Raffaella Julia Theresa (Abruzzo) Allen (1926 - 2022)

Born 23 Jul 1926 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Died 6 Apr 2022 at age 95 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Raffaella (Abruzzo) Allen is Notable.

Professionally known as Rae Allen, she was an American actress of stage, film, and television, director, and singer, and also opened her own drama schools and was an acting coach; her career spanned some seventy years and eight decades.

Her first acting job was at age 15. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947.

Stage

Rae was nominated for Best Featured Actress in the original Broadway production of Damn Yankees in 1955 and Travellers Without Luggage in 1967. In 1971, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little.^[1]

She also appeared in the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof in 1968.

Film

Highlights of her film career include:

• A League of Her Own (1992)
• Stargate (1994)
• Damn Yankees (1958)

Television

Highlights of her television work include:

• All in the Family (1972-1973)
• Soap (1980)
• The Fearing Mind (2000-2001)
• The Sopranos (2004)

Personal Life

Born Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo in Brooklyn, New York, to Joseph and Julia Abruzzo (née Riccio). She married and divorced twice: 1) John M. Allen; 2) Herbert Harris.

She passed away from old age at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Home in Los Angeles.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Miss_Reardon_Drinks_A_Little

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7X7-2QQ : accessed 11 April 2022), Rae Abbruzzo in household of Joseph Abbruzzo, Brooklyn (Districts 1251-1500), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1280, sheet 10A, line 28, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1496; FHL microfilm 2,341,231.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQLG-9DZ : 27 July 2019), Rae Jewel Abruzzo in household of Joseph Abruzzo, Assembly District 2, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-360, sheet 6B, line 59, family 185, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2555.

-Address: 1964 E 22nd St., Brooklyn, New York City, NY.

See Also:

• @Wikipedia - Rae Allen

• @IMDb.com - Rae Allen

• https://deadline.com/2022/04/rae-allen-dead-actress-tony-damn-yankees-sopranos-1234995997/

• https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/rae-allen-1926-2022-actress-in-the-sopranos-damn-yankees/

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #238572536 (accessed 16 June 2023)
  Memorial page for Rae Allen (23 Jul 1926-6 Apr 2022); Maintained by Find a Grave.

Cremated. Specifically: Per confirmation, from her longtime surviving relative Lisa Ann Gold, she was cremated, and her ashes are in her possession.