Ally Sheedy

1962 -    Has one ancestor and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Ally Sheedy
  Birth	13 Jun 1962	New York, New York, USA
  Gender	Female
  Prominent People	USA
  actor
  Person ID	I373162	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

  Mother	Charlotte Sheedy
  Family ID	F147977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Richie Sambora
  Family ID	F147978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 2	Eric Stoltz,   b. 30 Sep 1961, Whittier, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
  Marriage	1980
  5 years
  Family ID	F147972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Family ID	F147979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 4	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F147976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2002

  
  

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  		Birth - 13 Jun 1962 - New York, New York, USA Prominent People - actor - - USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  While at New York's Bank Street School, 12-year-old Ally Sheedy wrote about a mythical encounter between Queen Elizabeth I and an inquisitive mouse. The result, "She Was Nice to Mice" was published by McGraw--Hill and became an instant best seller. Although it proved a springboard to an acting career, Sheedy's strongest memories of childhood remain those of "dancing and doing plays." From six until fourteen, she danced with the American Ballet Theatre, and during summers at Fire Island she'd "get a bunch of kids together and stage shows on back lawns and porches." When she discovered that to stay with dancing meant staying with starvation diets, she shifted her focus to acting for good. Meanwhile, her book brought her requests from several publications. The Village Voice asked her to review movies and the New York Times wanted her to review children's books. The assignment she accepted was from Ms. Magazine, which requested an article about her mother and herself. It was an appearance on the Mike Douglas Show to promote her book, however, that brought Sheedy work as a performer. Signed by an agent who caught the show, she was sent out on television commercials immediately. Only 15 at the time, she also performed off Broadway and on a series of after-school specials. The day she turned 18, Sheedy packed her bags and headed for Los Angeles, where she enrolled in the drama department at USC, and soon landed roles in the television drama "The Best Little Girl in the World," "The Day the Loving Stopped," "Splendor in the Grass" and "Homeroom," and played a recurring character on "Hill Street Blues." The strength of her performances led directly to her film debut as Sean Penn's naive but knowing girlfriend, J.C., in "Bad Boys." That same year (1983) she starred as Matthew Broderick's zany partner in "WarGames." After starring as Rob Lowe's would-be romantic interest in "Oxford Blues," the withdrawn adolescent of "The Breakfast Club" and Gene Hackman's adoring daughter in "Twice in a Lifetime," Sheedy played her first fully adult role in "St. Elmo's Fire," the 1985 hit about college friends.