When she shows up at the beginning of the day, she’s dressed all in black, her hair’s wild, and she just sits in the corner and doesn’t say a word, except for a few weird grunting sounds.
She draws a scenic view on a piece of paper and makes in snow with her dandruff…
She tags her weird bag all over the place and claims to be a cleptomaniac, nymphomaniac, and turns out to be a compulsive liar… So she says…
Doesn’t that sound like the typical Basket Case to you!?
Ally Sheedy, like fellow Breakfasters Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez, made a big splash in 1985,starring in not one, but two giant hits: Breakfast, and St. Elmo’s Fire. She was featured in a number of movies in the ’80s, but faded out of the picture, until recently earning critical praise for her role in High Art.