Nancy Allen

Nancy Allen began taking dance lessons at age 5 and, by age 15, had appeared in more than 100 commercials.

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Her then-husband Brian De Palma wrote the prostitute role in Dressed to Kill (1980) specifically with her in mind. She said the hardest part of making Dressed to Kill (1980) was wearing black lingerie, which she found very uncomfortable.

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Nancy Allen took over the role of Anne Lewis in RoboCop (1987) at the last minute; Stephanie Zimbalist, previously cast in the role, was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was called back to reprise her role as Laura Holt on Remington Steele (1982) for its fifth season.

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Nancy Allen and RoboCop (1987) co-star Peter Weller were both born on June 24, three years apart (Allen was born in 1950, Weller in 1947).

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Nancy Allen trained in acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

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Nancy Allen appeared in four films directed by her ex-husband Brian De Palma: Carrie (1976), Home Movies (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980) and Blow Out (1981).

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Nancy Allen's father was a police lieutenant in New York, and her most famous role was a female police officer named Anne Lewis in the RoboCop trilogy.

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Nancy Allen trained for a dance career at the High School of Performing Arts.

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After 35 years in the film industry, Nancy Allen retired from acting and began working with cancer patients and their families.

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Nancy Allen attended a screening of the horror classic Carrie (1976) on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, together with P. J. Soles.

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Nancy Allen is the aunt of Eugene Allen and the cousin of comedian Jim Breuer.

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Nancy Allen took part in "weSTARKLE NIGHT - Take ll," a benefit for the weSPARK Cancer Support Center founded by Wendie Jo Sperber in Sherman Oaks. The event, hosted by John Ritter and Katey Sagal, was held at the El Portal Theatre in El Portal, California.

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Nancy Allen appeared alongside screenwriter Bob Gale in a double feature of I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) and 1941 (1979) presented as a benefit for weSPARK at the New Beverly Cinema in Hollywood, California.

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Nancy Allen appeared in three films with Bobby Di Cicco: I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), 1941 (1979) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984).

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Nancy Allen is close friends with Peter Weller, Ed Begley Jr., John Travolta, Eddie Deezen and Wendie Jo Sperber.

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Nancy Allen's paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her mother was of German and Irish descent.

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