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person_profile-Penny Edwards

Penny Edwards Died at age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Penny Edwards

Date of Birth:

Aug 24, 1928

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 26, 1998

Biography of

Penny Edwards

    Penny Edwards was an american actress who had a career on stage, television, and in films.

    When she was twelve years old, Edwards danced in Let's Face It, and at the age of fourteen, she appeared on Broadway as a dancer in Zigfeld Follies of 1943. Her other Broadway credits include Laffing Room Only, and The Duchess Misbehaves.

    Edwards' film debut came in My Wild Irish Rose. She also appeared in the films Trail of Robin Hood, Spoilers of the Plains, Heart of the Rockies, In Old Amarillo, North of the Great Divide, Sunset in the West, Street Bandits and Missing Women, among others. In the late 1940s, Edwards toured the United States for fourteen months, performing in vaudeville.

    Public response to Edwards' appearance with Roy Rogers in Sunset in the West (1950) led to her receiving a long-term contract with Republic Pictures.

    In the 1950s, Edwards appeared on television in westerns and mystery programs. Edwards appeared as Nan Gable in the 1958 episode, "Two-Gun Nan," on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days. In the story line, Nan is a woman sharpshooter affiliated with William F. Cody's Wild West Show. She sets out on a daring 180-day thoroughbred horse ride from San Francisco to New York City to prove that a woman could undertake such a task. Robert "Buzz" Henry played her husband, Frank Gable, and William O'Neal was cast as Cody. Still living in 1958, Nan Gable appeared with series host Stanley Andrews at the conclusion of the episode.

    In 1954, Edwards announced her retirement from acting "to do the Lord's work in whatever way He wills." However, in 1956 she appeared as Molly Crowley in the TV western series Cheyenne in the episode titled "Johnny Bravo."

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Filmography of

Penny Edwards

Found 21 Movies in total

The Dalton Girls

Columbine Dalton ( Actor )

... 1957

Ride a Violent Mile

Susan Crowley ( Actor )

... 1957

Powder River

Debbie Allen ( Actor )

... 1953

Woman in the Dark

Anna Reichardt ( Actor )

... 1952

Pony Soldier

Emerald Neeley ( Actor )

... 1952

Captive of Billy the Kid

Nancy McCreary ( Actor )

... 1952

The Wild Blue Yonder

Connie Hudson ( Actor )

... 1951

Utah Wagon Train

Nancy Bonner ( Actor )

... 1951

Million Dollar Pursuit

Ronnie LaVerne ( Actor )

... 1951

In Old Amarillo

Madge Adams ( Actor )

... 1951

Heart of the Rockies

June Willard ( Actor )

... 1951

Missing Women

Claudia Rankin ( Actor )

... 1951

Spoilers of the Plains

Frankie Manning ( Actor )

... 1951

Trail of Robin Hood

Toby Aldridge ( Actor )

... 1950

North of the Great Divide

Ann Keith ( Actor )

... 1950

Sunset in the West

Dixie Osborne ( Actor )

... 1950

Tucson

Laurie Sherman ( Actor )

... 1949

Two Guys from Texas

Maggie Reed ( Actor )

... 1948

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Libby Mathews ( Actor )

... 1948

April Showers

Chorine (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

That Hagen Girl

Christine Delaney ( Actor )

... 1947