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Name: Nancy McKeon
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Date of Birth:
April 04, 1966
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Place of Birth:
Westbury, New York, USA
Mini-bio:
Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to Don and Barbara McKeon, began
modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalogue at the age of two and she and her
brother did over sixty-five commercials i...( read more)n seven years. She appeared briefly on
the soap operas "The Secret Storm", and "Another World". When her brother,
Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series, "Alice", the family moved to Los
Angeles.
Her first real acting break came when she did the short-lived TV series "Stone" and
guested on "Starsky and Hutch". The producers of "The Facts of Life" 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.", "Poison Ivy", "This Child Is Mine" and "The
Greater Alarm". She provided the voices for animated shows like "Puppy's Great
Adventure".