Penelope Allen, also known as Penny Allen, is an American stage and film actress and acting coach. She is best known as the head bank teller being held hostage in the film Dog Day Afternoon. She also played Annie, the wife of Francis Lionel "Lion" Delbuchi in the film Scarecrow.
Dog Day Afternoon
(Sylvia)
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
(Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca"))
Oh! What a Lovely War
(Solo Chorus Girl)
The Thin Red Line
(Witt's Mother)
The Crossing Guard
(Woman On Bus)
Three Days of Rain
(Helen)
Hurlyburly
(Dry Cleaner)
A Time for Miracles
(The Farmer's Wife)
Schemes
(DMV Lady)
37
(Wino)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
(Self)
Looking for Richard
(Self / Queen Elizabeth)
Doc
(Mattie Earp)
Scarecrow
(Annie)
Passenger Side
(Henrietta)
On the Nickel
(Rose)
Resurrection
(Ellie)
The Bedroom Window
(Judge)
The Gardener's Son
(Mrs. McEvoy)
Inmates: A Love Story
(Gloria)
It Ain't Easy
(Jenny)
The War at Home
(Marjoree)
Bad Lieutenant
(Doctor)
Sybil
(Miss Penny)
The Scarlet Letter
(Mistress Hibbins)