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Geri Allen(1957-2017)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actress
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The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930's to the present day.
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The Girls in the Band (2011)
Geri Allen was born on 12 June 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA. She was a composer and actress, known for Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Kansas City (1996) and Afterglow (1997). She was married to Wallace Roney. She died on 27 June 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
BornJune 12, 1957
DiedJune 27, 2017(60)
BornJune 12, 1957
DiedJune 27, 2017(60)
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Known for

Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch in Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Drugstore Cowboy
7.2
  • Soundtrack("For All We Know")
  • 1989
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Harry Belafonte, and Miranda Richardson in Kansas City (1996)
Kansas City
6.3
  • Hey-Hey Club Musician: Piano
  • 1996
Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Jonny Lee Miller in Afterglow (1997)
Afterglow
6.0
  • Music Department
  • 1997
The Last Revolutionary (2017)
The Last Revolutionary
8.0
  • Composer
  • 2017

Credits

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Composer

  • The Last Revolutionary (2017)
    The Last Revolutionary
    8.0
    • Composer
    • 2017
  • The Same Heart (2015)
    The Same Heart
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2015
  • Sex and the Green Card
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2003
  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003)
    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
    8.4
    • Composer
    • 2003

Music Department

  • Evanescence in Evanescence: Everybody's Fool (2004)
    Evanescence: Everybody's Fool
    7.4
    Music Video
    • the millennium choir member
    • 2004
  • Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Jonny Lee Miller in Afterglow (1997)
    Afterglow
    6.0
    • musician: piano
    • 1997

Actress

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, Harry Belafonte, and Miranda Richardson in Kansas City (1996)
    Kansas City
    6.3
    • Hey-Hey Club Musician: Piano
    • 1996

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Personal details

  • Born
    • June 12, 1957
    • Pontiac, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • June 27, 2017
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA(cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Wallace Roney1995 - ? (divorced, 3 children)
  • Children
      Laila Roney
  • Parents
      Mount Allen Jr
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Her father was a principal in the Detroit public schools, and her mother was a defense contract administrator for the U.S. government.

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