Penny Edwards

Penny Edwards

Born: August 24, 1928
Died: August 26, 1998
in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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."

Movies for Penny Edwards...

The Dalton Girls
Title: The Dalton Girls
Character: Columbine Dalton
Released: December 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Female relatives of the infamous Dalton gang carry on the family tradition.
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Ride a Violent Mile
Title: Ride a Violent Mile
Character: Susan Crowley
Released: November 24, 1957
Type: Movie
A cowboy stampedes a Rebel plot with a Union spy posing as a dance-hall girl.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Secretary
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Powder River
Title: Powder River
Character: Debbie Allen
Released: June 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Ex-marshal Chino Bull has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Chino then takes over as the law in town, forming a friendship with gun-man Mitch Hardin and making enemies of the Logan brothers. When Hardin' girl from the east arrives, he makes her pretty unwelcome - as does his new flame, saloon owner Frenchie.
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Woman in the Dark
Title: Woman in the Dark
Character: Anna Reichardt
Released: November 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A pastry-shop girl (Penny Edwards) sees a priest's (Ross Elliott) and a lawyer's (Rick Vallin) brother take part in a jewel heist.
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Pony Soldier
Title: Pony Soldier
Character: Emerald Neeley
Released: April 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Duncan MacDonald, a 19th-century Royal Canadian Mountie, has to escort a group of Cree Indians back to their above-the-border reservation. His guide in this endeavor is the not-too-trustworthy half-breed Natayo.
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Captive of Billy the Kid
Title: Captive of Billy the Kid
Character: Nancy McCreary
Released: January 21, 1952
Type: Movie
Five people have a part of a map leading to Billy the Kid's treasure. When one of them is killed, Rocky Lane has a plan to find the killer.
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The Wild Blue Yonder
Title: The Wild Blue Yonder
Character: Connie Hudson
Released: December 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful nurse, Corey and Tucker prepare to fly a bombing mission in the South Pacific. Before boarding their B29 Superfortress, Tucker appears to be chickening out, but he's steadfastly at his cockpit post at takeoff time.
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Street Bandits
Title: Street Bandits
Character: Mildred Anderson
Released: November 9, 1951
Type: Movie
A lawyer (Robert Clarke) defends a slot-machine king, and his bride (Penny Edwards) and partner (Ross Ford) don't like it.
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Utah Wagon Train
Title: Utah Wagon Train
Character: Nancy Bonner
Released: October 14, 1951
Type: Movie
Rancher Rex Allen receives a summons from his uncle. an old time frontiersman, that he is in trouble. The uncle has been hired to lead a modern-day band of adventurers on a wagon train retracing the route taken by their ancestors 100 years ago. Before Rex can talk to his uncle, the uncle is murdered, and Rex sets out to find the killer and the motive by taking his uncle's place as the leader of the wagon train.
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Million Dollar Pursuit
Title: Million Dollar Pursuit
Character: Ronnie LaVerne
Released: May 30, 1951
Type: Movie
A petty thief schemes a big score when he plans an armored car robbery.
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In Old Amarillo
Title: In Old Amarillo
Character: Madge Adams
Released: May 15, 1951
Type: Movie
A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattlemen's plans to ship water by train and to seed the clouds for rain. Roy is sent by a packing house to investigate.
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Heart of the Rockies
Title: Heart of the Rockies
Character: June Willard
Released: March 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Roy is put in charge of a highway construction project. A rancher tries to stop Roy from putting a highway across his land because he fears that the authorities are going to discover the unscrupulous manner in which he got it.
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Missing Women
Title: Missing Women
Character: Claudia Rankin
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.
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Spoilers of the Plains
Title: Spoilers of the Plains
Character: Frankie Manning
Released: February 2, 1951
Type: Movie
An experimental weather satellite and a missile base are at stake when Roy discovers foreign agents around his ranch.
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Trail of Robin Hood
Title: Trail of Robin Hood
Character: Toby Aldridge
Released: December 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Retired actor Jack Holt is raising Christmas trees for sale at a cost which permits every family to have one. A commercial tree company tries to drive Holt out of business. Roy saves the day, of course.
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North of the Great Divide
Title: North of the Great Divide
Character: Ann Keith
Released: November 15, 1950
Type: Movie
An Indian agent comes to the rescue when a local tribe's fishing rights are threatened by a greedy cannery owner.
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Sunset in the West
Title: Sunset in the West
Character: Dixie Osborne
Released: September 25, 1950
Type: Movie
Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.
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Tucson
Title: Tucson
Character: Laurie Sherman
Released: April 27, 1949
Type: Movie
The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. When his lack of focus nearly causes a tragic accident in the university chemistry lab, Andy decides to hunker down and study.
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Two Guys from Texas
Title: Two Guys from Texas
Character: Maggie Reed
Released: August 27, 1948
Type: Movie
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Title: Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Character: Libby Mathews
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.
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April Showers
Title: April Showers
Character: Chorine (uncredited)
Released: March 27, 1948
Type: Movie
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
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That Hagen Girl
Title: That Hagen Girl
Character: Christine Delaney
Released: November 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.