Penny Singleton
Penny Singleton was born on Sep 15, 1908 in USA. Penny Singleton's big-screen debut came with Good News directed by Nick Grinde in 1930. Penny Singleton is known for After the Thin Man directed by W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell stars as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy as Nora. The most recent award Penny Singleton achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Penny Singleton plays is Jetsons: The Movie which will be released on Jul 06, 1990.
Her father was Irish Philadelphian newspaperman, Benny McNulty. He was related to Jim Farley Roosevelt's campaign managers and later Postmaster General. As a child, she sang songs at a silent movie theater. After the sixth grade she joined a touring vaudeville act called "The Kiddie Kabaret." Billed as Penny McNulty, she sang and danced with Milton Berle and Gene Raymond. Her first speaking part was in a Jack Benny Broadway show "Great Temptations".Moving to Hollywood, she took a new name after marrying dentist Lawrence Singleton. Her first name derived from having saved large amounts of penny coins. She played a tough nightclub dancer in Nick, gentleman détective (1936) and acted/sang/danced in Swing Your Lady (1938), one of the movies Humphrey Bogart regarded as his worst. Though naturally a brunette, she bleached her hair blonde ever since she got the role of Blondie in that long-lived series.
Birthday
Sep 15, 1908Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Awards
2 wins & 0 nominations
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