Alexa Kenin (February 16, 1962 – September 10, 1985), was an American actress on stage and television and in motion pictures, perhaps most widely known for her roles in several films released during the 1980s, such as Pretty in Pink, Little Darlings and Honkytonk Man.
Kenin, a native New Yorker, decided she was interested in acting at the age of 3, after seeing a production of The Nutcracker. Kenin's first professional role was opposite Jason Robards in the 1972 television movie House Without a Christmas Tree. She was also featured in several ABC After School Specials and in the 1982 made-for-TV film A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
On the stage she was in John Guare's Landscape of the Body at The Public Theater in 1977, in an off-Broadway production of Jack Gilhooley's Elusive Angel, and in Life Under Water, by Richard Greenberg, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon '85.
Kenin was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her Manhattan apartment soon after making Pretty in Pink. Her last film, Animal Behavior, was released in 1989.
Alexa Kenin (Jena, Andie's friend) died in New York soon after filming. At the time the Pretty in Pink cast was told that she died from asthma complications, but she was actually murdered by an ex-boyfriend. Pretty in Pink is dedicated to her.
Pretty in Pink is dedicated to her and to Bruce Weintraub, the film's set decorator.
References
^ Alexa Kenin from Find A Grave
^ a b c d e Obituary for Alexa Kenin from The New York Times
^ a b Ask FlickChick of March 25, 2004, from TV Guide
^ Alexa Kenin at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: American stage actors | American television actors | American film actors | American child actors | 1962 births | 1985 deaths | Unsolved deaths or murders
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