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Allyce Beasley Biography

Birth Name:Alice Tannenberg

Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Grew up in Brooklyn, New York with a bookkeeper mother and a cartoonist father
  • Worked as a waitress while attending auditions when she first moved to Manhattan
  • Played one of her most memorable characters on "Moonlighting," a love-struck receptionist who always answers the phone in rhyme
  • Voiced a number of cartoons for children and acted as a narrator for the Playhouse Disney television block
  • In 1986, she lived in an apartment with a stairway that led to nowhere and a bathroom featuring two toilets facing each other
  • Owned a collection of empty Progresso Tomato sauce cans
  • Voiced multiple characters in the "EverQuest II" video game

Awards

  • 1986Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1987Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1988Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated