Nancy McKeon
Acting • Born 1966-04-04
Biography
Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to Don and Barbara McKeon, began modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalog at the age of two and she and her brother did over sixty-five commercials in seven years. She appeared briefly on the soap operas "The Secret Storm" (1954), and "Another World" (1964). When her brother, Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series, "Alice" (1976), the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first real acting break came when she did the short-lived TV series "Stone" (1979) and guested on "Starsky and Hutch" (1975). The producers of "The Facts of Life" (1979) were so impressed by Nancy's performance as the street-wise girl in a pilot called "Dusty", they decided to sign her to play Jo on "The Facts of Life". Nancy has starred in the television movies High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV), Poison Ivy, This Child Is Mine (1985) (TV), and Firefighter (1986) (TV). She provided the voices for animated shows like ABC Weekend Specials: Puppy's Great Adventure (1979).
Filmography
49 credits
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Movie • 2004
Amy Harkin
High School U.S.A.
Movie • 1983
Beth Franklin
Poison Ivy
Movie • 1985
Rhonda Malone
Where the Day Takes You
Movie • 1992
Vikki
Scruffy
Movie • 1980
Scruffy (voice)
Comfort and Joy
Movie • 2003
Jane Berry
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Movie • 1989
Tracy Thurman
This Child Is Mine
Movie • 1985
Kimberly Downs
Schoolboy Father
Movie • 1980
Lucy Twining
Teresa's Tattoo
Movie • 1994
Sara
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Movie • 1993
Rosalie Profaci Bonanno
The Lightning Incident
Movie • 1991
Martha
Strange Voices
Movie • 1987
Nicole Glover
Baby Snatcher
Movie • 1992
Karen Williams
Stone
Movie • 1979
Jill Stone
Return to Fantasy Island
Movie • 1978
Ann
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
Movie • 1982
Jo Polniaczek
The Facts of Life Down Under
Movie • 1987
Jo Polniaczek
Wild Hearts
Movie • 2006
Emily
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
Movie • 1983
Nancy Parks
The Trouble with Miss Switch
Movie • 1980
Amelia Matilda Daley (voice)
Miss Switch to the Rescue
Movie • 1982
Amelia Matilda Daley (voice)
Love Begins
Movie • 2011
Millie
Just Write
Movie • 1997
Bride
A Question of Love
Movie • 1978
Susan Moreland
Firefighter
Movie • 1986
Cindy Fralick
In My Sister's Shadow
Movie • 1997
Joan Connor
The Wrong Woman
Movie • 1995
Melanie
A Mother's Gift
Movie • 1995
Margaret Deal
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
Movie • 1980
Dolly (voice)
Alice
TV • 1976
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
The Division
TV • 2001
Jinny Exstead
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Joanne Jo Polniaczek
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Rachel Waters
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Gail Sweeney
Category 6: Day of Destruction
TV • 2004
Amy Harkin
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Dawn Wilder
Can't Hurry Love
TV • 1995
Annie O'Donnell
Stone
TV • 1980
Sonny with a Chance
TV • 2009
Connie Munroe
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Contestant
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Penny Barrett
Style & Substance
TV • 1998
Jane Sokol
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Thundarr the Barbarian
TV • 1980
Tye (voice)