Sheila Allen Biography

Fast Facts

• Supported the Los Angeles Opera and the Young Musician's Foundation
• Was involved with such charities as SHARE and United Friends of the Children
• Though she didn't marry producer Irwin Allen until 1974, she met in for the first time in 1960
• After a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis, she died in her Malibu, Calif․, home
• By the age of 10 she was performing professionally as a singer
• Started her acting career by acting in touring company productions of such shows as "Oh, Captain!" and 'Destry Rides Again," as well as appearing in Broadway
• When she was a child, she would sing along to operatic arias she heard on the radio
• Collaborated with her husband, producer Irwin Allen," on multiple film and television projects
• Took over as the president of Irwin Allen Productions after Irwin Allen died in 1991, developing documentaries, remakes and sequels o the company's intellectual properties
• Was an opera aficionado, which inspired some of her charitable contributions