Penelope Allen
Acting
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
American Playhouse
Lee Brecker
The Thin Red Line
Witt's Mother
Dog Day Afternoon
Sylvia
Bad Lieutenant
Doctor
The Crossing Guard
Woman On Bus
Sybil
Miss Penny
The Bedroom Window
Judge
Scarecrow
Annie
Resurrection
Ellie
Looking for Richard
Self / Queen Elizabeth
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
The Scarlet Letter
Mistress Hibbins
Oh! What a Lovely War
Solo Chorus Girl
Doc
Mattie Earp
The War at Home
Marjoree
Hurlyburly
Dry Cleaner
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
Three Days of Rain
Helen
On the Nickel
Rose
A Time for Miracles
The Farmer's Wife
It Ain't Easy
Jenny
Schemes
DMV Lady
Inmates: A Love Story
Gloria
37
Wino
The Gardener's Son
Mrs. McEvoy
Passenger Side
Henrietta