Penelope Horner

Penelope Horner (born June 20, 1939 in London ) is a British former film and television actress .

Life

Penelope Horner began her acting career in 1956 in the British comedy A Touch of the Sun . She had other uncredited supporting roles between 1957 and 1959 in the films Conditions as in Paradise , A King in New York and Story of a Nun . In 1961 she played Anne Rider in the English version of the novel The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace , which was made at the same time as the German film The Secret of the Yellow Daffodils . From the beginning of the 1960s, she increasingly appeared in British television productions and later appeared in episodes of the crime series Simon Templar , Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone and Die 2, which are also known in Germany . Her male film partners included Eddie Byrne , Michael Denison and Roger Moore . In 1973 she played Mina Murray at the side of Jack Palance in the adaptation of the novel Dracula , directed by Dan Curtis . Three years later followed a small role in the series kick-off for the British-German science fiction co-production The Girls from Space . In the 1980s she was Sarah Hallam in the second and third seasons of the soap opera Triangle . After several episodes in the sitcom Hell's Bells , she retired from the film business in 1986.

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

• 1959: Rhapsody in Lead (The Treasure of San Teresa)
• 1960: The Angry Silence
• 1961: The Devil's Daffodil
• 1967: Half a Sixpence
• 1970: The Man Who Had Power Over Women
• 1977: The seven-headed monster (Holocaust 2000)
• 1984: California Kids (Escape from El Diablo)

Television films and series

• 1961: Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond - The Face
• 1961: Boyd QC - The Runabout
• 1962: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theater - Locker 69
• 1964: Gideon's Way - The Big Fix
• 1965–1966: Simon Templar (The Saint) (three episodes)
• 1969: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat (The Avengers) - Tell me where the people are (The Morning After)
• 1971: The 2 (The Persuaders!) - Yeah, where are you running? (Someone Waiting)
• 1972: Jason King - Welcome to Capri (A Royal Flush)
• 1973: Dracula
• 1975: Thriller - The Double Kill
• 1976: The Girls from Space (Star Maidens) - Escape to Paradise (Escape to Paradise)
• 1982–1983: Triangle (52 episodes)
• 1986: Hell's Bells (six episodes)

Web links

• Penelope Horner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Penelope Horner in the All Movie Guide (English)
• Penelope Horner at Turner Classic Movies (English)
• Penelope Horner in the German dubbing file