Jonelle Allen

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Jonelle Ann Allen (born July 8, 1948 or 1950) (sources differ) is an American actress, singer, and dancer from Harlem, New York, United States.

Allen has appeared in films and Broadway productions since beginning her career in the late-1960s.

Allen was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1972 for her role in the musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona."

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Early life, education and career

Allen was born in New York City and grew up in Harlem's Sugar Hill neighborhood. Allen, Marion's only child, and Robert Allen, a NYC transit worker, began attending the Professional Children's School at the age of four. In The Wisteria Trees, Joshua Logan's Americanized version of The Cherry Orchard, starring Helen Hayes, she made her Broadway debut at the age of six. She appeared on a local children's television show The Merry Mailman, hosted by Ray Heatherton as a child.

Allen is back in Broadway for Finian's Rainbow revival. She appeared in George M! and was in the cast of Joseph Papp's Public Theater's original off-Broadway 1968 production of Hair. Before being recognized with critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination for Two Gentlemen of Verona, which earned her New York Drama Critics' Circle, Drama Desk, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her role, she earned her New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle accolades for her achievement. Despite her popularity, it was her last Broadway appearance to date.

Allen's film credits include Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Hotel New Hampshire, and The River Niger, for which she received the NAACP Image Award. Match Game, Barney Miller, The Love Boat, All in the Family, Trapper John, M.D., Hill Street Blues, Cagney, Lacey, ER, and Girlfriends are among the television appearances for Match Game, Barney Miller, Match Game, Barney Miller, The Love Boat, All in the Family, Trapper John, M.D., Trapper John, M.D., Trapper John, M.D., and Girlfriends. In the 1975 television film Cage Without a Key, which starred Susan Dey, Allen portrayed a lesbian prisoner.

Grace, the entrepreneurial café owner in the Old West who appeared on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, for seven years, as well as the flamboyant and outspoken Dorian in the NBC soap opera Generations, and Lucinda Cavender, the vampire witch in the horror comedy film The Midnight Hour, are two of her most notable roles. She appeared on the short-lived prime-time soap Berrenger's before Generations, playing vivacious salesgirl-turned-boutique-manager Stacey Russell. At the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Allen appeared as Harlem jazz queen Florence Mills in Harlem Renaissance.

Allen has been involved with the New Works/Staged Reading Projects at Saddleback College and is writing and directing new shows, many with composer David Jayden Anthony.

Allen appeared in the film The Divorce, which was released on Amazon, and appeared in Hello, Dolly at Saddlebacks CLO in 2017. She appeared in Donald B. Welch's Secret Garden and worked on a new version of her Florence Mills one-woman show, written with collaborators Stevi Meredith and David Jayden Anthony.

Career

Allen is back in Broadway in a Finian's Rainbow revival. She appeared in George M! and was in the original off-Broadway 1968 revival of Hair at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. Before receiving critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination for Two Gentlemen of Verona, which earned her New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her role, she was nominated for her work. Despite her popularity, this was her last Broadway appearance to date.

Allen's film credits include Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Hotel New Hampshire, and The River Niger, for which she received an NAACP Image Award. Match Game, Barney Miller, The Love Boat, All in the Family, Trapper John, M.D., Hill Street Blues, Cagney, and Lacey, ER, and Girlfriends are among the television appearances. Allen portrayed a lesbian prisoner in the 1975 film Cage Without a Key, which starred Susan Dey.

Grace, the female café owner in the Old West, was born on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, as well as the flamboyant and outspoken Dobey in the NBC soap opera Generations, and Lucinda Cavender, the vampire witch in the horror comedy The Midnight Hour, are two of her most notable roles. Stacey Russell, the young salesgirl-turned-boutique-manager on Berrenger's short-lived prime-time soap, appeared on Generations before Generations. At the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Allen appeared as legendary Harlem jazz queen Florence Mills in Harlem Renaissance.

Allen has been the head of Saddleback College's New Works/Staged Reading Projects, as well as a production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and The Journey, which Allen has described as "plays with music."

Allen appeared in the film The Divorce, which was released on Amazon, and appeared in Hello, Dolly at Saddlebacks CLO in 2017. She appeared in Donald B. Welch's Secret Garden and appeared in a new iteration of her Florence Mills one-woman show, written with collaborators Stevi Meredith and David Jayden Anthony.

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