Lindsey Alley

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Lindsey Alley
Born (1977-12-06) December 6, 1977 (age 46)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1988–present

Lindsey Erin Alley (born December 6, 1977) is an American actress and singer, who for several years lived in New York City and now resides in Los Angeles. She is known for performing as a mouseketeer on all seven seasons of The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1989-1994).

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Early life

Alley was born in Lakeland, Florida. [1]

Career

She began acting at the age of six. In her first starring role, she played the role of Patsy in the movie Ernest Saves Christmas in 1988. From 1989 to 1994, she performed as a mouseketeer in The Disney Channel's revival of the Mickey Mouse Club (later known as MMC), on which she remained until the show was canceled in 1994. Two years after the show ended, Alley graduated from Lakeland Senior High School in 1996. Alley continued her education at the University of Missouri, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in theater with honors in 2000.

Alley also had a brief stint in an on-screen character role of Lisa Seltzer on WSL RollerJam in 2002 from midway through the season to the end of the series.

Alley appeared in her own play, a one-woman show titled Look, Ma...No Ears!, [2] a play on which she collaborated with Robert Stein and Stephen Winer. The play, directed by Ben Rimalower, premiered in April 2006.

Alley appeared in the production of the musical Having It All at the NoHo Arts Center in Los Angeles in 2011, for which she received an Ovation Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She reprised the role in the Laguna Playhouse production in March of its 2013 season. In the same year, she appeared on an episode of How I Met Your Mother titled "No Questions Asked". [3] [4] [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Ernest Saves Christmas Patsy
2008 Bedtime Stories Hokey Pokey Woman
2009Company RetreatDona

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989–1995 The Mickey Mouse Club Self43 episodes
1990 B.L. Stryker Marion MartinEpisode: "Night Train"
1993MMC in ConcertSelfTelevision special
1997 Sing Me a Story with Belle Mrs. WoohooEpisode: "Friends in Books"
1999 RollerJam Lisa SeltzerEpisode: "Preview of RollerJam Series Special"
2012–2013On the Patio39 episodes; also writer and producer
2013 How I Met Your Mother WomanEpisode: "No Questions Asked"
2014 I Didn't Do It JudyEpisode: "Lindy Nose Best"
2017 Lethal Weapon Park RangerEpisode: "Flight Risk"
2018 Liza on Demand Elizabeth CoburnEpisode: "Simpler Lives"
2019 Jessica Jones Stage MomEpisode: "A.K.A Hellcat"

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