Nancy Kyes

Nancy Kyes, known professionally as Nancy Loomis, is an American actress. A frequent collaborator of filmmaker John Carpenter, she portrayed Annie Brackett in Halloween and also appeared in his films Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and The Fog (1980). She reprised her role as Annie in Halloween II (1981) and made an appearance as a different character in the stand-alone Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), her last film role until Hauntology in 2024.

Career Before starring in Halloween, she played Julie in the 1976 thriller, Assault on Precinct 13, also directed by Carpenter. In addition to acting, she served as the film's wardrobe mistress, but she used a different name for the film credits ("Louise Kyes" for the wardrobe mistress credit and "Nancy Loomis" for her acting credit).

In 1980, Kyes played the role of Sandy Fadel in Carpenter's hit horror film, The Fog, in which she appeared with her Halloween co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, her Assault on Precinct 13 co-star Darwin Joston, and Charles Cyphers, who appeared with Kyes in both Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13.

In 1981, Kyes filmed a new scene to be inserted into the television version of Halloween, and filmed a brief cameo appearance as the now-deceased Annie for Halloween II. Kyes had a small role in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) as the ex-wife of the lead character, played by Tom Atkins. This made her the first and only person to appear in the first three Halloween films.

Although she has starred in a few TV movies, her only guest appearance on television was on the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone.

After retiring from acting, she worked as a sculptor in the Los Angeles area along with teaching theatre courses at Cal Poly Pomona.

She returned to acting in 2024 with the horror anthology Hauntology.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Director 1976 Assault on Precinct 13 Julie John Carpenter 1978 The Sea Gypsies Girlfriend Stewart Raffill 1978 Halloween Annie Brackett John Carpenter 1980 The Fog Sandy Fadel John Carpenter 1981 Halloween II Annie Brackett Rick Rosenthal 1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch Linda Challis Tommy Lee Wallace 2024 Hauntology Mrs. Josephine Cashel Parker Brennon

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 Not in Front of the Children Reporter TV movie 1985 The Twilight Zone Frumpy Housewife Season 1, Episode 4 (segment "Little Boy Lost") 1992 Lady Boss Doctor TV movie

+ Other appearances Year Title Notes 2006 Halloween: 25 Years of Terror Video documentary 2006 Halloween: The Shape of Horror Short 2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film Documentary 2007–2022 Cinemassacre's Monster Madness Documentary TV series (3 episodes) 2010 Halloween: The Inside Story Documentary 2010 A History of Horror Miniseries documentary 2013 The Sassy One With Nancy Loomis Video short 2019 WiHM Massive Blood Drive PSA: Wilde About Blood Video short 2021 The Movies That Made Us Season 3, Episode 1 2021 Cinema Insomnia Season 16, Episode 17 2021 Halloween Kills Archival footage 2022Halloween Ends Archival footage