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.
Filmography
25 credits
Dog Day Afternoon
Movie • 1975
Sylvia
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Movie • 2000
Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie • 1969
Solo Chorus Girl
The Thin Red Line
Movie • 1998
Witt's Mother
The Crossing Guard
Movie • 1995
Woman On Bus
Three Days of Rain
Movie • 2002
Helen
Hurlyburly
Movie • 1998
Dry Cleaner
A Time for Miracles
Movie • 1980
The Farmer's Wife
Schemes
Movie • 1994
DMV Lady
37
Movie • 2014
Wino
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Movie • 2002
Self
Looking for Richard
Movie • 1996
Self / Queen Elizabeth
Doc
Movie • 1971
Mattie Earp
Scarecrow
Movie • 1973
Annie
Passenger Side
Movie • 2009
Henrietta
On the Nickel
Movie • 1980
Rose
Resurrection
Movie • 1980
Ellie
The Bedroom Window
Movie • 1987
Judge
The Gardener's Son
Movie • 1977
Mrs. McEvoy
Inmates: A Love Story
Movie • 1981
Gloria
It Ain't Easy
Movie • 1972
Jenny
The War at Home
Movie • 1996
Marjoree
Bad Lieutenant
Movie • 1992
Doctor
Sybil
TV • 1976
Miss Penny
The Scarlet Letter
TV • 1979
Mistress Hibbins