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Jonelle Allen Biography (1944-)
Born July 18, 1944, in New York, NY; married Richard Grimmon, January 9, 1998.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- July 18, 1944
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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The Wisteria Trees, City Center, New York City, beginning c. 1948later Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1950
- Daisy, Small War on Murray Hill, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New YorkCity, 1957
- Dionne, Hair, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1967
- Living statue and secretary in Cohan & Harris office, George M!, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1968
- Tamara Bissy, Someone's Comin' Hungry, Pocket Theatre, New York City, 1969
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Five on the Backhand Side, Theatre at St. Clement's Church, New York City, 1969
- Sara Jane, The House of Leather, Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York City, 1970
- Sylvia, Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1971 then St. James Theatre, New York City, 1971-1973
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The All Night Strut!, Ford's Theatre Society, Washington, DC, 1976
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Tintypes, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA, 1981
- Sandi, Mail, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1987
- Sheri, Etta Jenks, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1988
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The Threepenny Opera, Freud Playhouse, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998
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Jonelle Allen--with Strings Attached! (benefit performance), Laguna Coffeehouse, Neighborhood Congregational Church, Laguna Beach, CA, 2001
- Appeared in Bury the Dead and Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, bothNew York City productions; appeared in Man of La Mancha, South Bay Civic Light Opera; also appeared in As You Like It,
A Burning Beach,
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, and Last Sweet Days of Issac.
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Major Tours
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Two Gentlemen of Verona, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1973
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Film Appearances
- Bishop Deb, The Cross and the Switchblade, Dick Ross Associates, 1970
- Secretary, Cotton Comes to Harlem, United Artists, 1970
- Carol, Come Back Charleston Blue, Warner Bros., 1972
- Ann Vanderguild, The River Niger, Cine Artists, 1976
- Sabrina Jones, The Hotel New Hampshire, Orion, 1984
- Evelyn, Next Time, Alhondiga Pictures, 1998
- Dora, Blues for Red, University of Southern California, 1999
- Viola, Flossin, Jita Pictures, 2000
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Bessie Freeman, Palmerstown, U.S.A., CBS, 1980-1981
- Stacey Russell, Berrenger's, NBC, 1985
- Doreen Jackson, Generations, NBC, 1989
- Grace, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1993-1999
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The Eddie Files, 1999-?
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Movies
- Jacqueline Foster, Foster and Laurie, CBS, 1975
- Tommy, Cage without a Key, CBS, 1975
- Brandy, Vampire, ABC, 1979
- Fanny Crowne, Brave New World, NBC, 1980
- Maydene Jarriott, Victims, NBC, 1982
- Lucinda Cavender, The Midnight Hour (also known as In the Midnight Hour), ABC, 1985
- Susan Jansen, Penalty Phase, CBS, 1986
- Dr. Madeline Garrick, Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (also known as Grave Secrets), 1992
- Grace, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie, CBS, 1999
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Specials
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Cotton Club `75, NBC, 1974
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Opryland USA, ABC, 1975
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Battle of the Network Stars, ABC, 1980
- Also appeared in "Green Pastures," Hallmark Hall of Fame.
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Episodic
- Officer Turner, "Hot Dogs," Barney Miller, ABC, 1975
- "The Company Man," Police Story, NBC, 1975
- "The Execution," Police Story, NBC, 1975
- "The Boy Next Door," Joe Forrester, NBC, 1976
- "Rerun Sees the Light," What's Happening!!, ABC, 1977
- Marabel, "Archie's Other Wife," All in the Family, CBS, 1978
- "Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978
- "Airball," The White Shadow, CBS, 1979
- Herself, Body Language, CBS, 1984
- Sunny, "Made for Each Other," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1987
- Dr. Grace Grant-Heistings, "Healing Touch," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX, 1999
- Debbie Marlin, "Rescue Me," ER, NBC, 2000
- Appeared as Claudia Petrie in an episode of Cagney & Lacey, CBS; and as Maxine in an episode of Police Woman, NBC; also appeared inepisodes of Hill Street Blues, NBC; The New Love, American Style, ABC; The Royal Family, CBS; and The Trials of Rosie O'Neill,CBS.
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Pilots
- Dory, Sparrow, CBS, 1978
- Lulu, After Midnight, ABC, 1988
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Other
- Appeared in American Women: Profiles in Courage,
Black Hope Horror,
Legacy of Blood,
The Merry Mailman, and The Werewolf.
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
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Front Row Center--The Broadway Gold Box (1935-1988), Decca Broadway, 1996
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Hollywood Reporter, May 17, 1996
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