Sian Barbara Allen
Biography
Sian Barbara Allen was an American actress best known for her television work in the 1970s. A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, she trained at the Pasadena Playhouse and began her screen career in 1971 with a part on O'Hara, U.S. Treasury. She became a frequent presence on series television, with recurring roles on The Waltons, Gunsmoke and Ironside, and she starred in the television movies Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973), with Bette Davis, and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976). Her feature credits were You'll Like My Mother (1972), a thriller that brought her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year, and the Western Billy Two Hats (1974). Allen wrote one episode of Baretta in 1978 and later concentrated on poetry and short fiction. She retired from acting after appearing on L.A. Law in 1990.
78years old at death
- Born Reading
- Died Chapel Hill
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 2 years1972 to 1974
Every film, newest first
- 1974Billy Two HatsIMDb rating 6.3
- 1973Scream, Pretty PeggyIMDb rating 6.1
- 1972You'll Like My MotherIMDb rating 6.5
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Behind the camera
Allen had always been interested in writing, and in 1978 she wrote one episode of Baretta. That was her only writing credit for either film or television.
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Worked with
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Films together
Bette Davis's page
Gregory Peck's page
Jack Warden's page
David Huddleston's page
Charles Drake's page
Tovah Feldshuh's page
All films by Ted Kotcheff
Gordon HesslerDirector, 1 film, 1973
All films by Gordon Hessler
All films by Lamont Johnson
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