Nancy Allen
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.
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Known For






Credits
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Self★ 7.7
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Self - Interviewee★ 6.5
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Self★ 7.7
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Self★ 7.2
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Self★ 7
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Self★ 6.9
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herself★ 7
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Bound by Flesh 2012Voiceover★ 5.9
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My Apocalypse 2008Linda Savage★ 4.8
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Self★ 8
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Circuit 2001Louise★ 5.7
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Acting 'Carrie' 2001Self★ 7
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Self★ 7
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The Division 2001★ 7
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Self★ 6.5
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Kiss Toledo Goodbye 1999Madge★ 3
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Rachel Colby★ 4.5
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Carin Healy★ 7.9
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Secret of the Andes 1999Brenda Willings★ 6.8
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Out of Sight 1998Midge★ 6.7
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The Pass 1998Shirley Duprey★ 3.5
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Against the Law 1997Maggie Hewitt★ 4.4
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Dusting Cliff 7 1997Anna Bishop★ 3.7
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The Outer Limits 1995Rachel Rose★ 7.7
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Touched by an Angel 1994Megan★ 7.2
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The Patriots 1994Catherine Pelman★ 6.6
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Jessie Gallardo★ 5
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Acting on Impulse 1993Cathy Thomas★ 3.8
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RoboCop 3 1993Anne Lewis★ 4.9
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The Commish 1991★ 7.1
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Memories of Murder 1990Alice★ 5.4
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RoboCop 2 1990Officer Anne Lewis★ 6
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Limit Up 1989Casey Falls★ 3.7
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Poltergeist III 1988Patricia Wilson-Gardner★ 5.2
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RoboCop 1987Officer Anne Lewis★ 7.3
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Sweet Revenge 1987Jillian Grey★ 3.8
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The Gladiator 1986Susan Neville★ 5.9
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Not for Publication 1984Lois★ 4.5
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Terror in the Aisles 1984Self - Host★ 6.1
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Allison Hayes★ 6.1
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The Buddy System 1984Carrie★ 4.7
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Princess Elizabeth★ 7.7
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Strange Invaders 1983Betty Walker★ 4.8
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Faerie Tale Theatre 1982Princess Elizabeth★ 8.1
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Blow Out 1981Sally Badina★ 7.4
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Dressed to Kill 1980Liz Blake★ 7
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Home Movies 1980Kristina★ 5.4
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1941 1979Donna Stratton★ 5.8
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Pam Mitchell★ 6.3
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Carrie 1976Chris Hargenson★ 7.3
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Forced Entry 1975Hitch Hiker★ 4.2
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The Last Detail 1973Nancy★ 7