{{Short description|British actress (born 1939)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Penelope Horner | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|20 June 1939}} | birth_place = London, United Kingdom | occupation = Actress }} '''Penelope "Penny" Horner''' (born 20 June 1939) is a British former film and television actress.
==Life and career== Penelope Horner began her acting career in 1956 in the British film comedy ''A Touch of the Sun''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3b4b647|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414080751/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3b4b647|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2019|title=Penelope Horner|website=BFI}}</ref> Other small roles followed in films such as ''A King in New York'' and ''The Nun's Story''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/penelope-horner-p33285/filmography|title=Penelope Horner | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref name=bfi/> In 1961, she played Anne Rider in the Edgar Wallace film ''The Daffodil Mystery'' as well as Julie Denver in ''Locker Sixty-Nine'' in 1962.<ref name=bfi/> 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!''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=8206|title=Penelope Horner|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> She starred alongside Jack Palance in the 1974 television adaptation of ''Dracula'' directed by Dan Curtis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/dracula-v14640/cast-crew|title=Dracula (1974) - Dan Curtis | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref>
In the 1980s, Horner appeared as Sarah Hallam in the second and third season of the BBC soap opera ''Triangle''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77bc7fb9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504112737/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77bc7fb9|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2019|title=Triangle (1982)|website=BFI}}</ref> She retired in 1986.
Penelope married 2 times : * David Korda (1962 - 1973) * Rex Berry (1981 - ?)
==Partial filmography== ===Feature films=== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} *1959: ''The Treasure of San Teresa'' *1960: ''The Angry Silence'' *1961: ''The Devil's Daffodil'' *1961: ''The Horsemasters'' *1967: ''Half a Sixpence'' *1970: ''The Man Who Had Power Over Women'' *1977: ''Holocaust 2000'' *1984: ''Escape from El Diablo'' {{div col end}}
===Television=== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} *1961: ''Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' (Episode: ''The Face'') *1961: ''Boyd Q.C.'' (Episode: ''The Runabout'') *1962: ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' - ''Locker Sixty-Nine'' *1964: ''Gideon's Way'' (Episode: ''The Big Fix'') *1964: ''Detective'' (Series 2 Ep 13 ''The Golden Dart'') *1965-1966: ''The Saint'' (3 episodes) *1969: ''The Avengers'' (Episode: ''The Morning After'') *1971: ''The Persuaders!'' (Episode: ''Someone Waiting'') *1974: ''Dracula'' *1974: Father Brown (Episode: The Quick One) *1975: ''Thriller'' (Episode: ''The Double Kill'') *1976: ''Star Maidens'' (Episode: ''Escape to Paradise'') *1982-1983: ''Triangle'' (52 episodes) *1986: ''Hell's Bells'' (6 episodes) {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0395126}}
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