Nancy Allen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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 De Palma 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.
Filmography
In Search of Tomorrow 2022
as Self - Interviewee
In Search of Darkness: Part II 2020
as Self
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' 2017
as Self
More Acting 'Carrie' 2016
as Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond 2016
as Self
- Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out' 2012
as herself
Bound by Flesh 2012
as Voiceover
My Apocalypse 2008
as Linda Savage
John Travolta: The Inside Story 2004
as Self
The Curse of Poltergeist 2002
Actor
Circuit 2001
as Louise
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill' 2001
as Self
Acting 'Carrie' 2001
as Self
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill' 2001
as Self
Kiss Toledo Goodbye 1999
as Madge
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return 1999
as Rachel Colby
Secret of the Andes 1999
as Brenda Willings
Out of Sight 1998
as Midge
The Pass 1998
as Shirley Duprey
Against the Law 1997
as Maggie Hewitt
Dusting Cliff 7 1997
as Anna Bishop
Valerie 23 1995
as Rachel Rose
The Patriots 1994
as Catherine Pelman
The Man Who Wouldn't Die 1994
as Jessie Gallardo
Acting on Impulse 1993
as Cathy Thomas
RoboCop 3 1993
as Anne Lewis
Memories of Murder 1990
as Alice
RoboCop 2 1990
as Officer Anne Lewis
Limit Up 1989
as Casey Falls
Poltergeist III 1988
as Patricia Wilson-Gardner
RoboCop 1987
as Officer Anne Lewis
Sweet Revenge 1987
as Jillian Grey
The Gladiator 1986
as Susan Neville
Not for Publication 1984
as Lois
Terror in the Aisles 1984
as Self - Host
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984
as Allison Hayes
The Buddy System 1984
as Carrie
The Princess and the Pea 1984
as Princess Elizabeth
Strange Invaders 1983
as Betty Walker
Blow Out 1981
as Sally Badina
Dressed to Kill 1980
as Liz Blake
Home Movies 1980
as Kristina
1941 1979
as Donna Stratton
I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1978
as Pam Mitchell
Carrie 1976
as Chris Hargenson
Forced Entry 1975
as Hitch Hiker
The Last Detail 1973
as Nancy
Credits from TMDB.