Alicia Allain, a producer and actress who got her start in the business as a hair stylist, has died, according to a social media post by her husband, John Schneider. She was 53.
“This is a time of unimaginable sadness for me,” said the former Dukes of Hazzard Ster Schneider wrote after his wife’s death. “Sad is too small a word. I heard it said, “With great love comes great sorrow.” I had no idea what that meant until now. Alicia was the fuel that powered my biggest dreams. The inspiration behind every creative thought. The goods of my soul. The glue that held me together. I miss her more than words can describe.”
Schneider also asked: “Please respect our privacy in this time of grief. Please don’t ask any questions.”
Allain produced the 2002 Paul Schrader film autofocus based on the life of Hogan’s heroes Stern Bob Crane. The film starred Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe and Maria Bello. In the same year, she was a co-producer The license plate, with Billy Bob Thornton and Patricia Arquette. Before that, Allain was produced on an assembly line sumptuouswith Campbell Scott, Laura Linney and Jared Harris.
She has also produced a number of films in the past decade starring Schneider, many of which he also directed. These titles include Inadmissible, Anderson bench (as EP), 4: GO (as EP), hate crime and last year To die. The two reportedly got married in 2019.
Allain has appeared as an actress in half a dozen projects, including autofocus and directed by Schneider last year Tres Lecheswhich she also produced.
An obituary said the producer “died at her home surrounded by her family when she breathed her last on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.” She is survived by Schneider, who dubbed her “My Smile”; her daughter Jessica Ann Dollard; parents Michael and Linda Marino Allain; brother Brandy Michael Allain; grandmother Doris Crutti Marino Alvarado; stepdaughter Karis Schneider and granddaughter Sierra Schneider. Her grandparents, Ferd Sr., preceded her in death. and Ruby Allain, Joe Marino.
According to the obituary, a private service will be held.
Source: Deadline
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