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