Allison Fonte (born June 6, 1964) is an American actress and pianist who was a 12- to 13-year-old mousketeer of seasons 5-6 of the television show The ''

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'', a 1977 revival of the

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television show that had originally aired between 1955 and 1959. Fonte was born in

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. By the time she was seven she was playing piano, dancing, and appearing in commercials for

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and Lawry's. At age nine she was performing at local shopping centers including regular shows at the "

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" in Torrance,

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. While doing some work at the Al Gilbert Studio in 1975 she was noticed by a talent scout who ended up inviting her to interview and later, audition for the show. After her stint with ''the New Mickey Mouse Club'', Allison attended

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and was a founding partner in a creative firm in

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called Pompei A.D. She spun off part of that company into Allison Fonte Public Relations, also in New York. Allison attended the New Mouseketeers' reunion in May 2001, along with eight other 1970s Mouseketeers.

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1964 births Living people Stanford University alumni Mouseketeers American television actresses People from Buena Park, California 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American women pianists {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub