Penny Singleton | |
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 Singleton in 1938 | |
| Born | Mariana Dorothy McNulty September 15, 1908 |
| Died | November 12, 2003 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1925–1990 |
| Spouses | Laurence Scroggs Singleton
(m. 1937; div. 1939)Robert Sparks
(m. 1941; died 1963) |
| Children | 2 |
Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September 15, 1908[1] – November 12, 2003) was an American actress and labor leader. During her 6 decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 motion pictures from 1938 until 1950 and the popular Blondie radio program from 1939 until 1950. Singleton also provided the voice of Jane Jetson in the animated series The Jetsons from 1962 to 1963.
Behind the scenes, Singleton was the first woman to serve as president of an AFL-CIO union,[2] and served two terms as president of the American Guild of Variety Artists. She testified before a Senate subcommittee in 1962 on the union's treatment of women variety workers, and led a strike of the Radio City Rockettes in 1967.
- ^ Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 685. ISBN 9781557835512.
- ^ "Penny Singleton". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 15, 2023.