Ally Sheedy
Birth name	Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy
Born	June 13, 1962 (1962-06-13) (age 45) New York City, New York, United States
Spouse(s)	David Lansbury

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Biography

Early life

Sheedy was born in New York City to John J. Sheedy, Jr.,^[1] a Manhattan-based advertising executive, and Charlotte Baum, a notable press agent who was involved in women's and civil rights movements.^[2] Her parents divorced in 1971. She has two siblings, Patrick and Meghan. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... The term womens suffrage refers to an economic and political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage — the right to vote — to women. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...

Sheedy, who is Jewish,^[3] attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City, graduating in 1980. She started dancing with the American Ballet Theatre at the age of six, and was planning on making it a full-time career. However, she became anorexic and after she developed breasts, she gave up dance in favor of acting full-time. At twelve years old, she wrote a children's book, She Was Nice to Mice; the book was published by McGraw-Hill and became a best-seller. On June 19, 1975 she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth in her role as young writer.^[4] That same year, her mother brought suit against the owners of Zabar's delicatessen for failing to protect her from an attempted sexual assault.^[5] The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Columbia Grammar and Preperatory School (Columbia Prep, CGPS) is the oldest non-sectarian private school in the United States, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York. ... Angel Corella as Aminta in the 2006 production of Ashtons ballet Sylvia. ... She Was Nice To Mice: The Other Side of Elizabeth Is Character Never Before Revealed by Previous Historians is a childrens book written by Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy at the age of 12. ... The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ... Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle from the 1969-78 version. ... Zabars is a grocery store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ...

Career

Sheedy started acting in local stage productions as a teenager. After appearing in several made-for-television films in 1981, as well as three episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues, she made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983), starring Sean Penn. The 1980s were her most active period, with roles in popular films such as WarGames, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Short Circuit, and Maid to Order. A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ... The year 1981 in television involved some significant events. ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... Bad Boys is a 1983 juvenile delinquent melodrama set primarily in a tough reform school for boys. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ... Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) // Penn was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... This article is about the 1983 US movie. ... This article is about the 1985 film. ... St. ... For alternate meanings see Short circuit (disambiguation) A short circuit (sometimes known as simply a short) is a fault whereby electricity moves through a circuit in an unintended path, usually due to a connection forming where none was expected. ... Maid to Order DVD cover Maid to Order is a 1987 comedy/fantasy film about a rich twentysomething (Ally Sheedy) who learns a lesson after a life of wild partying winds up with her in jail. ...

Throughout most of the 1990s, Sheedy appeared in many television films. 1998's High Art, a well-reviewed independent film about a romance between two women, was an important film in her career. She identified with the character of photographer "Lucy Berliner" so much that she took a plane at her own expense to participate in an audition and has said that this character is the closest one she has played to herself. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The year 1998 in film involved some significant events. ... High Art (1998) is an independent movie directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell. ... An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ...

In 1999, Sheedy took over the lead role in the off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She was the first female to play the part of the German transsexual "Hedwig". Her run was terminated early amid bad reviews.^[6] Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Hedwig and the Angry Inch is an off-Broadway musical theater play (premiered 1998) and film (premiered 2001) about a fictional rock and roll band fronted by an East German transgender singer. ... Look up Transsexuality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

She was reunited with Breakfast Club co-star Anthony Michael Hall when she became a special guest star on his television show The Dead Zone, in the second-season episode "Playing God" (2003) where Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is reunited with two close friends from high school, one of whom is awaiting a heart transplant and the other (Ally Sheedy) is the donor. Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, producer and director who achieved stardom in several successful teen-oriented films of the 1980s. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... The year 2003 in television involved some significant events. ...

Sheedy has also appeared in an episode of C.S.I. in which she played a woman who murdered her boyfriend's wife while mixed up in an estranged cult. (Leaping Lizards). CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Leapin Lizards is the twenty-second episode of the seventh season of the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ...

Personal life

In 1985 Sheedy was admitted to Hazelden. In the 1990s, Sheedy was treated for sleeping pill addiction, an experience on which she drew for her role as a drug-addicted photographer in High Art.^[7] The non-profit Hazelden Foundation, based in Center City, Minnesota, pioneered the so-called Minnesota Model of care for alcoholism and drug addiction that is now the most widely used in the world. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... A sedative is a drug that depresses the central nervous system (CNS), which causes calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, slowed breathing, slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. ...

Sheedy is married to actor David Lansbury, the nephew of actress Angela Lansbury and son of Edgar Lansbury, the producer of the original production of Godspell. The couple have a daughter, Rebecca, born in 1994. Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress. ... Godspell is a 1970 play by John-Michael Tebelak. ...

Sheedy had previously dated actor Eric Stoltz and guitarist Richie Sambora. Eric H. Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. ... Richard Stephen Sambora (born on July 11th, 1959), is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who is the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi. ...

Selected Filmography

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Books

• She Was Nice to Mice, McGraw-Hill, 1975, ISBN 0-440-47844-8
• Yesterday I Saw the Sun: Poems, Summit Books, 1991, ISBN 0-671-73130-0

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Awards

• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress (1998) for High Art
• Independent Spirit Award: Best Female Lead (1999) for High Art
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress (1999) for High Art
• MTV Movie Awards: Silver Bucket of Excellence Award (2005) for The Breakfast Club (shared with Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall)

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References

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External links

• Ally Sheedy at the Internet Movie Database
• Ally Sheedy at TV.com
• Salon Entertainment interview (June 25, 1998)
• New York Magazine interview (June 15, 1998)
• "Breakfast Club" cast interview at the Chicago Tribune (February 17, 1985)