Ally Sheedy Biography

Brown-eyed, chestnut-haired actress Ally Sheedy has been involved with acting for most of her life. The daughter of a literary agent mother, she began making commercials and appearing on-stage at the age of 15. She was something of a precocious author, as well: When only 12-years-old, she published a children's book, She Was Nice to Mice. (Sheedy has also been published in such periodicals as The New York Times). After high school, the New York-born actress headed west to the University of California where, in addition to her studies, she appeared in TV movies. She began her feature-film career at 21 playing adolescent girls in films such as Bad Boys and WarGames (both 1983), and joined the so-called Brat Pack in 1985 after appearing in John Hughes' The Breakfast Club and Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire. Despite the huge success of both films, many of her subsequent efforts were relative disappointments, and, by the early '90s, she had slipped into all but complete obscurity. However, her career was revived in 1998 thanks to a starring role as a drug-addicted lesbian photographer in the widely acclaimed High Art. Sheedy won raves for her raw, touching performance, and, in short time, again found herself working steadily. In 1999, she appeared in Allison Anders' Sugar Town and The Autumn Heart, the latter premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to her film work, Sheedy continued to work in the theater, taking over John Cameron Mitchell's title role in the popular New York production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a story about a German entertainer who is neither a man nor a woman but a fascinating composite of both. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

• 1. Allison Reynolds: You wanna know what I did to get in here... nothing! I had nothing better to do.
  2. John Bender: [to principal] Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?
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• 1. No. 5: Stephanie, change color. Attractive. Nice software. Hmmmm.
  2. Stephanie Speck: Boy, you sure don't talk like a robot.
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• 1. Kevin McCallister: [talking to the ticket agent] Excuse me, but this is an emergency.
  2. Ticket Agent: Yes?, sir.
  3. Kevin McCallister: What city it this out there?.
  4. Ticket Agent: That's New York, sir.
  5. Kevin McCallister: Yikes!. I did it again.
  6. Ticket Agent: Something's wrong, sir.
  7. Kevin McCallister: [whispers to the ticket agent] I'll be fine...
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• 1. Brian Johnson: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was that we did wrong. What we did was wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write this essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us... in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain..
  2. Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete.
  3. Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case.
  4. Claire Standish: ...a princess.
  5. John Bender: ...and a criminal.
  6. Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.
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• 1. Allison Reynolds: When you grow up, your heart dies.
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