Allen, Woody

Cultural  

1. A twentieth-century American comic author. Since the late 1960s, he has been directing films and acting in them, usually playing a neurotic, bookish New Yorker (see New York City). Some of his best-known films are Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters.

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Example Sentences

Jorgen Carlsson, Mule’s third bassist following the untimely death of Allen Woody and the departure of Andy Hess, is nimble enough to riff like Lemmy Kilmister, and groove like Chris Squire.

From Salon • May 16, 2019

For a time, Allen used so many switches that friends in the trade referred to him as Allen Woody.

From Time Magazine Archive