Allyce Beasley occupation actor
Early life
Beasley was born in Brooklyn, New York as Allyce Tannenberg, the daughter of Marvin, a magazine cartoonist, and Harriet Tannenberg, who worked as a bookkeeper. Beasley is Jewish. She and her family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Philadelphia, Long Island and New York City, before settling in the latter location.She studied philosophy at the State University of New York, aspiring to be a poet. However, Beasley developed an interest in acting and soon shifted her focus to theater. She dropped out of college and began acting in local theater productions in New Mexico. Upon returning to New York, Beasley took drama classes under Lee Strasberg during the day while working nights as a waitress to make ends meet. Her professional surname was chosen after football player Beasley Reece. She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1982.Career
Television and film work
Early in her career, Beasley appeared as Coach Pantusso's daughter  on Cheers and played the role of Latka Gravas' one night stand on sitcom Taxi. She also made guest appearances on crime drama Remington Steele and sitcom ALF.In 1985, she landed the role of receptionist Agnes DiPesto on Moonlighting, starring opposite Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. Beasley claims to have auditioned for the role multiple times before getting the part. For her work on Moonlighting, Beasley received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1986 and 1987. Beasley continued playing the character until the series ended in 1989.Following the end of Moonlighting, Beasley was often typecast in roles similar to Agnes, which she found creatively frustrating. She was a friend of Susan Dey's character in television movie Lies and Lullabies and acted in the 1993 miniseries The Tommyknockers, based on the novel by Stephen King. Beasley started appearing in films during the 1990s, having roles in Dream with the Fishes (1997) and Stuart Little (1999).She guest starred in one episode of Joan of Arcadia as Cat Woman God. On Bored to Death, she played the role of Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman)'s mother Florence and appeared on the YouTube Premium series Champaign ILL.
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