

The Division

The Division‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.0
calendar 1996

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit‌
star7.9
calendar 1999

The Commish

The Commish‌
star7.2
calendar 1991

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre‌
star8.2
calendar 1982

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

The Movies That Made Us

The Movies That Made Us‌
star7.2
calendar 2019

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop‌
star8.6
calendar 2023