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Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sian Barbara Allen, Former Actress and Star of 'The Waltons', Dies at 78
Sian Barbara Allen, the beloved star of The Waltons, has died. She was 78. The actress died of Alzheimer's in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday, March 31, an online obituary announced. 'She lived her final year of life in North Carolina, surrounded by all of her favorite things, new friends, and more time with [her daughter] Emily than she'd had in 35 years,' the obituary stated. Allen is survived by her daughter Emily Fonseca, two sisters, Hannah Davie and Meg Pokrass, nephew, Miles Bond, ex-husband, Peter Gelblum and grandson, Arlo Fonseca, who, per the obituary, "made her laugh more than anyone could dream." Allen's sister Pokrass confirmed the news on Facebook, writing, 'My wonderful sister, actress Sian Barbara Allen died peacefully today after a long illness … This loss is too hard.' Allen starred in several 1970s and 1980s TV shows, including The Waltons, The Incredible Hulk, Hawaii Five-0, Columbo, The Rockford Files and Gunsmoke. She also appeared in films such as Billy Two Hats (1974), Love American Style, Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976). Allen was born in Reading, Penn., and attended the Pasadena Playhouse on a scholarship after graduating high school. She went on to star in several theater productions including Our Town in 1976, playing one her favorite roles, Emily Webb — and later naming her daughter after the character. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The late star earned her first Golden Globe nomination for her role in the 1972 film You'll Like My Mother and became the first woman to pen a script for the TV series Baretta in 1978. She withdrew from acting and public life to focus on politics in 1990, according to the obituary. 'Along with then-husband, Peter, and daughter, Emily, they volunteered for Jackie Goldberg's 1993 city council campaign in Los Angeles. Sian was a staunch supporter of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and never crossed a picket line in her entire life,' the obituary further noted. Allen's daughter asked that her mother be honored with donations to the AuthoraCare collective hospice of Burlington or a local organization combating oppression. Read the original article on People
Forbes
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sian Barbara Allen Dies: The ‘You'll Like My Mother' And ‘Scream, Pretty Peggy' Actress Was 78
MARCUS WELBY, M.D. - "We'll All Walk Out of Here Together" - Aired on September 26, 1972. (Photo by ... More ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) SIAN BARBARA ALLEN Actress Sian Barbara Allen, who debuted on television in episodes of dramas O'Hara, U.S. Treasury, Alias Smith and Jones and Gunsmoke in 1971, died on Monday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was 78 and the cause of her death was Alzheimer's disease. Born July 12, 1946 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Sian Barbara Allen accumulated over two dozen TV show guest appearances throughout the course of her career. Included were two episodes of family drama The Waltons as the love interest for Richard Thomas' John-Boy, Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, The F.B.I., and three episodes each of Ironside and Marcus Welby, M.D. On the big screen, Allen appeared opposite Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy and Richard Thomas in the horror-thriller You'll Like My Mother in 1972, which resulted in a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. Rosemary Murphy in front of frightened Sian Barbara Allen in a scene from the film 'You'll Like My ... More Mother', 1972. (Photo) In 1973, Allen was cast opposite the legendary Bette Davis in the made-for television Psycho-like horror film Scream, Pretty Peggy. Los Angeles, CA - 1973: (L-R) Bette Davis, Sian Barbara Allen appearing in the ABC tv movie 'Scream, ... More Pretty Peggy'. (Photo by American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images) Additional credits included the 1974 western Billy Two Hats, and the TV movie The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case in 1976. Allen's final performance on television was in an episode of drama L.A. Law in 1990. Allen is survived by her daughter, Emily Fonseca, her two sisters, Hannah Davie and Meg Pokrass, her nephew, Miles Bond, cousins Marcy, Mike and Mark Reuben and grandson Arlo Fonseca.
