Tony-winning character actress Rae Allen, who appeared in “The Sopranos,” “A League Of Their Personal” and “Gray’s Anatomy,” died Tuesday in her sleep of pure causes. She was 95.
Allen’s expertise supervisor Kyle Fritz confirmed the news of her passing in a press release to Individuals.
Born in 1926 in Brooklyn, NY as Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo, Allen bought her begin on Broadway after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947.
The thespian earned her first of three Tony nominations for Greatest Featured Actress for enjoying nosy reporter Gloria Thorpe within the 1955 stage musical “Rattling Yankees,” a job she would reprise within the 1958 film of the identical identify.
The veteran performer acquired a second nod in the identical award class for “Traveler With out Baggage” in 1967, and at last took house the coveted statuette in 1971 for “And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little.”
Maybe greatest recognized for TV roles, Allen appeared in a slew of iconic sequence from the Nineteen Sixties, together with “The Untouchables,” “Automobile 54,” “The place Are You?” and “All Within the Household,” on which she portrayed Edith Bunker’s cousin Amelia DeKuyper.
The Brooklynite continued to have success on the small display into the 80s, 90s and 2000s with roles in “Cleaning soap,” “Gray’s Anatomy,” “NYPD Blue,” “Reign Over Me” and “Seinfeld.” On the latter, Allen performed Mrs. Sokol in Seinfeld’s 1992 episode “The Boyfriend.” She additionally appeared in “The Sopranos” as Quintina Blundetto, the aunt of Tony Soprano’s cousin Tony Blundetto (Steve Buscemi).
Her final credited TV appearances were in two episodes of “Vampire Mob” in 2011.
Not only a TV participant, the prolific actress boasted a wide range of memorable movie credit. These included elements in “Reign Over Me,” “Stargate,” The place’s Poppa” and “A League of Their Personal,” through which she performed Ma Keller.
Allen is survived by her nieces Laura and Betty Cosgrove.
