Allyce Beasley

Allyce Beasley (born July 6, 1951) is an American actress. She is best-known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series Moonlighting. From 2000 to March 30, 2007, she was the announcer on Playhouse Disney, a morning lineup of programming for toddlers on Disney Channel. She appeared briefly as a guidance counselor in the Reese Witherspoon film comedy Legally Blonde and played Coach's daughter, Lisa Pantusso, on Cheers. She also announced the safety video during The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida.

Personal life
Beasley was born Allyce Tannenberg in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Harriet, a bookkeeper, and Marvin Tannenberg, a cartoonist.[1]

Beasley married Christopher Sansocie in 1970. They divorced in 1972.[2] From 1985 to 1988, she was married to actor Vincent Schiavelli (who died in 2005); they had one son, Andrea Schiavelli. In 1999, Beasley married for the third time to her current husband Jim Bosche.

Beasley is a breast cancer survivor.[3]

Voice work
Beasley has also worked as a voice actress. She is probably best known for Miss Alordayne Grotke in the popular Walt Disney TV series Recess and in 1999 she appeared in the movie Stuart Little along with her co star from Recess, Dabney Coleman.

On a computer game called Pacxon, she provides the voice of Clyde's mom.

She has also voiced herself in an episode of Johnny Bravo, made a guest appearance in the television series The Wild Thornberrys, Extreme Ghostbusters, Pound Puppies, Darkwing Duck, Lloyd in Space and Duckman and the film Garfield on the Town and voiced several characters in the video game EverQuest II.

She also narrated for Playhouse Disney from 2000 until March 30, 2007; previously, she was the narrator for Storytime with Thomas on Fox Family (now FreeForm). She was also the announcer for the safety video with Itchy and Scratchy that plays during The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida.

Stage work
During the summer of 2009, she was seen onstage in The Drowsy Chaperone at Gateway Playhouse on Long Island, playing Mrs. Tottendale.

She replaced Veanne Cox in the role of Mme. Renaud/Mme. Dindon in the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles alongside Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge on September 14, 2010.

In the Spring of 2014, she portrayed Doris in the musical Damn Yankees with Lora Lee Gayer at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.

Filmography

 * King's Crossing (1982) - Salesgirl
 * Taxi (1982) - Cindy Bates
 * Cheers (1982) - Lisa
 * Filthy Rich (1982) - Darleen
 * Remington Steele (1983) - Lynette Mercer
 * One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (1983) (TV) - Mrs. Cutler
 * Garfield on the Town (1983) (TV) - Girl Cats 2 and 3 (voice)
 * The Ratings Game (1984) (TV) - Paisan Receptionist
 * Moonlighting (1985–1989) as Agnes DiPesto
 * Late Night with David Letterman (1986) - Herself
 * Dolly (1987) - Herself
 * Pound Puppies (1987) - Beazer (voice)
 * Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990) - Janice
 * ALF (1990) (TV) 1 episode - Margaret
 * Motorama (1991) - Chimera Receptionist
 * Superboy (1991) - Agent Harris
 * Darkwing Duck (1991) - Tia (voice)
 * Wilder Napalm (1993) - Announcer (voice)
 * The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV) - Deputy Becka Paulson
 * Lies and Lullabies (1993) (TV) - Cindy
 * Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) - Spinach Destiny
 * Magic Kid II (1994) - Waitress
 * Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996) - Frankie
 * Rumpelstiltskin (1996) - Hildy
 * Touched by an Angel (1996) - Kate Pound
 * Recess (1997) - Miss Alordayne Grotkey (voice)
 * Johnny Bravo (1997) - Herself (voice)
 * Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) - Bess (voice)
 * Dream with the Fishes (1997) - Sophia
 * The Wild Thornberrys (1998) - Ground Finch and Penguin (voice)
 * The Prince and the Surfer (1999) - Constance
 * Stuart Little (1999) - Aunt Beatrice
 * Diagnosis: Murder (2000) - Sarah Finch
 * 7th Heaven (2000) - Mrs. Beasley
 * Call Me Claus (2001) (TV) - Telemarketer
 * Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001) (V) - Miss Alordayne Grotkey (voice)
 * Legally Blonde (2001) - CULA Advisor
 * Recess: School's Out (2001) - Miss Grotke (voice)
 * I Might Even Love You (2001) - Senta
 * Wishcraft (2002) - Mom Bumpers
 * Cathedral (2002) - Sally
 * The John Kerwin Show (2002) - Herself
 * Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003) - Miss Grotke (voice)
 * Numbers Farm (voice) Peep
 * Recess: All Growed Down (2003) - Miss Grotke (voice)
 * A Foreign Affair (released on DVD as Two Brothers and a Bride) (2003) - Library Lady
 * No Ordinary Hero (2004) - Zoe
 * Joan of Arcadia (2004) - Woman with Cats God
 * EverQuest II (2004) (VG) - Generic Female Gnome Merchant and various characters (voice)
 * Shattered! (2008) - Peg
 * As the World Turns (2009) - Edna
 * Medium (2009) - Ruth Boddicker
 * Gravity (2010) - Dr. Karen Robinson and Dr. Robinson
 * Bored To Death (2010) - Florence Ames
 * Gotham (2015) as Nurse Dorothy Duncan in S1.E11 Rogues' Gallery
 * Law & Order Special Victims Unit (TV series) (2016) as Mrs. Weissman.
 * Maniac (TV series) (2018) as Subject 11