Penny Singleton

Actor, Film actor

1908 – 2003

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Who was Penny Singleton?

Penny Singleton was an American film actress. Born Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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 Lung failure.

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Born
Sep 15, 1908
Philadelphia
Also known as
  • Mariana Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty
  • Dorothy McNulty
  • Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty
  • Penny
  • Penny McNulty
  • Penny "Blondie Bumstead" Singleton
  • Blondie Bumstead
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Siblings
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Nov 12, 2003
Sherman Oaks
Resting place
San Fernando Mission Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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