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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Alisan Leigh Porter is an American singer, actress and dancer. As a child, Porter made acting appearances in Parenthood, Stella and I Love You to Death. Her breakout role came in 1991, when she played the lead in the film Curly Sue opposite Jim Belushi. As an adult, Porter pursued roles in musical theatre, including a run in The Ten Commandments: The Musical & as an original cast member of the…
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- The Voice — Self - Contestant2011
- Meet Dave — A Chorus Line Dancer2008
- Child Star Confidential — Self2006
- Shrink Rap — Brandi2003
- Undressed — Belinda1999
- Curly Sue — Curly Sue1991
- I Love You to Death — Carla Boca1990
- Stella — Jenny (age 8)1990
- When You Remember Me — Kelly1990
- Parenthood — Taylor Buckman1989
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Porter has been singing and performing since the young age of 3, and at the age of 5, she became the youngest participant ever to win the Star Search show. As an actress, she is best known for her role as Curly Sue in the movie Curly Sue. Porter continued with acting in high school in Westport, Connecticut, where she joined a theatre group and participated in various shows. When she was 18, she moved to New York to audition for Broadway shows. She was cast as Urleen in the show Footloose. <a hre
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alison
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Worcester
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Award
- Young Artist Awards
- Instrument
- voice
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- Alisan Porter.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1981-06-20
- ethnic group
- American Jews
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- Alisan Porter
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 44219
- birth name
- Alisan Leigh Porter
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