Penny Fuller
Penny Fuller (born July 21, 1940 in Durham , North Carolina ) is an American actress .
Life
Fuller attended Northwestern University in Illinois before moving to New York to pursue an acting career. In 1962 she made her first appearance on Broadway in the production The Moon Besieged , which was only performed once. From the following year to 1967 she was the replacement for leading actress Elizabeth Ashley in Neil Simons Barefoot in the Park and from 1966 to 1969 the replacement for the character Sally Bowles in Cabaret . Between 1970 and 1972 she played alongside Lauren Bacall in the musical version of Everything About Eva . She has been nominated five times for the Tony Award for her performance at the theater .
She had also had occasional television roles since the mid-1960s, but it wasn't until the 1970s that the roles increased there. She appeared as a guest star in various television series such as The Six Million Dollar Man , Ironside and FBI . In 1982 she received an Emmy Award for the television play The Elephant Man . She was nominated for another five Emmys in later years, including the television play The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, based on the Tennessee Williams drama, and guest appearances on series NYPD Blue and Emergency Room .
Her comparatively few roles in feature films include Conspiracy in the Shadows , The Untouchables and The Beverly Hillbillies Are Going! .
Filmography (selection)
TV Shows
- 1974: The Six Million Dollar Man ( The Six Million Dollar Man , a series)
- 1983: Simon & Simon (one episode)
- 1985: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , two episodes)
- 1988: Matlock (an episode)
- 1988, 1993: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , two episodes)
- 1990: Columbo (an episode)
- 1992: Back to the Past ( Quantum Leap , an episode)
- 1994–1995: Melrose Place (five episodes)
- 1995: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , an episode)
- 1998: Law & Order (an episode)
- 2002, 2005: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , two episodes)
Broadway
- 1962: The Moon Beseiged
- 1963: Barefoot in the Park
- 1966: Cabaret
- 1970: Applause
- 1976: Rex
- 1997: An American Daughter
- 2000: The Dinner Party
- 2008: Dividing the Estate
Awards
- 1970: Tony Award nomination for Applause
- 1976: Tony Award nomination for Rex
- 1982: Emmy Award for The Elephant Man
- 1985: Emmy nomination for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- 1991: Emmy nomination for China Beach
- 1992: Emmy nomination for Miss Rose White
- 1994: Emmy nomination for NYPD Blue
- 1995: Tony Award nomination for Three Viewings
- 1996: Emmy nomination for Emergency Room
- 1999: Tony Award nomination for A New Brain
- 2001: Tony Award nomination for The Dinner Party
Web links
- Penny Fuller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Penny Fuller in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Penny Fuller in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Penny Fuller on Turner Classic Movies
- Penny Fuller at filmreference.com (English)
- Penny Fuller in the German dubbing file
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fuller, Penny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durham , North Carolina , United States |