Joan Allen: Difference between revisions

Allen, the youngest of four children, was born in [[Rochelle, Illinois]], the daughter of Dorothea Marie (née Wirth), a homemaker, and James Jefferson Allen, a [[gas station]] owner.<ref name="allen1">{{cite news |last=Kolson |first=Ann |title=Two Bright Lights On Broadway Pauline Collins And Joan Allen Took Roundabout Routes To The N.Y. Stage. Their Reviews Have Made The Journeys Worthwhile |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=19 March 1989|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB95F1C7612BC46&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|accessdate=10 December 2007}}</ref><ref name="refname2">{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |title=Finding Warmth In a Shy First Lady |work=The New York Times |date=27 December 1995 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E7DF1239F934A15751C1A963958260|accessdate=10 December 2007}}</ref> She has an older brother, David, and two older sisters, Mary and Lynn.<ref name="ref2">{{cite news |title=Joan Allen |work=Yahoo! Movies |year=2007 |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015438/bio |accessdate=10 August 2007}}</ref> Allen attended [[Rochelle Township High School]], and was voted most likely to succeed.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} She first attended [[Eastern Illinois University]], performing in a few plays with [[John Malkovich]], who was also a student, and then [[Northern Illinois University]], where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater.