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Nancy McKeon

Age: 43
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Westbury, New York, USA
Born: Apr. 4th, 1966

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Nancy McKeon's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Facts of Life	Joanna 'Jo' M&hellip
Thundarr the Barbarian	Tai
ABC Weekend Specials	Dolly
Category 6: Day of Destruction	Amy Harkin
The Division	Inspector Jin&hellip
Can't Hurry Love	Annie O'Donnell

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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 (I) 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" (1980) 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).

TRIVIA:

Lived, for a time, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Dated 'Michael J. Fox (I)' (qv)
Practiced a form of martial arts.
Sister of 'Philip McKeon (I)' (qv).
At age 40, she gave birth to her second child, a boy, at the end of December 2006.
Was cast as the lead in the TV show _"Working Girl" (1990)_ (qv), but left before production started. She was replaced by 'Sandra Bullock' (qv).
Was considered for the part of Monica on _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv). The role later went to 'Courteney Cox' (qv).
Was number 81 on vh1's _"100 Greatest Kid Stars" (2005)_ (qv)