List of Nancy Allen performances
Nancy Allen is an American actress who began her career in the 1970s. She made her feature film debut in a minor role opposite Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973), before being cast as Chris Hargensen in Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie (1976). She subsequently had a starring role in Robert Zemeckis's comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), followed by a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979).
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Allen went on to collaborate with De Palma on several other films in the 1980s, including Home Movies (1980), the erotic thriller Dressed to Kill (also 1980; for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award), and the neo-noir Blow Out (1981). In 1984, Allen appeared in the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment, and later had a starring role in Abel Ferrara's The Gladiator (1986). Allen was subsequently cast by director Paul Verhoeven in the science fiction thriller RoboCop (1987) as Officer Anne Lewis, a role she reprised in the second and third sequels.
Through the 1990s, Allen appeared in several independent films and television productions, including a lead role in the French drama The Patriots (1994), directed by Éric Rochant, and a supporting role in Steven Soderbergh's crime comedy Out of Sight (1998). The following year, she appeared in the crime film Kiss Toledo Goodbye, as well as the direct-to-video horror sequel Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return. She subsequently had guest-starring roles on the television series The Division and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002 and 2003, respectively.
Film
Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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1973 | The Last Detail | Nancy | Hal Ashby | [1] | |
1975 | Forced Entry | Hitchhiker | Jim Sotos | [2] | |
1976 | Carrie | Christine "Chris" Hargensen | Brian De Palma | [3] | |
1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Pam Mitchell | Robert Zemeckis | [4] | |
1979 | 1941 | Donna Stratton | Steven Spielberg | [5] | |
1980 | Home Movies | Kristina | Brian De Palma | [6] | |
1980 | Dressed to Kill | Liz Blake | Brian De Palma | [7] | |
1981 | Blow Out | Sally Bedina | Brian De Palma | [8] | |
1983 | Strange Invaders | Betty Walker | Michael Laughlin | [9] | |
1984 | The Buddy System | Carrie | Glenn Jordan | [10] | |
1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Herself | Andrew J. Kuehn | [9] | |
1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Allison Hayes | Stewart Raffill | [11] | |
1984 | Not for Publication | Lois Thorndyke | Paul Bartel | [12] | |
1986 | The Gladiator | Susan Neville | Abel Ferrara | Television film | [13] |
1987 | Sweet Revenge | Jillian Grey | Mark Sobel | [14] | |
1987 | RoboCop | Officer Anne Lewis | Paul Verhoeven | [15] | |
1988 | Poltergeist III | Patricia Wilson-Gardner | Gary Sherman | [9] | |
1989 | Limit Up | Casey Falls | Richard Martini | [16] | |
1990 | RoboCop 2 | Anne Lewis | Irvin Kershner | [9] | |
1990 | Memories of Murder | Jennifer Gordon/Corey | Robert Lewis | Television film | [17] |
1993 | RoboCop 3 | Anne Lewis | Fred Dekker | [9] | |
1993 | Acting on Impulse | Cathy Thomas | Sam Irvin | Television film | [18] |
1994 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Jessie Gallardo | Bill Condon | Television film | [19] |
1994 | Les patriotes | Catherine Pelman | Éric Rochant | English: The Patriots | [19] |
1997 | Against the Law | Maggie Hewitt | Jim Wynorski | [20] | |
1997 | Dusting Cliff 7 | Anna Bishop | William H. Molina | Also known as: Last Assassins | [21] |
1998 | The Pass | Shirley Duprey | Kurt Voss | [22] | |
1998 | Out of Sight | Midge | Steven Soderbergh | [23] | |
1999 | Secret of the Andes | Brenda Willings | Alejandro Azzano | [24] | |
1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Madge | Lyndon Chubbuck | [24] | |
1999 | Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return | Rachel Colby | Kari Skogland | Direct to video | [25] |
2001 | Circuit | Louise | Dirk Shafer | [26] | |
2008 | My Apocalypse | Linda Savage | Chris LaMont | Filmed in 1997; also known as: Quality Time | [27] |
2012 | Bound by Flesh | Narrator | Leslie Zemeckis | Documentary | [28] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1983–1984 | Another World | Paula James | Unknown episodes | |
1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Princess Elizabeth | Episode: "The Princess and the Pea" | |
1994 | Touched by an Angel | Megan | Episode: "An Unexpected Snow" | |
1995 | The Outer Limits | Rachel Rose | Episode: "Valerie 23" | |
1995 | The Commish | Gina Raposo | Episode: "Brooklyn" | |
2002 | The Division | Christine Ogden | Episode: "Brave New World" | |
2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carin Healy | Episode: "Escape" |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1995–1996 | Dial M For Murder | Margot Wendice | Broadway | [29] |
References
- Kirshner 2012, p. 228.
- Weldon 1996, pp. 213–214.
- Bouzereau 1988, p. 43.
- Jackson 2007, p. 29.
- Jackson 2007, pp. 29–30.
- Bouzereau 1988, p. 83.
- Bouzereau 1988, p. 136.
- Bouzereau 1988, p. 149.
- Young 2000, p. 715.
- Martin & Porter 2003, p. 155.
- Young 2000, p. 484.
- Martin & Porter 2003, p. 796.
- Weldon 1996, p. 235.
- Martin & Porter 2003, p. 1082.
- Young 2000, p. 529.
- Young 2000, p. 356.
- Young 2000, p. 398.
- Bleiler 2004, p. 4.
- Quinlan 1997, p. 13.
- "Against the Law". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- Martin & Porter 2003, p. 615.
- Sykes 2018, p. 290.
- Rogall 2003, p. 233.
- Quigley 2007, p. 45.
- Martin & Porter 2003, p. 195.
- Bleiler 2004, p. 117.
- "My Apocalypse". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles, California: Hollywood Reporter Incorporated. 407: 132. 2008. ISSN 0018-3660.
- Genzlinger, Neil (June 26, 2014). "Two lives, ruthlessly exploited". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- "Dial "M" for Murder". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on June 4, 2018.
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