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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"....
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Filmography

Life After Tomorrow - ( / 2006 / In-Production / )
Holes - ( Linda / 2003 / Released / )
The Stolen Years - ( Susan / 1998 / Released / )
Going West in America - ( Becky / 1997 / Released / )
A Reason to Believe - ( Charlotte Byrne / 1995 / Released / )
At First Sight - ( Rhonda Glick / 1995 / Released / REP )
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday - ( Vicki / 1993 / Released / )
TV Credits
State of Mind ( 2007 / Released ): Actor
Life After Tomorrow ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Close to Home ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Ordinary Miracles ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
The Closer ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
The Ghost Whisperer ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Helter Skelter ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
House ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Without A Trace ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Scrubs ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Thieves ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Terror Tract ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
The West Wing ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Tomorrow ( 2006 )
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Requiem ( 2006 )
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Third-Day Story ( 2004 )
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The Stormy Present ( 2004 )
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20 Hours in America (Part 1) ( 2002 )
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Wasteland ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Buddy Faro ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Michael Hayes ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Spy Game ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The X-Files ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Danielle Steel's "Full Circle" ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Lying Eyes ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Deadly Games ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Sweet Justice ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Wildflower ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Teen Win, Lose or Draw ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Tattle: When to Tell a Friend ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
The CBS Cotton Bowl Parade ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
A Different Twist ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Kate & Allie ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Doug Henning: Magic on Broadway ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Evita Peron ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
Beverly Hills 90210 ( Released ): Actor
Family Law ( Released ): Actor
Homicide: Life on the Street ( Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
Party of Five ( Released ): Actor
Providence ( Released ): Actor
The Great American Music Video ( Released ): Actor
Touched By an Angel ( Released ): Actor
Working ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

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".

Profession(s):
Actor, singer
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husband:Randy Grimmett (born c. 1969; married on June 23, 2001 in Napa Valley; serves as vice president at ASCAP)
Milestones (Back to top)
2001 Appeared opposite Alan Alda in the L.A. stage production "Q.E.D."
1999 Had a recurring role on the NBC drama "The West Wing", playing Rob Lowe's love interest
1998 Co-starred in "Buddy Faro"
1997 Co-starred in the short-lived CBS series "Spy Game"
1995 Had leading role of a college student who is raped in "A Reason to Believe"
1993 Feature film debut in the horror film "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday"
1991 Co-starred in the Lifetime TV-movie "Wildflower"
1984 Appeared as a young girl who pretends to be a boy in order to play the lead in a local production of "Oliver!" in "A Different Twist" (ABC)
1981 TV debut as the young Eva in the NBC miniseries "Evita Peron"
1980 - 1982 Assumed title role in the Broadway musical "Annie"; played over 1,000 performances
1979 Professional stage debut in "Evita"
Raised in Waldwick, New Jersey
Played Jane Curtin's daughter Jennie on the CBS sitcom "Kate & Allie"
Had recurring role of Sara Pratt on the NBC legal drama "Sweet Justice"
Starred in the West Coast premiere of David Mamet's play "Oleanna"

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