Personal Info
Birth date
1908-09-15 (117 Years)
Day of death
2003-11-12
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Also known as
Dorothy McNulty
Mariana Dorothy McNulty
Penny Singleton
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Penny Singleton (September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003) was an American film actress. During her sixty year career, Singleton appeared in films and television, most frequently 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. She also provided the voice of Jane Jetson in the animated series, The Jetsons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penny Singleton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.The Twilight Zone
8.457
Overview:
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.The Jetsons
7.305
Overview:
Meet George Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the automated, push-button world of the future hasn't made life any easier for the harried husband and father, who gets into one comical misadventure after another!This Is Your Life
6.4
Overview:
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.Rockin' with Judy Jetson
5.9
Overview:
There's intergalactic trouble when the lyrics Judy Jetson wrote for teen heartthrob Sky Rocker are swapped with a secret message from a music-hating witch. Now it's up to Judy, her family, and friends to save rock-and-roll.The Mad Miss Manton
6.4
Overview:
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.Campus Cinderella
5.5
Overview:
This musical comedy has a popular basketball star playing for a different college than what his father wanted after he falls in love with a co-ed.Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
6
Overview:
The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.Jetsons: The Movie
6.015
Overview:
George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
6.674
Overview:
Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Flintstone family.Vogues of 1938
5.3
Overview:
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.Outside of Paradise
NYR
Overview:
Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir to an estate in Ireland. He doesn't have money enough for the passage to Ireland, but the band members decide to incorporate him, advancing him the fare for equal shares in the estate. In Ireland, Danny finds that his is only a half-share, and the other half belongs to Mavourneen Kerrigan and she has the exclusive right to sell or keep the property...which, despite his pleas, she refuses to do. She also declares him an undesired guest, objects to his presence and insists that he prepare his own meals. He does so in a large main hall, but can only make hamburgers.Breakdowns of 1938
4.7
Overview:
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.Garden of the Moon
5.8
Overview:
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.Young Widow
4.8
Overview:
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.The Best Man
7.372
Overview:
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.Footlight Glamour
7.7
Overview:
Mr. Dithers is trying to encourage a businessman to build a war-time manufacturing plant on land he owns while Dagwood tries to prevent the businessman from learning his daughter is involved in a local theatre production.Blondie Has Servant Trouble
7.2
Overview:
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain.Blondie Hits the Jackpot
6.5
Overview:
Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood takes a job as a manual laborer for a construction firm while trying to get his old job back.Hard to Get
6
Overview:
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.Sea Racketeers
1
Overview:
J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard.Hanna-Barbera's 50th
9.2
Overview:
The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system.Life with Blondie
6
Overview:
Daisy, the Bumstead's mischievous mutt, makes the family a little extra cash when she wins a contest to become a model for the Navy. From there she becomes the favorite calendar gal. All the attention to the dog, makes Dagwood feel that his position as master of the house is jeopardized. Meanwhile all the attention catches the greedy eyes of gangsters who try and abduct Daisy!Howd' Ya Like That?
NYR
Overview:
Two sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them.It's a Great Life
7.5
Overview:
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.Blondie on a Budget
6
Overview:
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.Mr. Chump
NYR
Overview:
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.Blondie Goes to College
6.4
Overview:
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant does the same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too.Acting
1990Jetsons: The Movie as Jane Jetson (voice)
1989Hanna-Barbera's 50th as Jane Jetson (voice)
1988Rockin' with Judy Jetson as Jane Jetson (voice)
1987The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones as Jane Jetson (voice)
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Aunt Mildred
1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy as Blondie (archive footage)
1964The Best Man as Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)
1962The Jetsons (75 Episodes) as Jane Jetson (voice)
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Mrs. Flemington
1952This Is Your Life (1 Episode) as Self
1950Beware of Blondie as Blondie Bumstead
1950Blondie's Hero as Blondie Bumstead
1949Blondie Hits the Jackpot as Blondie Bumstead
1949Blondie's Big Deal as Blondie Bumstead
1948Blondie's Secret as Blondie Bumstead
1948Blondie's Reward as Blondie Bumstead
1947Blondie's Anniversary as Blondie Bumstead
1947Blondie in the Dough as Blondie Bumstead
1947Blondie's Holiday as Blondie Bumstead
1947Blondie's Big Moment as Blondie Bumstead
1946Blondie Knows Best as Blondie Bumstead
1946Blondie's Lucky Day as Blondie Bumstead
1946Young Widow as Peg Martin
1945Life with Blondie as Blondie Bumstead
1945Leave It to Blondie as Blondie Bumstead
1943Footlight Glamour as Blondie Bumstead
1943It's a Great Life as Blondie Bumstead
1943Show-Business at War as Self
1942Blondie for Victory as Blondie Bumstead
1942Blondie's Blessed Event as Blondie Bumstead
1942Blondie Goes to College as Blondie Bumstead
1941Go West, Young Lady as Belinda Pendergast
1941Blondie in Society as Blondie Bumstead
1941Blondie Goes Latin as Blondie Bumstead
1940Blondie Plays Cupid as Blondie Bumstead
1940Blondie Has Servant Trouble as Blondie Bumstead
1940Blondie on a Budget as Blondie Bumstead
1939Blondie Brings Up Baby as Blondie Bumstead
1939Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self
1939Blondie Takes a Vacation as Blondie Bumstead
1939Blondie Meets the Boss as Blondie Bumstead
1938Breakdowns of 1938 as Cookie Shannon (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938Blondie as Blondie
1938Hard to Get as Hattie
1938The Mad Miss Manton as Frances Glesk
1938Garden of the Moon as Miss Calder
1938Campus Cinderella as Marge Stanhope
1938Secrets of an Actress as Miss Reid
1938Boy Meets Girl as Peggy
1938Mr. Chump as Betty Martin
1938Racket Busters as Gladys Christie
1938Men Are Such Fools as Nancy Crowel
1938Outside of Paradise as Colleen Kerrigan
1938Swing Your Lady as Cookie Shannon
1937Sea Racketeers as Florence 'Toots' Riley
1937Vogues of 1938 as Miss Violet Sims
1936After the Thin Man as Polly Byrnes
1934Howd' Ya Like That? as Baby - Dancer
1930Love in the Rough as Virgie
1930Good News as Flo
1930Belle of the Night as (as Dorothy McNulty)