Allen ya haife shi ne Allan Stewart Konigsberg a Brooklyn borough na New York City. Shi da 'yar'uwarsa, Letty (b. 1943), sun girma a Midwood, Brooklyn. Ya kasance dan Nettie (née Cherry; Nuwamba 8, 1906 <unk> Janairu 27, 2002), mai kula da littafi a gidan danginta, da kuma Martin Konigsberg (Disamba 25, 1900 <unk> Janairu 8, 2001), mai zane-zane da mai ba da kayan ado.
Martin Konigsberg