Eddie Allen

Eddie Allen

ACTOR

As waggish as he is talented, Eddie Allen has always enjoyed performing. As he explained in a 2012 interview, "It's probably because of my mom and her love of drama. She fled Baghdad, Iraq to be an actress. It was instilled in me from an early age, "act, play, and enjoy yourself." She'd also said, "You're born to die," but that's a whole other story. Eddie is an only child born to Arsineh Kasparian and Paul Steven Allen aka Peltekian in Baltimore, MD. His father served with the British Army in WWI after fleeing Turkey and the Armenian genocide. Eddie Allen studied engineering at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and then found his way to Towson University, where he managed to channel his dramatic tendencies into a successful acting career. "The Empty Space" by Peter Brook was a revelation for Eddie. "A Play is Play." In his twenties, he toured with a Comedia Del'Arte Company and then as a Mime. Unfortunately, Woody Allen and Albert Brooks (no relation to Peter Brook) ruined the art of
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    Eddie Allen born?

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