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."
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.037 |
Birthday | 1928-08-24 |
Place of Birth | Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As |
1951
Million Dollar Pursuit
5.8/5
A petty thief schemes a big score when he plans an armored car robbery.
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Million Dollar Pursuit
1951
Missing Women
6.2/6
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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Missing Women
1948
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
6.5/2
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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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1951
Spoilers of the Plains
6/1
An experimental weather satellite and a missile base are at stake when Roy discovers foreign agents around his ranch.
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Spoilers of the Plains
1952
Woman in the Dark
0/0
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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Woman in the Dark
1951
The Wild Blue Yonder
6/1
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 n...
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The Wild Blue Yonder
1950
Trail of Robin Hood
4.7/3
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...
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Trail of Robin Hood
1953
Powder River
6/6
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...
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Powder River
1952
Pony Soldier
5.9/26
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 i...
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Pony Soldier
1957
The Dalton Girls
5.3/6
Female relatives of the infamous Dalton gang carry on the family tradition.
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The Dalton Girls
1950
North of the Great Divide
0/0
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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North of the Great Divide
1950
Sunset in the West
7.8/5
Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.
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Sunset in the West
1947
That Hagen Girl
5.2/7
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 re...
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That Hagen Girl
1948
Two Guys from Texas
6/1
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
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Two Guys from Texas
1951
Utah Wagon Train
5/2
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 ba...
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Utah Wagon Train
1951
In Old Amarillo
6/1
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 cattle...
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In Old Amarillo
1952
Captive of Billy the Kid
0/0
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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Captive of Billy the Kid
1948
April Showers
6/3
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...
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April Showers
1949
Tucson
6/1
The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. And...
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Tucson
1951
Heart of the Rockies
6/1
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 a...
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Heart of the Rockies
1957
Ride a Violent Mile
4/2
A cowboy stampedes a Rebel plot with a Union spy posing as a dance-hall girl.
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Ride a Violent Mile
1951
Street Bandits
0/0
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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