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Nancy Louise Kyes, known professionally as Nancy Loomis, is an American former actress. A frequent collaborator of filmmaker John Carpenter, she portrayed Annie Brackett in Halloween (1978) and also appeared in his films Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and The Fog (1980).
She is better known for her role as teenage babysitter Annie Brackett in John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic Halloween, and its 1981 sequel Halloween II. In the latter film she also voiced Sally Winters .
She gave a wonderfully funny and lively performance as feisty babysitter Annie Brackett in the outstanding seasonal slasher classic Halloween (1978). Kyes was once again fine and impressive as Janet Leigh's sassy assistant Sandy Fadel in the superior supernatural classic The Fog (1980).
- December 19, 1949
Sep 30, 2014 · So, where is Nancy Kyes now? Well, she can be seen lending commentaries to the documentaries Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) and Halloween: The Inside Story (2010). Other than that, Nancy left Hollywood in 1993 and started a family.
- Donald Pleasence (Dr. Sam Loomis) When Myers murdered his older sister at the age of six, Dr. Sam Loomis became his appointed psychiatrist. The more Dr. Loomis observed Myers over the years, the more he realized that the young man was pure evil.
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode) There aren't too many iconic screams as good as Jamie Lee Curtis' in Halloween, but one could say she had a genetic predisposition to great lungs and vocal cords — just ask her mother, Janet Leigh, who produced one of the most celebrated screams in Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).
- Nick Castle (Michael Myers) Nick Castle took on Michael Myers' silent murderous ways, unkempt hair and sharp chef's knife. Castle did such a fine job at personifying the creepy character that director Carpenter teamed up with him again, but this time, serving as Carpenter's co-writer for the dystopian film Escape from New York (1981), which starred fellow Halloween cast member Pleasence.
- Tony Moran (Michael Myers) Castle's face didn't do the trick for Myers' maskless unveiling. So in came actor Tony Moran. A struggling actor when he got the role, Moran was paid $250 to play the part.
Annie first appears in Halloween (1978) as a high school student babysitting Lindsey Wallace (Kyle Richards) who unwittingly encounters an escaped mental patient—Michael Myers. In this film, she is portrayed by Nancy Kyes, who briefly reprises the role in the sequel Halloween II (1981).
Laurie : You know, Annie, some day you're going to get us all in deep trouble. Lynda : Totally. Annie : I *hate* a guy with a car and no sense of humor. Lynda : [concerning Annie] The only reason she babysits is to have a place for...
