Jonelle Allen

Palmerstown U.S.A

Allen wasn’t as fortunate as a series regular. Palmerstown, created by Alex Haley, was canceled after only a few months on CBS during two different seasons. Berrenger’s lasted only three months on NBC and ABC’s After Midnight, directed by Tony Richardson and featuring John Goodman and Gary Cole along with Allen, survived just its pilot episode.

 

‘Palmerstown, U.S.A.,’ Golden Oak Ranch, Newhall, California, dated December 1, 1979. Standing from left, Janice St. John (as Coralee Hall), Beeson Carroll (as W.D. Hall), Jonelle Allen (as Bessie Freeman), Bill Duke (as Luther Freeman), Star-Shemah Bobatoon (as Diana Freeman). On the cart in the back from left are Brian Godfrey Wilson (as David Hall), and Jermain Hodge Johnson (as Booker T. Freeman). Kneeling in front is Michael J. Fox (as Willy-Joe Hall). (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) 

Palmerstown, U.S.A. – David (Brian G. Wilson) is working on a radio and has no time for Booker T. (Jermaine H. Johnson), who feels left out, but Bessie (Jonelle Allen) has some kind advice for him.

 

‘Palmerstown, U.S.A.,’ Golden Oak Ranch, Newhall, California, March 1980. From left, Michael J. Fox, Janice St. John, Beeson Carroll, Brian Godfrey Wilson, Jermain Hodge Johnson, Jonelle Allen, Bill Duke, and Star-Shemah Bobatoon. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

Berrenger’s

Berrenger’s (1985) The cast included Jonelle Allen as Stacey Russell.

Cast
Stacey Russell … Jonelle Allen
Laurel Hayes … Laura Ashton
Melody Hughes … Claudia Christian
John Higgins … Jeff Conaway
Max Kaufman … Alan Feinstein
Todd Hughes … Art Hindle
Cammie Springer … Leslie Hope
Gloria Berrenger … Andrea Marcovicci
Shane Bradley … Yvette Mimieux
Barbara “Babs” Berrenger … Anita Morris
Paul Berrenger … Ben Murphy
Rinaldi … Cesar Romero
Danny Krucek … Jack Scalia
Billy Berrenger … Robin Strand
Julio Morales … Eddie Velez
Simon Berrenger … Sam Wanamaker

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Ricardo_Shields [Career]