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Alexandra Elizabeth "Ally" Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American film and stage actress, as well as the author of two books. Following her film debut came in the 1983's Bad Boys she became known as one of the Brat Pack group of actors in the films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. She is also known for her roles in WarGames, Short Circuit and High Art, for which she received critical acclaim.
Sheedy was born in New York City and has two siblings, Patrick and Meghan. Her mother, Charlotte (née Baum), was a writer and press agent who was involved in women's and civil rights movements, and her father, John J. Sheedy, Jr., was a Manhattan advertising executive. Her mother was Jewish and her father was of Irish Catholic descent. Her parents divorced in 1971.
Sheedy attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City, graduating in 1980. She started dancing with the American Ballet Theatre at age six and was planning to make it a full-time career. However, she gave up dance in favor of acting full-time. At age 12 she wrote a children's book, She Was Nice to Mice; the book was published by McGraw-Hill and became a best-seller. On June 19, 1975, she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth in her role as a young writer.
Actors: Bryant Mainord (director), Bryant Mainord (editor), Bryant Mainord (writer), Bryant Mainord (actor), D.K. Johnston (editor), D.K. Johnston (actor), Paul Rufus Jones (actor), David Turnbull (producer), David Turnbull (writer), Joey Weaver (actor), John Whitlock (actor), Jared Fink (actor), Katherine R. Johnston (actress), Bogdan Shepard (actor), Ian 'Dicko' Dickson (actor),
Plot: When college student Mike DeVries accrues a sizable collections fee, he worries he cannot afford to continue paying for school. With the help of his three comically troublesome dorm-mates (Barrett, Gary, and Keyes) a scheme is devised to scam money from the university treasury. Their plan: Register a dozen fake university clubs, pocket the start up money, and abandon the clubs. When the dean of the university catches wind of their scheme, he offers them a choice: Maintain and establish their crazy list of campus clubs, or face expulsion. Hijinx, and hilarity ensue! Predecessor to the 2010 award winning film 'The Beekeepers'.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: John Rothman (actor), Griffin Dunne (actor), Paul Mazursky (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Castulo Guerra (actor), Chris Penn (actor), Little Richard (actor), Michael Greene (actor), Elya Baskin (actor), Richmond Arquette (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Spalding Gray (actor), Arthur French (actor), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Jerry Stiller (actor),
Plot: Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and finacial ruin from back taxes, he is forced to take on a very commercial and, he believes, ridiculous movie. Now as he faces the film's release and, he believes, another total flop which will complete his ruin, he meets up with his son and daughter and his former wives (which includes Dyan Cannon) to examine his life and his future. The film examines the turmoil a movie director goes through with a film release. His agent (Jerry Stiller) assures him that he has a hit, while those around him wince (as does the audience) at the thought of the movie within the movie. The movie is "The Pickle", a supposedly social satire where a bunch of super-white kids from Kansas take vegetables into space via a super cucumber and land on an Earth-like planet where everyone lives only on beef and die at age 49. As shown in the excerpts of the film, Little Richard stars as the President of the planet who has 6 months to live, Ally Sheedy heads up the Kansas contingent, and Griffin Dunne is the President's aide who falls in love with Sheedy.
Keywords: 1940s, agent, aging, behind-the-scenes, blood-pressure, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brooklyn-new-york-city, career, depression, drink