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Penny Singleton is a Actor American born on 15 september 1908 at Philadelphia (USA)
Penny Singleton (September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003) was an American film actress. Born Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (commonly known as Dorothy McNulty) she was the daughter of an Irish-American newspaperman Benny McNulty — from whom she received the nickname "Penny" because she was "as bright as a penny".
During her sixty year career Singleton appeared as the comic strip heroine Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 motion pictures from 1938 until 1950 and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950.
Singleton also provided the voice of Jane Jetson in the animated series The Jetsons.
She died in November 2003 at the age of 95 of respiratory failure.
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Penny Singleton
Birth name Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1908 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 12 november 2003 (at 95 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1908 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 12 november 2003 (at 95 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
During her sixty year career Singleton appeared as the comic strip heroine Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 motion pictures from 1938 until 1950 and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950.
Singleton also provided the voice of Jane Jetson in the animated series The Jetsons.
She died in November 2003 at the age of 95 of respiratory failure.
Biography
She was married to Dr. Laurence Scogga Singleton, a dentist, from 1937 until their divorce in 1939. She was married to Robert Sparks from 1941 until his death on July 22, 1963. Singleton had a daughter with each of her husbands.Usually with
Filmography of Penny Singleton (32 films)
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Directed by Ray Patterson, Don Lusk
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation
Themes Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Henry Corden, Hamilton Camp, George O'Hanlon
Roles Jane Jetson (voice)
Rating65%
In the future, while Elroy is busy working on a time machine, George Jetson comes to Mr. Spacely's office for a serious discussion. Spacely's rival, Cogswell, has been stealing Spacely's business ideas, putting their jobs in jeopardy. Spacely orders George to go spy on Cogswell where George finds out that Cogswell's robot computer, S.A.R.A., has been seducing the Spacely robot computer, R.U.D.I., into leaking Mr. Spacely's secrets. George tries to report to Spacely, but R.U.D.I. sabotages his efforts.
Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
, 1h34Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Iwao Takamoto
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical theatre, Animation, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Children's films, Robot films
Actors George O'Hanlon, Ronnie Schell, Penny Singleton, Patti Deutsch, Tiffany, Dana Hill
Roles Jane Jetson (voice)
Rating55%
In the late 21st century, Spacely Sprockets and Spindles has opened a new mining colony on an asteroid. The proposed project is meant to increase productivity at 1/10 the cost of making the items on Earth. However, the factory continues to be sabotaged by someone or something. As Cosmo Spacely (Mel Blanc and Jeff Bergman) checks up on the "Orbiting-Ore Asteroid" again, the latest head of the factory, Alexander Throttlebottom, has run off, making it four vice presidents of the new plant that Spacely has lost so far.
Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988)
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Children's films
Actors George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler, Rob Paulsen
Roles Jane Jetson
Rating61%
Judy Jetson and her friends idolize rock star Sky Rocker and attend his concert, despite her father's disapproval of rock concerts. Judy had just written a new song and wants to give it to Sky. Meanwhile, evil space queen Felonia Funk is out to destroy music and sends her cronies, Quark and Quasar, to give Commander Comsat a message containing a code that will help Felonia find a rare crystal that will assist in her evil doings. Sky Rocker gets the wrong song and it becomes a huge sensation, leading to Felonia's kidnapping of Sky Rocker and a group of music-loving aliens, the Zoomies, to help Judy. Meanwhile, Elroy and Astro pursue Judy as she is chased by space villains and George goes out to find his daughter.
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Ann-Margret, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Walter Brennan
Roles Blondie (archive footage)
Rating77%
The Best Man (1964)
, 1h42Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Lee Tracy, Margaret Leighton, Edie Adams, Ann Sothern
Roles Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
Rating75%
William Russell (Fonda) and Joe Cantwell (Robertson) are the two leading candidates for the presidential nomination of an unspecified political party. Both have potentially fatal vulnerabilities.
Blondie's Holiday (1947)
, 1h7Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jerome Cowan, Grant Mitchell, Mary Young
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating64%
Dagwood Bumstead is an architect who has managed to convince the prominent bank president Samuel Breckenridge to let his firm have the contract to erect a new bank building in town. When Dagwood’s boss at the architect firm, George Radcliffe, hears about the contract, he is ecstatic and offers Dagwood a modest raise of $2,50.
Young Widow (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Melodrama
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Faith Domergue, Marie Wilson, Kent Taylor, Louise Beavers
Roles Peg Martin
Rating59%
Set during WWII, journalist Joan Kenwood (Jane Russell), whose Air Corps photographer husband was killed on an air mission, returns to New York City from England. The managing editor of the newspaper for which she worked, Peter Waring (Kent Taylor), offers Joan work, but she despondently rejects it and instead stays with two aunts on their farm in Virginia. Unable to stop thinking about the death, however, she decides to return to New York.
Show-Business at War (1943)
, 17minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about cities, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Carole Lombard, Irving Berlin, Alfred Lunt, Loretta Young, Walt Disney, John Ford
Roles Self
Rating70%
Blondie for Victory (1942)
, 1h11Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Stuart Erwin, Jonathan Hale, Edward Gargan
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating61%
Blondie Bumstead forms a civilian defense group, ”Housewives of America”, by persuading her housewife neighbors to join. But the forming of the group creates trouble in her own household.
Blondie Goes to College (1942)
, 1h14Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Janet Blair, Jonathan Hale, Adele Mara
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating61%
Dagwood Bumstead is forced to receive a college diploma in order to remain a worker at the Dithers Construction Company. He goes to school with his wife Blondie, until they get the news married couples are not allowed. They decide to pretend they aren't a couple. A dilemma starts when Laura Wadsworth begins to flirt with Dagwood and Big Man on Campus Rusty Bryant does the same with Blondie. Even more problems come to Blondie when she discovers she is pregnant. Afraid to tell Dagwood out of fear for expulsion, she decides to keep it a secret.
Go West, Young Lady (1941)
, 1h10Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Penny Singleton, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles, Allen Jenkins, Jed Prouty
Roles Belinda Pendergast
Rating62%
The town of Headstone eagerly awaits the arrival of their new sheriff, hoping that he will vanquish the dreaded outlaw, Killer Pete, who has murdered the last four sheriffs. Meanwhile, on the stage bound for Headstone, Tex Miller, the new sheriff, is making small talk with fellow passenger and former seminary student Belinda "Bill" Pendergast when the stage is attacked by a band of Indians. Taking aim at the Indians, Bill shoots them off their horses and then calmly explains to the astonished Tex that her father always wanted a son and taught her to handle a gun.
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
, 1h10Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Arthur Hohl, Esther Dale
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating65%
Blondie proves to be a real nuisance to her husband Dagwood and causes domestic disturbance in the Bumstead home, when she insists on getting a maid. Dagwood is forced to take the request seriously, and asks his boss, J.C. Dithers, for a raise. As a rule, Dithers refuses the raise, but instead he offers Dagwood and his family a two-week stay at a country house, complete with servants. The house is the size of a palace, formerly owned by Batterson, a newly deceased magician. With the consent of his wife, Dagwood accepts the offer, and they prepare for take off to the country.
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
, 1h8Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Glenn Ford, Penny Singleton, Larry Simms, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale, Irving Bacon
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating64%
Dagwood Bumstead has been caught possessing illegal fireworks and now he tries to make up for this by taking his wife Blondie to Aunt Hannah's ranch for 4 July celebrations. The ranch is a peaceful place in the country, but trouble starts already on the way over there, when the Bumsteads board the wrong train and have to hitchhike most of the way. The young couple that picks them up, Millie and Charlie, are on their way to get married and elope together, without their parents' consents. The Bumsteads have to accompany the young couple to court and the wedding ceremony, but the wedding is interrupted by Millie's father, Mr Tucker, storming in with a shotgun. Mr Tucker then takes the car, with Dagwood, his son and their dog still in it, and drives off. Charlie is forced to take Blondie to Aunt Hannah's ranch, and in she encourages him to have another go at marrying Millie and elop. unfortunately he twists his ankle on the way, and a very reluctant Dagwood has to take his place and go and fetch Millie from her (and her father's) home. Dagwood accidentally climbs through the window to Millie's father's bedroom, and is held at gunpoint. He flees head over heels and is chased around the property. His son discovers what he thinks is some kind of fireworks and lights it, but it is in fact a dynamite stick. When the dynamite explodes it rips up a hole in the ground, and in doing so, opens up an oil well. Millie's father is so happy over the new source of income that he consents to Charlie marrying his daughter after all, and the Bumsteads finish their weekend holiday at the hospital, in peace and quiet.
Blondie on a Budget (1940)
, 1h12Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Ian Wolfe, Willie Best, Larry Simms, Rita Hayworth
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating64%
Blondie Bumstead is having trouble balancing the family budget, particularly as she wants to buy a new fur coat. Her husband Dagwood also needs money for the membership fee of a fishing club he wants to join. Blondie becomes jealous when she finds Dagwood with an overfamiliar old friend, Joan Forrester, and begins to suspect that they are having an affair. After Dagwood wins money in a competition he decides to buy Blondie a fur coat, but uses Joan to try it on for size. Blondie sees them in the shop together and mistakenly thinks he is buying it for Joan. She decides to leave Dagwood for good, only to have a last minute change of heart.
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
, 1h15Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Comingore
Roles Blondie Bumstead
Rating66%
The film centers on Blondie (Penny Singleton) taking over at Dagwood's (Arthur Lake) office while he's off on a fishing trip.