Janney, Allison

Overview

Works:	223 works in 462 publications in 7 languages and 25,532 library holdings
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Narrator
Classifications:	pn1995.9.c55, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1980 |

|2020

Key

Publications about Allison Janney

Publications by Allison Janney

Most widely held works about Allison Janney

10 things I hate about you ( Book )

Most widely held works by Allison Janney

Finding Nemo ( Visual )
7 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and Portuguese and held by 2,591 libraries worldwide
When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried far from home, his overprotective father, Marlin, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, embark on an epic journey that leads to encounters with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish and hungry seagulls!

Juno ( Visual )
6 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 2,152 libraries worldwide
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years old. After a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, she learns that she's pregnant. Juno and Paulie like each other, but not enough to start a family, complete with a child. Paulie leaves all the decisions about the baby to Juno. During her pregnancy, which she treats with care but detachment, her relationships develop.

The hours ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 2,144 libraries worldwide
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it.

Hairspray ( Visual )
8 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 1,978 libraries worldwide
A teenage girl simultaneously pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation in her native Baltimore.

Over the hedge ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,821 libraries worldwide
A scheming raccoon tricks a family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food by invading the new suburban sprawl that arrived while they were hibernating.

Away we go ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 1,055 libraries worldwide
Burt and Verona are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together and question their potential parenting abilities. They decide to move closer to Burt's parents so they can share the experience with the baby's grandparents. In Verona's sixth month, she and Burt learn that his parents are moving to Belgium the month before the baby is due. Being mobile people, Burt and Verona decide to move. As they want to share their new family experience with people that they love, they decide to take a trans-continental trip to meet with old friends and relatives. Most of them are married with children of their own, and Burt and Verona want to see where they would like to live and with whom they want to share the experience.

The West Wing. The complete fifth season ( Visual )
55 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 732 libraries worldwide
Follow the drama when the government is temporarily passed from a Democratic administration to the Republican Speaker of the House, as President Bartlet copes with the kidnapping of his youngest daughter Zoey.

The West Wing. The complete first season ( Visual )
11 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 708 libraries worldwide
Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President; his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, recovering boozehound Leo McGarry, who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet must finesse are a nuclear showdown between India and Pakistan, an American plane shot down by terrorists, and another downed U.S. plane in Iraq.

How to deal ( Visual )
8 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 661 libraries worldwide
Halley Martin faces her senior year in high school as her parents split up, her sister gets engaged, her grandmother moves in, and her best friend becomes pregnant. Even though Halley's problems seem big, she faces an even bigger challenge, learning "how to deal" with falling in love.

The West Wing. The complete second season ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 572 libraries worldwide
The President and staff have been targeted for disruption by rival politicians, soon after being targeted by would-be assassins. The President heads through midterm elections and into a crisis that leads to allegations of criminal conduct. 22 episodes.

American beauty ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 543 libraries worldwide
An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting high with a strange new neighbor (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager--his daughter's best friend.

The West Wing. The complete third season ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 533 libraries worldwide
The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring interviews with former U.S. Presidents and staff.

The West Wing. The complete sixth season ( Visual )
4 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 527 libraries worldwide
The presidential race is on, with Senator Arnold Vinick as the Republican frontrunner and Matthew Santos vying for the hotly contested Democratic presidential nomination.

American beauty ( Visual )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 458 libraries worldwide
An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting high with a strange new neighbor (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager--his daughter's best friend.

The West Wing. The complete fourth season ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 441 libraries worldwide
Follows the re-election of President Bartlet to his second term and several crises both during and after the election in this 22-episode fourth season.

Cold hit by Linda A Fairstein ( Recording )
8 editions published between 1999 and 2004 in English and held by 401 libraries worldwide
On a steamy August evening, after an exhausting day in the courtroom, Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cooper joins her longtime pals and partners-in-investigation, NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, at a somber crime site. In her ten years as a sex crimes prosecutor, Alex has seen many victims, but few more poignant that today's, pulled from the water with her hands and feet obscenely tied to a ladder.

The ice storm ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 363 libraries worldwide
Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions - including adultery, sexual experimentation, drug use and petty crimes - become increasingly unpredictable and impulsive. Once the 'ice storm' hits, though, reality sinks in, and the severity of their situation becomes all to apparent.

Illusions by Janet Dailey ( Recording )
5 editions published between 1997 and 2002 in English and held by 350 libraries worldwide

first do no harm ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1997 and 2002 in English and held by 311 libraries worldwide
The true story of one woman's struggle against a narrow-minded medical establishment when she learns that her young son has epilepsy.

The West wing the complete second season ( Visual )
14 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide
Drama revolves around the President, Josiah Bartlet, and his staff at the White House, including his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, and recovering boozehound Leo McGarry who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet faces are a nuclear showdown between India and Pakistan, an American plane shot down by terrorists and another plane shot down by Syria.