Nancy McKeon

Nancy McKeon

Birthday: 1966-04-04

Place of Birth: Westbury, New York, USA

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 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).

Movies

Category 6: Day of Destruction
Category 6: Day of Destruction

Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst...

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High School U.S.A.
High School U.S.A.

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which...

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Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy

Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humor...

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Where the Day Takes You
Where the Day Takes You

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto ...

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Scruffy
Scruffy

A puppy encounters a series of tragedies and losses brought on by the evils of uncaring humans as sh...

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Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy

High-powered single-woman Jane Berry is focused on the important things in life, such as advancing h...

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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a r...

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This Child Is Mine
This Child Is Mine

An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents....

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Schoolboy Father
Schoolboy Father

High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to figh...

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Teresa's Tattoo
Teresa's Tattoo

Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want...

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Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

The story of Rosalie Bonnano, the daughter of a powerful New York Mafia boss who married the son of ...

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The Lightning Incident
The Lightning Incident

McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities ...

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Strange Voices
Strange Voices

A family begins to fall apart when their eldest daughter is diagnosed with schizophrenia....

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Baby Snatcher
Baby Snatcher

A woman is delighted to have given birth to a baby girl but her life is turned into a nightmare when...

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Stone
Stone

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who w...

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Return to Fantasy Island
Return to Fantasy Island

A second feature-length pilot film for the wish-fulfillment series sees six lucky people having thei...

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The Facts of Life Goes to Paris
The Facts of Life Goes to Paris

Mrs. Garrett and the girls travel to Paris, France. Mrs. Garrett takes a cooking class taught by a f...

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The Facts of Life Down Under
The Facts of Life Down Under

Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned...

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Wild Hearts
Wild Hearts

When Bob Hart, a widowed police detective trying to raise a rebellious teenage daughter, inherits a ...

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Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

A babysitter realizes that one of the children she looks after is being physically abused by his mot...

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The Trouble with Miss Switch
The Trouble with Miss Switch

When Rupert and his friend Amelia find the new substitute teacher doing odd things, they discover th...

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Miss Switch to the Rescue
Miss Switch to the Rescue

One dark and stormy night, Rupert is called on by a mysterious stranger who gives him a ship in a bo...

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Love Begins
Love Begins

Clark Davis adventurous dreams of seeing the world are put into jeopardy after he and a friend start...

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Just Write
Just Write

A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress....

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A Question of Love
A Question of Love

A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband....

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Firefighter
Firefighter

Cindy Fralic (Nancy McKeon) plans to become a Los Angeles County firefighter. However, in the 60-yea...

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In My Sister's Shadow
In My Sister's Shadow

Joan Connor is a lonely florist who falls for her little sister's ex, even though he is stalking the...

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The Wrong Woman
The Wrong Woman

A temporary secretary is wrongly accused of killing her boss....

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A Mother's Gift
A Mother's Gift

A singer and her husband leave their home in their frontier town for Pioneer life in the West but re...

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