Birthday profile

Rae Allen

Rae Allen, American actress, singer, and director (died 2022)

Born
July 3, 1926
Died
April 6, 2022
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1926

About Rae Allen

Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo (July 3, 1926 – April 6, 2022), professionally known as Rae Allen, was an American actress of stage, film and television. Her career spanned some seventy years and eight decades. Allen started her career in theatre in 1941 in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan and made her debut on Broadway in 1948, moving to television and film roles in 1958, making her screen debut in Damn Yankees. She appeared in numerous guest roles in TV shows and was best known for recurring parts in sitcom All in the Family (1972–1973) and mob drama The Sopranos (2004). Her film roles included A League of Their Own (1992) and Stargate (1994). == Biography == Allen was born Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo in Brooklyn, New York City, on July 3, 1926, to Julia (née Riccio), a seamstress and hairdresser and Joseph Abruzzo, an opera singer and chauffeur, whose brothers acted in vaudeville. At 15, Allen played Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore. She trained at the HB Studio in New York City's Greenwich Village. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947. She first married and divorced John M. Allen then later married and divorced Herbert Harris.

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Career and life highlights

The world when Rae Allen was born

Rae Allen was born in 1926. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1926

  • #1 song"Bye Bye Blackbird"
  • Top movieThe General (Buster Keaton)
  • Best-selling bookThe Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGertrude Ederle swims the English Channel
  • Top headlineA.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Technology milestoneFirst demonstration of television
  • Defining fadFlagpole sitting
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population2.01 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population117.4M

1926 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rae Allen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19262026
Gas$0.23$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,620$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population117.4M341 million

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