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Nancy McKeon
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Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to Don and Barbara McKeon, began modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalog at the age of two and she and her brother did over sixty-five commercials in seven years. She appeared briefly on the soap operas "The Secret Storm" (1954), and "Another World" (1964). When her brother, Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series, "Alice" (1976), the family moved to Los Angeles.
Her first real acting break came when she did the short-lived TV series "Stone" (1979) and guested on "Starsky and Hutch" (1975). The producers of "The Facts of Life" (1979) were so impressed by Nancy's performance as the street-wise girl in a pilot called "Dusty", they decided to s…
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Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to Don and Barbara McKeon, began modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalog at the age of two and she and her brother did over sixty-five commercials in seven years. She appeared briefly on the soap operas "The Secret Storm" (1954), and "Another World" (1964). When her brother, Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series, "Alice" (1976), the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first real acting break came when she did the short-lived TV series "Stone" (1979) and guested on "Starsky and Hutch" (1975). The producers of "The Facts of Life" (1979) were so impressed by Nancy's performance as the street-wise girl in a pilot called "Dusty", they decided to sign her to play Jo on "The Facts of Life". Nancy has starred in the television movies High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV), Poison Ivy, This Child Is Mine (1985) (TV), and Firefighter (1986) (TV). She provided the voices for animated shows like ABC Weekend Specials: Puppy's Great Adventure (1979).
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Nancy McKeon's Filmography
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Love Begins
as Millie
Wild Hearts
as Emily
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Amy Harkin
Comfort and Joy
as Jane Berry
In My Sister's Shadow
as Joan Connor
Just Write
as Bride
A Mother's Gift
as Margaret Deal
The Wrong Woman
as Melanie
Teresa's Tattoo
as Sara
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Rosalie Profaci Bonanno
Where the Day Takes You
as Vikki
Baby Snatcher
as Karen Williams
The Lightning Incident
as Martha
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
as Tracy Thurman
Strange Voices
as Nicole Glover
The Facts of Life Down Under
as Jo Polniaczek
Firefighter
as Cindy Fralick
This Child Is Mine
as Kimberly Downs
Poison Ivy
as Rhonda Malone
High School U.S.A.
as Beth Franklin
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
as Nancy Parks
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
as Jo Polniaczek
Miss Switch to the Rescue
as Amelia Matilda Daley (voice)
Schoolboy Father
as Lucy Twining
Scruffy
as Scruffy (voice)
The Trouble with Miss Switch
as Amelia Matilda Daley (voice)
Stone
as Jill Stone
A Question of Love
as Susan Moreland
Return to Fantasy Island
as Ann