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Penny Fuller

Acting

Born July 21, 1940 · Durham, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Penelope Ann "Penny" Fuller is an American actress. She received two Tony Award nominations for her performances on Broadway: for Applause, and The Dinner Party. For her television performances, Fuller received six Emmy Award nominations, winning once, in 1982 for playing Madge Kendal in The Elephant Man.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1982
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2001 · nominated

Filmography30 titles

Banacek

1972as Gloria Hamilton

Columbo

1971as Mrs. Finch

Quantum Leap

1989as Jane Lindhurst

ER

1994as Mrs. Constantine

All the President's Men

1976as Sally Aiken

China Beach

1988

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Grace Banfield

The Bob Newhart Show

1972as Nancy Brock

Law & Order

1990as Joyce Pollock

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Dr. Chris Forbes

L.A. Law

1986as Cynthia Levine

Matlock

1986as Barbara Raymond

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000as Madeleine Porter

Barnaby Jones

1973as Della Madison /Olivia Kearney

Strawberry Mansion

2021as Arabella “Bella” Isadora

Baby Snatcher

1992as Ruth Benson

Mad About You

1992as Theresa Stemple

Simon & Simon

1981as Vivian Penn

Route 66

1960

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

1982as Jeannie Kolchak

Movin' On

Love & War

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993as Mrs. Margaret Drysdale

Melrose Place

1992as Marilyn Carter

The Elephant Man

1982as Mrs. Kendal

False Arrest

1991as Marilyn Redmond

License to Kill

1986as Judith Peterson

The F.B.I.

1965as Della Marot

Intimate Agony

1983as Joanna Fairmont

Lies Before Kisses

1991as Katherine