Kathleen Rowe McAllen

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Kathleen Rowe McAllen
BornNovember 30, 1958
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1981–1997
Known for Aspects of Love

Kathleen Rowe McAllen (born c. 1960 [1] ) is an American actress, best known for appearing in stage musicals and soap operas.

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Biography

Kathleen Rowe McAllen was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended UC Berkeley and UCLA as a pre-med major. [1] [2]

Turning to acting, she appeared in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of The Human Comedy , Into the Woods , Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , [3] A Little Night Music , Merrily We Roll Along , and On Your Toes . [4] In 1990 she won a Theatre World Award for her performance as Giulietta Trapani in Aspects of Love . [2] [5] She was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical the same year. [6] In 1997 she played Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha [7] and Mary Bailey in A Wonderful Life . [8]

McAllen acted in the television soap operas As the World Turns , Loving , and All My Children . She reprised the role of Giulietta Trapani in a 1993 television film adaptation of Aspects of Love. Her sole theatrical film credit is for the role of Gabrielle/Julie in the low-budget 1981 horror film Fear No Evil , about which she later said, "Every time I see it I absolutely cringe. I am the worst actress in the entire thing; I was 20 years old and terrified." [1]

Filmography

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