Ta-Ronce Allen

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Ta-Ronce Allen
Born (1960-02-02) February 2, 1960 (age 60)
OccupationActress
Years active1970–1983
Family Raymond Allen (father)

Ta-Ronce Allen (born February 2, 1960) is an American actress. She is best known for her appearances as a teen actress on television in the 1970s. She had a role as Michael Evans's girlfriend "Yvonne" in two episodes of the CBS sitcom Good Times in 1976 and 1977. Allen was born in Los Angeles and currently lives in Lancaster, California. She is also the daughter of actor Raymond Allen, who starred as Uncle Woodrow Anderson on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son and Ned "The Wino" on the CBS sitcom Good Times in the 1970s. Allen had a role in the 1972 neo-noir film Hickey & Boggs with actors Bill Cosby and Robert Culp. She also appeared in the first episode of the second season of Kung Fu entitled "The Well".

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