- Won Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little." She had received two prior Tony nominations: in 1956, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "Damn Yankees!," a role she recreated in the film version Damn Yankees (1958), and in 1965, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "Traveller Without Luggage.".
- She studied drama at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
- Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1947.
- Appeared in an episode of "Lou Grant", a series which starred Nancy Marchand. Both of these talented women appeared in "The Sopranos" although Marchand had passed away before Allen appeared in that series.
- She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947.
- She was married to John M. Allen and divorced and married politician Herbert Harris.
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