Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Ally Sheedy
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Personal life== [[File:AllySheedy1975.jpg|thumb|Ally Sheedy and her mother, Charlotte in Beverly Hills California, 1975]] Sheedy became a vegetarian at the age of 12.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mann |first=Roderick |title=Busy Ally Sheedy Finds a 'Maid to Order' Role |publication-date=July 13, 1987 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-13-ca-2188-story.html |access-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930035218/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-13-ca-2188-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=For Ally Sheedy, Life Is, Like, Just Fine, You Know? |publication-date=July 24, 1987 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/07/24/for-ally-sheedy-life-is-like-just-fine-you-know/ |access-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930035538/https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/07/24/for-ally-sheedy-life-is-like-just-fine-you-know/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Sheedy dated [[Richie Sambora]], [[Bon Jovi]]'s guitarist, for less than a year in the 1980s. She stated in ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' that the relationship led her to abuse drugs, a claim Sambora denied.<ref>{{cite web |first=Richard|last=Natale|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jun/10/entertainment/ca-58273/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108013026/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jun/10/entertainment/ca-58273/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |title=On the Upswing |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 10, 1998 |access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref> In 1985, Sheedy was admitted to the [[Hazelden Foundation]]. In the 1990s, she was treated for a [[Hypnotic|sleeping pill]] addiction;<ref name="Rochlin" /> she drew on the experience for her role as a drug-addicted photographer in ''[[High Art]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Winters |first=Laura |title=Ally Sheedy, Leaver of the Pack |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |publication-date=June 20, 1998 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1998/06/21/ally-sheedy-leaver-of-the-pack/c3a3daf2-0c36-4bc7-8295-e5661cf1a312/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930040226/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1998/06/21/ally-sheedy-leaver-of-the-pack/c3a3daf2-0c36-4bc7-8295-e5661cf1a312/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On April 12, 1992, Sheedy married actor David Lansbury, the nephew of actress [[Angela Lansbury]] and son of [[Edgar Lansbury (producer)|Edgar Lansbury]]. They had a [[transgender]] son, Beckett, from whose [[Gender transition|transition]] Sheedy says she "learned a lot".<ref>{{cite web |last=Nahas |first=Aili |title=Ally Sheedy Says She 'Learned a Lot' from Her Son Beckett's Trans Journey |publication-date=January 27, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]] |url=https://people.com/tv/ally-sheedy-says-she-learned-a-lot-from-her-son-becketts-trans-journey-parents-need-to-educate-themselves/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930040616/https://people.com/tv/ally-sheedy-says-she-learned-a-lot-from-her-son-becketts-trans-journey-parents-need-to-educate-themselves/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Sheedy announced that she and Lansbury had filed for divorce.<ref name="nymag">{{cite web |last=Robledo |first=S. Jhoanna |title=Brat Packer Packs Up |publication-date=September 10, 2009 |website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url=https://nymag.com/realestate/movers/58964/ |access-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-date=September 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929194615/https://nymag.com/realestate/movers/58964/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2018, Sheedy tweeted the [[Me Too movement|#MeToo]] hashtag along with the names of [[James Franco]] and [[Christian Slater]], implying that they had been sexually abusive to her. She later deleted the tweets. Franco later stated that he did not know why Sheedy tweeted the accusations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |title=Seth Meyers presses James Franco on why he hasn't contacted Ally Sheedy about her tweets |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |publication-date=January 11, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/01/11/seth-meyers-presses-james-franco-on-why-he-hasnt-contacted-ally-sheedy-about-her-tweets/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930040837/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/01/11/seth-meyers-presses-james-franco-on-why-he-hasnt-contacted-ally-sheedy-about-her-tweets/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Joanna |title=Why Did Ally Sheedy Call out Golden Globe Winner James Franco on Twitter? |publication-date=January 7, 2018 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/ally-sheedy-james-franco-christian-slater-tweet-me-too |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930041140/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/ally-sheedy-james-franco-christian-slater-tweet-me-too |url-status=live}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)