# Penelope Horner

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{{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](/source/London), [United Kingdom](/source/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](/source/A_Touch_of_the_Sun_(1956_film))''.<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](/source/A_King_in_New_York)'' and ''[The Nun's Story](/source/The_Nun's_Story_(film))''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/penelope-horner-p33285/filmography|title=Penelope Horner &#124; Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref name=bfi/> In 1961, she played Anne Rider in  the Edgar Wallace film ''[The Daffodil Mystery](/source/The_Devil's_Daffodil)'' as well as Julie Denver in ''[Locker Sixty-Nine](/source/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](/source/The_Saint_(TV_series))'', ''[The Avengers](/source/The_Avengers_(TV_series))'' and ''[The Persuaders!](/source/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](/source/Jack_Palance) in the 1974 television adaptation of ''[Dracula](/source/Bram_Stoker's_Dracula_(1974_film))'' directed by [Dan Curtis](/source/Dan_Curtis).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/dracula-v14640/cast-crew|title=Dracula (1974) - Dan Curtis &#124; Cast and Crew &#124; AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Horner appeared as Sarah Hallam in the second and third season of the [BBC](/source/BBC) [soap opera](/source/soap_opera) ''[Triangle](/source/Triangle_(1981_TV_series))''.<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===
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*1959: ''[The Treasure of San Teresa](/source/The_Treasure_of_San_Teresa)''
*1960: ''[The Angry Silence](/source/The_Angry_Silence)''
*1961: ''[The Devil's Daffodil](/source/The_Devil's_Daffodil)''
*1961: ''[The Horsemasters](/source/The_Horsemasters)''
*1967: ''[Half a Sixpence](/source/Half_a_Sixpence_(film))''
*1970: ''[The Man Who Had Power Over Women](/source/The_Man_Who_Had_Power_Over_Women)''
*1977: ''[Holocaust 2000](/source/Holocaust_2000)''
*1984: ''Escape from El Diablo''
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===Television===
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*1961: ''[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond](/source/Alcoa_Presents%3A_One_Step_Beyond)'' (Episode: ''The Face'')
*1961: ''[Boyd Q.C.](/source/Boyd_Q.C.)'' (Episode: ''The Runabout'')
*1962: ''[Edgar Wallace Mysteries](/source/Edgar_Wallace_Mysteries)'' - ''[Locker Sixty-Nine](/source/Locker_Sixty-Nine)''
*1964: ''[Gideon's Way](/source/Gideon's_Way)'' (Episode: ''The Big Fix'')
*1964: ''[Detective](/source/Detective)'' (Series 2 Ep 13 ''The Golden Dart'')
*1965-1966: ''[The Saint](/source/The_Saint_(TV_series))'' (3 episodes)
*1969: ''[The Avengers](/source/The_Avengers_(TV_series))'' (Episode: ''[The Morning After](/source/The_Morning_After_(The_Avengers))'')
*1971: ''[The Persuaders!](/source/The_Persuaders!)'' (Episode: ''Someone Waiting'')
*1974: ''[Dracula](/source/Bram_Stoker's_Dracula_(1973_film))''
*1974: [Father Brown](/source/Father_Brown_(1974_TV_series)) (Episode: The Quick One)
*1975: ''[Thriller](/source/Thriller_(British_TV_series))'' (Episode: ''The Double Kill'')
*1976: ''[Star Maidens](/source/Star_Maidens)'' (Episode: ''Escape to Paradise'') 
*1982-1983: ''[Triangle](/source/Triangle_(1981_TV_series))'' (52 episodes)
*1986: ''[Hell's Bells](/source/Hell's_Bells_(TV_series))'' (6 episodes)
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0395126}}

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Category:Actresses from London
Category:English film actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:English soap opera actresses
Category:20th-century English actresses

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