Rae Allen
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| Born | Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo July 3, 1926 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actress (stage, television and film) and theatre director, singer |
| Years active | 1948–2011 |
| Awards | Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play for And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (1971) |
Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo (born July 3, 1926), professionally known as Rae Allen, is an American actress and director of stage, film and television actress, and singer. Her early roles were in Broadway theatre production's, starting from 1948 she moved to television and film role's in the early 1960s
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Early and personal life[edit]
Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Julia (née Riccio) and Joseph Abruzzo,[1] and trained at the HB Studio[2] in New York City's Greenwich Village. She won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play for And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little. She was married to John M. Allen and divorced and married politician Herbert Harris. Allen has no children.
Stage[edit]
Allen won the Tony Award, for Best Featured Actress in a Play for And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, she had two prior Tony nominations, including one for Best Featured Actress in Damn Yankees in 1955 and for the same category in Traveller Without Luggage in 1967. She appeared in the original Broadway production of Damn Yankees as the nosy reporter Gloria and recreated the role in the film adaptation, in both of which she introduced the song, "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo."
Film and television[edit]
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She has appeared in such films as Reign Over Me, A League Of Their Own, Stargate, among others. On television she appeared on two consecutive episodes of Seinfeld as unemployment counselor Lenore Sokol, who must deal with George Costanza, who tries to get her to approve an extension of his benefits by dating her homely daughter, who ends up rejecting him. She also made appearances on television shows such as The Patty Duke Show, Hill Street Blues, All in the Family, Head of the Class, Remington Steele, The Sopranos and Grey's Anatomy, among others.
Selected roles[edit]
Broadway theatre[edit]
- Dude (1972)
- Damn Yankees (1954 -1955)
- Oliver! (1963-1964)
- The Pajama Game (1954-1956)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1968)
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1968)
- And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (for which she won the 1971 Tony Award for Supporting Actress)
Selected television appearances[edit]
- The Untouchables (1962)
- All in the Family (1972-1973)
- Soap (1980)
- The Greatest American Hero (1982)
- Remington Steele (1982)
- Lou Grant (1982)
- Head of the Class (1994)
- Seinfeld (1994)
- The Sopranos (2004)
- Joan of Arcadia (2004)
- NYPD Blue (2004)
- Greys Anatomy (2006)
- Vampire Mob (2011)
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