Allen, Jonelle 1944-

PERSONAL

Born July 18, 1944, in New York, NY; married Richard Grimmon, January 9, 1998. Education: Attended Professional Children's School, New York City.

Addresses:

Agent—Silver, Massetti and Szatmary, 145 West 45th St., Suite 1204, New York, NY 10036.

Career:

Actress.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Critics Award, Drama Desk Award, Theatre World Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Antoinette Perry Award nomination, all best actress, c. 1971, for Two Gentlemen of Verona; Image Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1976, for The River Niger; Drama-Logue Award for Man of La Mancha.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

The Wisteria Trees, City Center Theatre, New York City, beginning c. 1948, later Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1950.

Daisy, Small War on Murray Hill, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1957.

Dionne, Hair, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1967.

Living statue and secretary in Cohan and Harris office, George M!, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1968.

Tamara Bissy, Someone's Comin' Hungry, Pocket Theatre, New York City, 1969.

Five on the Backhand Side, Theatre at St. Clement's Church, New York City, 1969.

Sara Jane, The House of Leather, Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York City, 1970.

Sylvia, Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1971, then St. James Theatre, New York City, 1971-73.

The All Night Strut!, Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1976.

Tintypes, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA, 1981.

Sandi, Mail, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1987.

Sheri, Etta Jenks, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1988.

The Threepenny Opera, Freud Playhouse, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998.

Jonelle Allen—with Strings Attached! (benefit performance), Laguna Coffeehouse, Neighborhood Congregational Church, Laguna Beach, CA, 2001.

Florence Mills, Harlem Renaissance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Appeared in Bury the Dead and Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, both New York City productions; appeared in Man of La Mancha, South Bay Civic Light Opera, Redondo Beach, CA; also appeared in As You Like It, A Burning Beach, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, and Last Sweet Days of Isaac.

Major Tours:

Two Gentlemen of Verona, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1973.

Film Appearances:

Bishop Deb, The Cross and the Switchblade, Dick Ross Associates, 1970.

Secretary, Cotton Comes to Harlem, United Artists, 1970.

Carol, Come Back Charleston Blue, Warner Bros., 1972.

Ann Vanderguild, The River Niger, Cine Artists, 1976.

Sabrina Jones, The Hotel New Hampshire, Orion, 1984.

Evelyn, Next Time, Alhondiga Pictures, 1998.

Dora, Blues for Red, University of Southern California, 1999.

Viola, Flossin, Jita Pictures, 2000.

Mother Anne, Mr. Barrington, Scanbox, 2003.

Shauna, As Seen on TV, Black Phone, 2005.

Madge, Float, Zenith, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Bessie Freeman, Palmerstown, U.S.A., CBS, 1980-81.

Stacey Russell, Berrenger's, NBC, 1985.

Doreen Jackson, Generations, NBC, 1989.

Grace, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, 1993-99.

The Eddie Files, 1999—.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jacqueline Foster, Foster and Laurie, CBS, 1975.

Tommy, Cage Without a Key, CBS, 1975.

Brandy, Vampire, ABC, 1979.

Fanny Crowne, Brave New World, NBC, 1980.

Maydene Jarriott, Victims, NBC, 1982.

Lucinda Cavender, The Midnight Hour (also known as In the Midnight Hour), ABC, 1985.

Susan Jansen, Penalty Phase, CBS, 1986.

Dr. Madeline Garrick, Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (also known as Grave Secrets), 1992.

Grace, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie, CBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cotton Club '75, NBC, 1974.

Opryland USA, ABC, 1975.

Rosa Parks, American Women: Profiles in Courage, 1976.

Battle of the Network Stars, ABC, 1980.

The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards, ABC, 1980.

Presenter, The 9th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, syndicated, 1994.

Host, The All-American Thanksgiving Parade, CBS, 1997.

Host, Coming Up Roses, CBS, 1997.

A Salute to Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, CBS, 1998.

Molly Marcy, 2007.

Also appeared in "Green Pastures," Hallmark Hall of Fame, Black Hope Horror, Legacy of Blood, and The Merry Mailman.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

NBC Follies, 1973.

Eva, "Legacy of Blood," Wide World Mystery, 1974.

Laurette Blake, "The End Game," Police Woman, NBC, 1974.

Maxine, "Above and Beyond," Police Woman, NBC, 1975.

Officer Turner, "Hot Dogs," Barney Miller, ABC, 1975.

"The Company Man," Police Story, NBC, 1975.

"The Execution," Police Story, NBC, 1975.

The Peter Marshall Variety Show, 1976.

"The Boy Next Door," Joe Forrester, NBC, 1976.

Love-is-Life, "Rerun Sees the Light," What's Happening!!, 1978.

Marabel, "Archie's Other Wife," All in the Family, CBS, 1978.

"Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978.

"Airball," The White Shadow, CBS, 1979.

"Medicine Man," Trapper John, M.D., 1982.

Elizabeth Carter, "Open and Shut Case," Cagney & Lacey, 1983.

Claudia Petrie, "A Killer's Dozen," Cagney & Lacey, 1984.

Linda Talbot, "The Count of Monty Tasco," Hill Street Blues, 1984.

Herself, Body Language, CBS, 1984.

Sunny, "Made for Each Other," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1987.

"Big Daddy," Werewolf, 1987.

Dr. Grace Grant-Heistings, "Healing Touch," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX, 1999.

Debbie Marlin, "Rescue Me," ER, NBC, 2000.

Connie, "Stages," Strong Medicine, 2002.

"Foreign Affairs," ER, 2003.

Eleanor Charles, Monica's mother, "Operation Does She Yield," Girlfriends, 2007.

Appeared in episodes of The New Love, American Style, ABC; The Royal Family, CBS; and The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Dory, Sparrow, CBS, 1978.

Lulu, After Midnight, ABC, 1988.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

TV in Black: The First Fifty years, Koch, 2004.

Albums:

Front Row Center—The Broadway Gold Box (1935-1988), Decca Broadway, 1996.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Hollywood Reporter, May 17, 1996.