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Penelope Horner

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Penelope Horner
Born20 June 1939 (1939-06-20) (age 85)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress

Penelope "Penny" Horner (born 20 June 1939) is a British former film and television actress.

Life and career

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Penelope Horner began her acting career in 1956 in the British film comedy A Touch of the Sun.[1] Other small roles followed in films such as A King in New York and The Nun's Story.[2][1] In 1961, she played the Anne Rider in the Edgar Wallace film The Daffodil Mystery as well as Julie Denver in Locker Sixty-Nine in 1962.[1] During the 1960s and 1970s she became a regular face in some of the popular spy adventure series of the day, including The Saint, The Avengers and The Persuaders!.[3] She starred alongside Jack Palance in the 1974 television adaptation of Dracula directed by Dan Curtis.[4]

In the 1980s, she appeared as Sarah Hallam in the second and third season of the BBC soap opera Triangle.[5] She retired in 1986.

Penelope married 2 times :

  • David Korda (1962 - 1973)
  • Rex Berry (1981 - ?)


Partial filmography

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Feature films

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Penelope Horner". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Penelope Horner | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Penelope Horner". www.aveleyman.com.
  4. ^ "Dracula (1974) - Dan Curtis | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  5. ^ "Triangle (1982)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019.
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