Trivia

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 Lo que Lola quiere (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.