Penny Singleton's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Jetsons Jane Jetson The Ken Murray Show Penny Singl…

Main Movie Roles 1990 - Jetsons: The Movie 1950 - Blondie's Hero 1950 - Beware of Blondie 1949 - Blondie Hits the Jackpot 1947 - Blondie's Anniversary 1947 - Blondie's Big Moment 1947 - Blondie in the Dough 1946 - Blondie's Lucky Day 1946 - Blondie Knows Best 1945 - Life with Blondie 1943 - It's a Great Life 1943 - Footlight Glamour 1942 - Blondie Goes to College 1942 - Blondie for Victory 1942 - Blondie's Blessed Event 1941 - Blondie in Society 1940 - Blondie Plays Cupid 1940 - Blondie on a Budget 1940 - Blondie Has Servant Trouble 1939 - Blondie Takes a Vacation 1939 - Blondie Brings Up Baby 1939 - Blondie Meets the Boss 1938 - The Mad Miss Manton 1938 - Blondie 1936 - After the Thin Man

BIOGRAPHY:

Her father was Irish Philadelphian newspaperman, Benny McNulty. He was related to Jim Farley (I) 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 After the Thin Man (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.


TRIVIA:

• She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6811 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6547 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Sister of 'Barney McNulty' (qv)
• First woman president of an AFL-CIO union.
• Sister-in-law of cinematographer 'Ray Flin' (qv).
• Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, St. John's University (1974).
• Despite her prolific film career, she was not included in the Dearly Departed video montage of the 2004 Oscar show.
• Was the voice of Jane Jetson in _"The Jetsons" (1962)_ (qv) and in later Jetson animated movies & specials.
• Elected president of AGVA (American Guild of Variety Artists) in 1969.