Allene Roberts

Birth : 1928-09-01, Fairfield, Alabama, USA

Death : 2019-05-09

History

Allene Roberts (September 1, 1928 - May 9, 2019) was an American actress. Born in Fairfield Highlands, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, she starred in twelve movies between 1947 and 1954 and appeared on TV in Four Star Playhouse, The Adventures of Superman and Dragnet. Her first big picture was The Red House starring Rory Calhoun, Julie London and Edward G. Robinson. That movie was considered by the critics to be the 'sleeper hit' of the year. She starred in Knock on Any Door starring John Derek and Humphrey Bogart, and in Union Station with William Holden. As well other films, such as the serial Bomba on Panther Island (Monogram Pictures, 1949). As of 2009, she resides in Huntsville, Alabama, the widow of Ralph Cochran; the couple had four children, John, Leslie, Julie and Laurie.

Profile

Movies

Kid Monk Baroni

Emily Brooks

Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.

The Hoodlum

Rosa

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.

Santa Fe

Ella Sue Canfield

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

Union Station

Lorna Murchison

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

A Wonderful Life

Mary Wood

Sponsored by The Protestant Film Commission, this religiously-affiliated tale centers around citizen Henry Wood (played by Oscar winner James Dunn from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"), who loved family and church, gave to the needy, and donated most of his money to charity. Now deceased, his somewhat neglected daughter reflects on his past and ponders that age-old question, did he indeed have such "a wonderful life"?

Bomba on Panther Island

Judy Maitland

In this second film in the "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" series, Bomba tracks a dangerous panther.

Knock on Any Door

Emma

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Michael O'Halloran

Lily Nelson

A young crippled girl and her love for a teenage newsboy despite her over-protective and alcoholic mother's objections.

The Sign of the Ram

Jane St. Aubyn

A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

The Red House

Meg

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.