Penelope Allen

Personal Info

Birthday

Place of Birth

USA

Also Known As

Penny Allen

Penelope Allen

Biography

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.

Known For

Sybil

Dog Day Afternoon

The Thin Red Line

Bad Lieutenant

Scarecrow

The Bedroom Window

Oh! What a Lovely War

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Filmography

2014
37
as Wino
2009
Passenger Side
as Henrietta
2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as Self
Three Days of Rain
as Helen
2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
as Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
1998
Hurlyburly
as Dry Cleaner
The Thin Red Line
as Witt's Mother
1996
The War at Home
as Marjoree
Looking for Richard
as Self / Queen Elizabeth
1995
The Crossing Guard
as Woman On Bus
1994
Schemes
as DMV Lady
1992
Bad Lieutenant
as Doctor
1987
The Bedroom Window
as Judge
1981
Inmates: A Love Story
as Gloria
1980
A Time for Miracles
as The Farmer's Wife
Resurrection
as Ellie
On the Nickel
as Rose
1977
The Gardener's Son
as Mrs. McEvoy
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
as Sylvia
1973
Scarecrow
as Annie
1972
It Ain't Easy
as Jenny
1971
Doc
as Mattie Earp
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Solo Chorus Girl