Allison Smith
An attractive red-haired performer who literally grew up on TV, Allison Smith may perhaps be remembered as Jennie Lowell, Jane Curtain's daughter, on the long-running CBS sitcom "Kate & Allie" (1984-89). The perky Smith had previously established herself as a child performer to reckon with by playing the title role in the Broadway musical "Annie," racking up more than 1,000 performances over a two-year run. She had debuted in the ensemble of another musical "Evita" and ironically made her primetime TV debut as the young Eva in the 1981 NBC biographical miniseries "Evita Peron." After honing her comic timing as part of the ensemble on "Kate & Allie," Smith went on to amass an impressively diverse string of credits that includes guest appearances on sitcoms and dramatic shows, theater (the West Coast premiere of David Mamet's "Oleanna") and the occasional feature film (e.g., "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" 1993). Smith excelled as a college student who is raped at a party in the earnest film "A Reason to Believe" (1995). She then starred in the short-lived "Spy Game" (CBS, 1997) and offered capable support as the aspiring actress who doubles as secretary to Dennis Farina's 60s-era private investigator "Buddy Faro" (CBS, 1998). In 1999, Smith began a recurring role as Rob Lowe's love interest on the popular NBC series "The West Wing."
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Phoenix Rises | Maxine (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder | Debbie Philips (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Helter Skelter | Patricia "Katie" Krenwinkle (Character) | - | 2004 |
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Terror Tract | Mary Ann Doyle (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The House on Terror Tract | Mary Ann Doyle (Character) | - | 2000 |
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The Stolen Years | Susan (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Full Circle | Averill Winslow (Character) | - | 1996 |
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Lying Eyes | Jennifer (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circulo Cerrado | Averill Winslow (Character) | - | 1996 |
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...At First Sight | Rhonda Glick (Character) | - | 1995 |
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A Reason to Believe | Charlotte Byrne (Character) | $3.5K | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies | Claire Lieberman (Character) | - | 1994 |
TV
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74% | 74% | Will & Grace | Molly (Guest Star) | 2020 |
61% | 84% | Franklin & Bash | Tara (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad! | Trish (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Additional Voices (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mrs. Diorio (Guest Star) | 2003 2011 |
57% | No Score Yet | The Whole Truth | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
52% | No Score Yet | Trust Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
74% | 82% | Nip/Tuck | Kathleen McNamara (Guest Star) | 2006 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Mallory O'Brien (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 2002 2004 2006 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
83% | 86% | Scrubs | Millie (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
90% | 95% | House | Kayla McGinley (Guest Star) | 2005 |
65% | No Score Yet | Close to Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
83% | 84% | The Closer | Ellen (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Denny (Guest Star) | 2003 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Patti (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thieves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
6% | No Score Yet | Wasteland | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
92% | No Score Yet | Buddy Faro | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
30% | No Score Yet | Working | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
44% | No Score Yet | Spy Game | Max London (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Carly McAllister (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
50% | No Score Yet | Deadly Games | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Party of Five | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Justice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Cheryl Donovan (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Allie | Jennie Lowell (Character) | 1984-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1988 |