Allison Janney
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11/18/1960
Dayton, OH |
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| A fear of laboratory rats derailed her plans to major in psychology at Kenyon. |
| Childhood ambition was to be an Olympic figure skater. |
| While in college, she appeared in a play directed by Kenyon alum Paul Newman. Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, became Janney's mentors, urging her to study at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. |
| Her mother roomed with Eileen Brennan and Rue McClanahan while studying acting in New York. |
| Played field hockey and ran track in high school. |
