Sian Barbara Allen

Sian Barbara Allen (born July 12, 1946 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a former American film and television actress. She also appeared in an episode of Kojak entitled "Down A Long And Lonely River" and The Incredible Hulk "The Quiet Room".

Biography

Allen (center) in The Rockford Files, "Tall Woman in Red Wagon" (1974)

She studied at the Pasadena Playhouse (1964–1965).[1] She appeared in You'll Like My Mother (1972), starring Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy and Richard Thomas. For this role, Allen was nominated for the 1973 Golden Globe Award as "Most Promising New Actress".[2]

She later garnered fame on two episodes of The Waltons (1973) as "Jenny Pendleton", an early love interest of John-Boy Walton (reuniting her with Thomas, who played John-Boy and with whom she had appeared in You'll Like My Mother the previous year). Allen and Thomas were themselves described as "together these days", and Thomas wanted Allen to play the Pendleton role.[1][3]

She played the title role in the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week, Scream, Pretty Peggy, co-starring with Bette Davis and Ted Bessell.

Allen appeared on television programs such as Ironside, The Rockford Files, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Love, American Style, Columbo: Lovely but Lethal, Cagney & Lacey, Adam-12, and Hawaii Five-O. In 1974 she was the lead actress in the western Billy Two Hats, alongside Gregory Peck and Jack Warden.[4] In 1976, she portrayed Anne Morrow Lindbergh in the television movie The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, based on the real-life Lindbergh baby kidnapping/murder.[5]

Allen's last role was in an episode of L.A. Law in 1990, after which she retired from acting.

Family

She is the older sister of flash fiction author, editor and teacher M. Pokrass.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kleiner, Dick (February 10, 1973). "The Girl John-Boy waited for". The Morning Record. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ "New Star Of The Year - Actress". GoldenGlobes.org. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sian Barbara Allen Profile". The Waltons. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  4. ↑ Crist, Judith (May 6, 1974). Spécialité De La Maison. New York Magazine. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ Burt, Daniel S. (2001). The biography book. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-57356-256-0. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

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