Penelope Allen

Born: None

Penelope Allen, also known as Penny Allen, is an American stage and film actress and acting coach. She is best known as the head bank teller being held hostage in the film Dog Day Afternoon. She also played Annie, the wife of Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi in the film Scarecrow.


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as Witt's Mother
Released: 1998-12-23

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and...

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Dog Day Afternoon

as Sylvia
Released: 1975-09-21

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile....

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Bad Lieutenant

as Doctor
Released: 1992-11-20

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious...

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Scarecrow

as Annie
Released: 1973-04-11

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

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The Bedroom Window

as Judge
Released: 1987-01-16

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window....

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Looking for Richard

as Self / Queen Elizabeth
Released: 1996-10-11

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern...

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The Crossing Guard

as Woman On Bus
Released: 1995-11-15

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was...

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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

as Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Released: 2000-05-27

In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in...

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The War at Home

as Marjoree
Released: 1996-11-20

Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war...

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Hurlyburly

as Dry Cleaner
Released: 1998-12-25

Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash...

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Oh! What a Lovely War

as Solo Chorus Girl
Released: 1969-03-10

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys...

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Doc

as Mattie Earp
Released: 1971-08-01

Doc Holliday travels to Tombstone, Ariz., with prostitute Katie Elder. Although the trip is...

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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

as Self
Released: 2002-09-01

Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF...

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Three Days of Rain

as Helen
Released: 2002-05-12

Six Anton Chekhov short stories set in modern day Cleveland during a three day rain storm.

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A Time for Miracles

as The Farmer's Wife
Released: 1980-12-21

Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity,...

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Resurrection

as Ellie
Released: 1980-09-26

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that...

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Passenger Side

as Henrietta
Released: 2009-10-28

Two brothers spend the day driving around Los Angeles county looking for the meaning of their...

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On the Nickel

as Rose
Released: 1980-05-08

Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in...

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Schemes

as DMV Lady
Released: 1994-07-07

In this intricate tale of deception, extortion, and murder, a successful architect learns that...

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Inmates: A Love Story

as Gloria
Released: 1981-02-13

Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his...

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37

as Wino
Released: 2014-08-08

A rocker makes a pact to kill himself on his 37th birthday. 12 weeks before the release of his...

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It Ain't Easy

as Jenny
Released: 1972-11-10

Randy has PTSD from the Army. After extreme treatment he is released into the world to make it...

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The Gardener's Son

as Mrs. McEvoy
Released: 1977-01-06

Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876,...

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Sybil

as Miss Penny
First aired: 1976-11-14

A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different...

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The Scarlet Letter

as Mistress Hibbins
First aired: 1979-03-03

The Scarlet Letter is a 1979 miniseries based on the novel of the same name that aired on WGBH...

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