Allyce Beasley
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