Sheila Allen

For the English actress of the same name, see Sheila Allen (English actress).

Sheila Mathews Allen
Born	Sheila Marie Mathews February 2, 1929 (1929-02-02) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, Executive Producer
Years active	1959–2006

Sheila Allen (born February 2, 1929) is an American actress.

Biography

Born as Sheila Marie Mathews was born in New York City, she was married to producer Irwin Allen until his death in 1991. She appeared in several of her husband's TV series and movies through 1986.

She began her acting career with a minor role in State Fair (1962), later appearing in numerous episodes of television series. While acting on an Irwin Allen production, she and Allen fell in love, and wed in 1974. In 1991, her husband died due to a heart attack, leaving her a widow. In 2006, Wolfgang Petersen asked her to be an executive producer for the remake of the The Poseidon Adventure (1972) called Poseidon. When finishing the movie she attended the premiere with some of the cast members of the original film (including Red Buttons, Pamela Sue Martin and Carol Lynley).^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

• State Fair (1962) as the Hipplewaite's Girl
• Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) as the Courtier
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as the Nurse
• The Towering Inferno (1974) as "Paula Ramsay"
• Viva Knievel! (1977) as "Sister Charity"
• When Time Ran Out (1980) as "Mona"

Television

• Playhouse 90, 1 episode (as "Iris")
• The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre, 1 episode (as "Frau Kornfeldt")
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1 episode as Mrs. Melton
• Lost in Space (3 episodes; as "Aunt Gamma", "Brynhilda" and "Ruth Templeton", respectively)
• Land of the Giants (2 episodes; as Miss Collier, Nurse Helg, respectively)
• City Beneath the Sea (TV movie), as the blonde woman
• The Waltons, 5 episodes, as "Fanny Tatum"
• Falcon Crest, 1 episode, as "Michaels"
• Alice in Wonderland (TV movie), as Alice's Mother
• Outrage! (TV movie), as "Mrs. Delehanty"

External links

• Sheila Allen at the Internet Movie Database
• Sheila Allen at AllRovi