Hardworking Parents, but Not the Happiest Marriage
Her mother, Charlotte, is a writer and press agent who has been active in women’s and civil rights groups. Her father, John, is a senior advertising executive in New York City’s advertising industry. Sheedy’s mother is of Eastern European Jewish descent.
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Her father is Irish Catholic. Her maternal grandmother was originally from Odesa, Ukraine. Although both her parents were hardworking and tried to give her the best, Ally’s parents got divorced in 1971, when she was nine years. But by then, she already had a dream of performing.