Actor

Penelope Allen

1969–presentDramaThrillerComedyCrime

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

23 acting credits

as Sylvia

Dog Day Afternoon

as Sylvia

1975

Dog Day Afternoon

as Witt's Mother

The Thin Red Line

as Witt's Mother

1998

The Thin Red Line

Filmography

201437Wino4.9 2009Passenger SideHenrietta5.3 2002Three Days of RainHelen4.9 2002Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence MalickSelf7.0 2000Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at HerNancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")5.8 1998The Thin Red LineWitt's Mother

About

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.

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