rae allTony Award-winning actress known for her roles in damn yankees, A league of its own Y The sopranos, died early Wednesday morning peacefully in his sleep. She was 95.
Allen was described by many who knew her as “a force of nature” and had a career to match.
Born Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo in Brooklyn, New York, she got her start on Broadway theater.
productions after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947.
Allen earned her first Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play as the nosy reporter Gloria in damn yankees in 1955. She was nominated again for traveler without luggage in 1967, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for And Miss Reardon drinks some in 1971.
Allen crossed over to television and film in 1958, re-creating his stage role on film.
adaptation of damn yankees. His song, “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo,” is still played at Yankee games to this day.
He appeared on 1960s TV shows like The Untouchables, Car 54, where are you? Y The Patty Duke Show. On Everyone in the familyshe played Amelia, Edith Bunker’s cousin.
In the 1980s, Allen had a career in Soap — in which she played Judge Betty Small — and guest appearances on America’s greatest hero, lou grant, Remington Steele Y Hill Street Sadness.
On Seinfeldthe actress paid Ms. Sokol before she was cast in the role The sopranos like Aunt Quintina Blundetto.
In the early 2000s, Allen got parts in Grey’s Anatomy, Joan of Arcadia Y blue nyc police.
On the big screen, he appeared in movies like Reign over Me, stargate, A league of its own Y Where is dad?
She is survived by her nieces Laura and Betty Cosgrove and her adoptive family, friends April Webster and Lisa Ann Gold.
Memorial services are being planned, one for each coast. Times and dates are to be announced.
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