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Nancy McKeon
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).
As actor
Love Begins
Wild Hearts
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Comfort and Joy
Just Write
In My Sister's Shadow
The Wrong Woman
A Mother's Gift
Teresa's Tattoo
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Where the Day Takes You
Baby Snatcher
The Lightning Incident
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Strange Voices
The Facts of Life Down Under
Firefighter
Poison Ivy
This Child Is Mine
High School U.S.A.
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
Miss Switch to the Rescue
Scruffy
Schoolboy Father
The Trouble with Miss Switch
Stone
Return to Fantasy Island
A Question of Love