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Years active
  
1970–present

Name
  
Jonelle Allen

Role
  
Actress


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Born
  
New York City, New York, U.S.

Occupation
  
Actress, singer, dancer

Spouse
  
Richard Grimmon (m. 1998–2001), John Sharpe (m. 1981–1992)

Nominations
  
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

Awards
  
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance

Movies and TV shows
  
Dr Quinn - Medicine Woman, Generations, Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, Mr Barrington, Palmerstown - USA

Similar People
  
Geoffrey Lower, Henry G Sanders, Larry Sellers, Jim Knobeloch, Frank Collison

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Jonelle Allen is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

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Born in New York City, Allen grew up in Harlem's Sugar Hill in a neighborhood that included Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, and Johnny Hodges, and NAACP founder Walter White. She made her Broadway debut at the age of six in The Wisteria Trees, Joshua Logan's Americanized adaptation of The Cherry Orchard starring Helen Hayes. As a child, she also made regular appearances on a local children's television series, The Merry Mailman, hosted by Ray Heatherton.

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Allen returned to Broadway for a revival of Finian's Rainbow. She was in the cast of the original off-Broadway production of Hair at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and also appeared in George M! before receiving critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination for Two Gentlemen of Verona, which earned her New York Drama Critics' Circle, Drama Desk, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance. Despite her success, it proved to be her last Broadway appearance to date.

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Allen's film credits include Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Hotel New Hampshire, and The River Niger, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. Other television appearances include Barney Miller, The Love Boat, All in the Family, Trapper John, M.D., Hill Street Blues, Cagney and Lacey, ER, and Girlfriends. She played a lesbian prison inmate in the 1975 television movie Cage Without a Key, which starred Susan Dey.

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Her most notable roles are Grace, the entrepreneurial cafe owner in the old west, that she played for seven years on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, as well as the flamboyant and outspoken Doreen Jackson on the NBC soap opera, Generations and Lucinda Cavender, the vampire witch in the horror comedy film The Midnight Hour. Before her role of Doreen on Generations, Jonelle played ambitious salesgirl turned boutique manager Stacey Russell, on the short-lived primetime soap, Berrenger's.

Allen appeared as the legendary Harlem Jazz Queen Florence Mills in Harlem Renaissance at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Ms. Allen is currently heading up the New Works//Staged Reading Projects at Saddleback College, and is also writing and directing new shows which Ms. Allen calls "plays with music' which have been presented at Saddleback, notably an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and The Journey both with composer David Jayden Anthony. This year, Ms. Allen has a film The Divorce by Donald B. Welch, being released on Amazon, and this summer, Ms. Allen will be starring in Hello Dolly at Saddlebacks CLO. Later this year, Ms. Allen will be starring in Donald B. Welch's Secret Garden, and doing an updated version of her Florence Mills one woman show, which Ms. Allen is writing with her collaborators, Stevi Meredith and David Jayden Anthony.

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Filmography

Actress
-
Miss Dee's Kitchen (TV Series) (post-production) as
Sugar Pie
- Pretty Tony's Surprise Party - Sugar Pie
2021
Forever and a Day (Podcast Series) as
Felicia Richardson
- A Few Days Later (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- A Different Side of Me (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- Conundrum (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- The Most Dangerous Game (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- Where There's Smoke (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- For All We Know (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- Before and After (2023) - Felicia Richardson
- Shelter from the Storm (2022) - Felicia Richardson
- Look Back in Anger (2022) - Felicia Richardson
- All of Me, Part 2 (2022) - Felicia Richardson
- Everyday People (2022) - Felicia Richardson
- House of God, Part 2 (2022) - Felicia Richardson
- Ambush (2021) - Felicia Richardson
- Beautifully Dysfunctional (2021) - Felicia Richardson
2022
Bust Down (TV Series) as
Dolores
- Won't He Do It (2022) - Dolores
2021
9-1-1 (TV Series) as
Ellen Saxton
- Parenthood (2021) - Ellen Saxton
2018
Boomers (TV Series) as
Yvette
- The Gig (2018) - Yvette
- Episode #2.6 - Yvette
- Episode #2.4 - Yvette
2017
Shameless (TV Series) as
Mrs. Cardinal
- Where's My Meth? (2017) - Mrs. Cardinal
2016
Spotlight 2 (Short) as
Anna
2016
American Crime Story (TV Series) as
Mom Darden
- The Race Card (2016) - Mom Darden
- The Run of His Life (2016) - Mom Darden
2014
Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman with Jane Seymour (Short) as
Grace
2014
The Divorce (TV Movie) as
Thelma Massey
2008
Float as
Madge
2007
Girlfriends (TV Series) as
Eleanor
- Operation Does She Yield (2007) - Eleanor
2005
As Seen on TV (Short) as
Shauna
2003
Mr. Barrington as
Mother Anne
2000
ER (TV Series) as
Mrs. Mitchell / Debbie Marlin
- Foreign Affairs (2003) - Mrs. Mitchell
- Rescue Me (2000) - Debbie Marlin
2002
Strong Medicine (TV Series) as
Connie
- Stages (2002) - Connie
2001
Flossin as
Viola
1999
Blues for Red as
Dora
1999
Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) as
Dr. Grace Grant-Heistings, M.D. / Nurse Daisy Bradford
- Healing Touch (1999) - Dr. Grace Grant-Heistings, M.D. / Nurse Daisy Bradford
1999
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie (TV Movie) as
Grace
1998
Next Time as
Evelyn
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) as
Grace
- A New Beginning (1998) - Grace
- The Fight (1998) - Grace
- Seven Kinds of Lonely (1998) - Grace
- Safe Passage (1997) - Grace
- Civil Wars (1997) - Grace
- Lead Me Not (1997) - Grace
- A Place Called Home (1997) - Grace
- Wave Goodbye (1997) - Grace
- The Comfort of Friends (1997) - Grace
- A Matter of Conscience (1997) - Grace
- All That Matters (1997) - Grace
- Reason to Believe (1997) - Grace
- Moment of Truth: Part 2 (1997) - Grace
- Moment of Truth: Part 1 (1997) - Grace
- His Father's Son (1997) - Grace
- Starting Over (1997) - Grace
- Before the Dawn (1997) - Grace
- The Body Electric (1997) - Grace
- Between Friends/A House Divided: Part 2 (1997) - Grace
- Between Friends/A House Divided: Part 1 (1997) - Grace
- Season of Miracles (1996) - Grace
- Separate But Equal (1996) - Grace
- The Tempest (1996) - Grace
- Right or Wrong (1996) - Grace
- Los Americanos (1996) - Grace
- All That Glitters- (1996) - Grace
- Malpractice (1996) - Grace
- Runaway Train (1996) - Grace
- When a Child Is Born: Part 2 (1996) - Grace
- When a Child Is Born: Part 1 (1996) - Grace
- Fear Itself (1996) - Grace
- Woman of the Year (1996) - Grace
- Reunion (1996) - Grace
- Hearts and Minds (1996) - Grace
- Eye for an Eye (1996) - Grace
- Deal with the Devil (1996) - Grace
- The Iceman Cometh (1996) - Grace
- If You Love Someone- (1996) - Grace
- Tin Star (1996) - Grace
- Change of Heart (1996) - Grace
- Fifi's First Christmas (1995) - Grace
- One Touch of Nature (1995) - Grace
- The Expedition: Part 2 (1995) - Grace
- The Expedition: Part 1 (1995) - Grace
- Promises, Promises (1995) - Grace
- Dorothy's Book (1995) - Grace
- Halloween III (1995) - Grace
- Brother's Keeper (1995) - Grace
- Mothers and Daughters (1995) - Grace
- Traveling All-Stars (1995) - Grace
- A New Life (1995) - Grace
- For Better or Worse: Part 2 (1995) - Grace
- For Better or Worse: Part 1 (1995) - Grace
- Sully's Recovery (1995) - Grace
- Washita: Part 2 (1995) - Grace
- Washita: Part 1 (1995) - Grace
- Baby Outlaws (1995) - Grace
- Things My Father Never Taught Me (1995) - Grace
- What Is Love? (1995) - Grace
- Cooper vs. Quinn: Part 2 (1995) - Grace
- Cooper vs. Quinn: Part 1 (1995) - Grace
- Pike's Peace (1995) - Grace
- The End of the World (1995) - Grace
- A First Christmas (1994) - Grace
- Ladies' Night: Part 2 (1994) - Grace
- Ladies' Night: Part 1 (1994) - Grace
- Thanksgiving (1994) - Grace
- Money Trouble (1994) - Grace
- Halloween II (1994) - Grace
- Cattle Drive: Part 2 (1994) - Grace
- Cattle Drive: Part 1 (1994) - Grace
- Fathers and Sons (1994) - Grace
- The Train (1994) - Grace
- Return Engagement: Part 2 (1994) - Grace
- Return Engagement: Part 1 (1994) - Grace
- The Man in the Moon (1994) - Grace
- The Campaign (1994) - Grace
- The Abduction: Part 2 (1994) - Grace
- The Abduction: Part 1 (1994) - Grace
- Just One Lullaby (1994) - Grace
- The First Circle (1994) - Grace
- Life and Death (1994) - Grace
- Luck of the Draw (1994) - Grace
- Buffalo Soldiers (1994) - Grace
- Orphan Train (1994) - Grace
- The Offering (1994) - Grace
- Crossing the Line (1994) - Grace
- Mike's Dream: A Christmas Tale (1993) - Grace
- Sully's Choice (1993) - Grace
- Best Friends (1993) - Grace
- Giving Thanks (1993) - Grace
- Saving Souls (1993) - Grace
- Halloween (1993) - Grace
- Sanctuary (1993) - Grace
- The Race (1993) - Grace
- Portraits (1993) - Grace
- The Secret (1993) - Grace
- The Operation (1993) - Grace
- Heroes (1993) - Grace
- Rite of Passage (1993) - Grace
- Happy Birthday (1993) - Grace
- The Prisoner (1993) - Grace
- Running Ghost (1993) - Grace
- Bad Water (1993) - Grace
- Father's Day (1993) - Grace
- The Visitor (1993) - Grace
- Epidemic (1993) - Grace
1997
The Eddie Files (TV Series) as
Eddie's Music Teacher
- Patterns: The Big Concert (1997) - Eddie's Music Teacher
1992
The Royal Family (TV Series) as
Nina Martin
- The Big Stink (1992) - Nina Martin
1992
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV Series) as
Loretta
- Lady Luck (1992) - Loretta
1992
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (TV Movie) as
Madeline Garrick
1989
Generations (TV Series) as
Doreen Jackson
- Enter the Jeweller (1990) - Doreen Jackson
1987
Werewolf (TV Series) as
Emily
- Big Daddy (1987) - Emily
1987
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) as
Sunny
- Made for Each Other (1987) - Sunny
1986
New Love, American Style (TV Series)
- Love and the Teddy (1986)
1986
The Penalty Phase (TV Movie) as
Susan Jansen
1985
Berrenger's (TV Series) as
Stacey Russell
- Party Favors (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Maelstrom (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Hidden Agenda (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Roll Tape (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Best Laid Plans (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Power Play (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Dangerous Ground (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Seduction (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Fame & Misfortune (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Of Boardrooms & Bedrooms (1985) - Stacey Russell
- For Gloria's Benefit (1985) - Stacey Russell
- Overture (1985) - Stacey Russell
1985
The Midnight Hour (TV Movie) as
Lucinda Cavender
1983
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) as
Claudia Petrie / Elizabeth Carter
- A Killer's Dozen (1984) - Claudia Petrie
- Open and Shut Case (1983) - Elizabeth Carter
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire as
Sabrina Jones
1984
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) as
Linda Talbot
- The Count of Monty Tasco (1984) - Linda Talbot
1982
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) as
Jane Doe
- Medicine Man (1982) - Jane Doe
1982
Victims (TV Movie) as
Maydene Jariott
1981
Perfectly Frank (TV Movie)
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) as
Bessie Freeman
- Crossroads (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- The Suitor (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- Dry Hole (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- Roadhouse (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- The Threat (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- Epidemic (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- Future City (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- The Hobo (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- Scandal (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- Vendetta (1981) - Bessie Freeman
- The Old Sister (1980) - Bessie Freeman
- Kidnapped (1980) - Bessie Freeman
- The Black Travelers: II (1980) - Bessie Freeman
- The Black Travelers: I (1980) - Bessie Freeman
- A Place for Bo (1980) - Bessie Freeman
- The Lesson (1980) - Bessie Freeman
- Palmerstown, U.S.A (1980) - Bessie Freeman
1980
Brave New World (TV Movie) as
Fanny Crowne
1979
Vampire (TV Movie) as
Brandy
1979
The White Shadow (TV Series) as
Shelley
- Airball (1979) - Shelley
1978
All in the Family (TV Series) as
Marabel
- Archie's Other Wife (1978) - Marabel
1978
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Andrea Martin
- Pacific Princess Overtures/Gopher, the Rebel/Cabin Fever (1978) - Andrea Martin
1978
What's Happening!! (TV Series) as
Love-is-Life
- Rerun Sees the Light (1978) - Love-is-Life
1976
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (TV Movie documentary) as
Rosa Parks
1976
Joe Forrester (TV Series)
- The Boy Next Door (1976)
1976
The River Niger as
Ann Vanderguild
1975
Police Story (TV Series) as
Merrilly Goodwin / Mary Sue
- Company Man (1975) - Merrilly Goodwin
- The Execution (1975) - Mary Sue
1975
Barney Miller (TV Series) as
Officer Turner
- Hot Dogs (1975) - Officer Turner
1975
Wide World Mystery: Halfway to Danger (TV Movie)
1975
Foster & Laurie (TV Movie) as
Jacqueline Foster
1974
Police Woman (TV Series) as
Maxine Fuller / Laurette Blake
- Above and Beyond (1975) - Maxine Fuller
- The End Game (1974) - Laurette Blake
1975
Cage Without a Key (TV Movie) as
Tommy
1974
The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) as
Eva
- Legacy of Blood (1974) - Eva
1973
The Coming Asunder of Jimmy Bright (TV Movie)
1972
Come Back Charleston Blue as
Carol
1971
Dan August (TV Series) as
Rudy's Girlfriend
- Days of Rage (1971) - Rudy's Girlfriend
1970
The Cross and the Switchblade as
Bishop Deb
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem as
Secretary
Soundtrack
2010
One Tree Hill (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Asleep at Heaven's Gate (2010) - (performer: "Baby, I Just Wanna Love You" - uncredited)
Self
2021
The Actor's Choice (TV Series) as
Self
- Pepper Jay, Jonelle Allen & Emmy Lu (2021) - Self
2020
Love on A Two Way Street (TV Special) as
Tipper
2007
Molly Marcy (TV Movie) as
Self
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (Video documentary) as
Self
1997
All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV Special) as
Self
1994
9th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1994
An Evening at the Improv (TV Series) as
Self - Host
- Episode #15.20 (1994) - Self - Host
1990
The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1985
Body Language (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 June 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 13 June 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 12 June 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 11 June 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 10 June 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 7 March 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 6 March 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 5 March 1985 (1985) - Self
- Episode dated 4 March 1985 (1985) - Self
1980
Match Game PM (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode #6.26 (1981) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #6.15 (1980) - Self - Panelist
1980
Battle of the Network Stars VIII (TV Special) as
Self - CBS Team
1978
The Jim Nabors Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.29 (1978) - Self
1976
Dinah! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.23 (1977) - Self
- Episode #2.175 (1976) - Self
1976
The Peter Marshall Variety Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 7 November 1976 (1976) - Self
1976
Sammy and Company (TV Series) as
Self
- Rich Little, James Farentino, Billy Eckstine and Rip Taylor (1976) - Self
1974
Cotton Club '75 (TV Special) as
Self
1974
Monty Hall at Sea World (TV Special) as
Self
1974
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode #13.162 (1974) - Self - Actress
1973
The Pumpkin People (Short) as
Self
1973
NBC Follies (TV Series) as
Self
- Sammy Davis Jr., Jonelle Allen, Ernest Borgnine, Mary Costa, and Mickey Rooney (1973) - Self
1972
The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1972
The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.79 (1972) - Self
Archive Footage
1997
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) as
Grace
- To Have and to Hold (1998) - Grace
- Colleen's Paper (1997) - Grace

References

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