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Sian Barbara Allen, ‘Scream, Pretty Peggy,’ ‘The Waltons’ actress, dead at 78

Sian Barbara Allen, a veteran actress known for roles in 'Scream, Pretty Peggy' and 'The Waltons,' died on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at the age of 78.
Allen's death was attributed to Alzheimer's disease, according to her family.
Born on July 12, 1946, in Reading, Pennsylvania, Allen graduated from Reading High School and received a scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse, leading to numerous roles in popular television shows like 'Gunsmoke,' 'Hawaii Five-O,' 'Columbo,' 'The Incredible Hulk,' and 'The Rockford Files' during the 1970s and 1980s.
Allen earned a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising New Actress in 1973 for her role in the 1972 film 'You'll Like My Mother,' also starring Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, and Richard Thomas; she also starred in 'Scream, Pretty Peggy' with Bette Davis and 'Billy Two Hats' with Gregory Peck and Jack Warden.
After her last on-screen credit in 'L.A. Law' in 1990, Allen left public life to focus on politics, family, and creative writing, and is survived by her daughter Emily Fonseca, two sisters, Hannah Davie and Meg Pokrass, a nephew, Miles Bond, cousins, Marcy, Mike and Mark Reuben, and grandson Arlo Fonseca, with donations in her memory suggested to AuthoraCare Collective Hospice of Burlington or a local grassroots organization.

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