Penelope Windust

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Penelope Windust
BornJuly 13, 1945
DiedFebruary 2, 2022 (aged 76)
Occupation Actress
Years active1967–2008
Children2

Penelope Marjorie Windust (July 13, 1945 – February 2, 2022) was an American television, film, and stage actress. She was known for her role as Kathleen Maxwell in the 1983 miniseries V .

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Biography

Windust began her career on Broadway, appearing in a 1967 production of Spofford with Melvyn Douglas, [1] and in 1972 production of Elizabeth I. [2] Windust has starred in many television movies. Her best-known film roles were in the movies Ghost Town and Bird in 1988. Her final movie appearance was You Don't Mess with the Zohan in 2008.

She made many guest appearances on television, including Hawaii Five-O , The Six Million Dollar Man , Falcon Crest , Dallas , Matlock , Criminal Minds , ER , Third Watch and Boston Legal . She died on February 2, 2022, at the age of 76. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976The KeegansPamela Voorhees KeeganTelevision film
1976 The Call of the Wild Rosemary
1977 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Gloria BeasleyTelevision film
1981Death Ray 2000Emma BlessingTelevision film
1982Mother's Day on Waltons MountainNurse NorrisTelevision film
1982Johnny BelindaDr. HarrisTelevision film
1982 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet [4]
1984Children in the CrossfireTV NewswomanTelevision film
1985 Scandal Sheet Television film
1988 Bird Bellevue Nurse
1988 Ghost Town Grace
1989Flying BlindBlonde TeacherTelevision film
1989Naked LieAlison BrowningTelevision film
1992A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick StoryDr. MillerTelevision film
1992The NightmanMrs. FordyceTelevision film
1993CooperstownReceptionistTelevision film
1994 Iron Will Maggie Stoneman
2008McBride: RequiemCeleste ClaytonTelevision film
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Second Woman in Cab

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Mannix Ruth O'Neill1 episode
1975 Hawaii Five-O Dr. Sheila Cramer1 episode
1975 Ellery Queen Anita Leslie/Cousin Lindsay1 episode
1975 Emergency! S5Ep8Jane Larson1 episode
1976 The Six Million Dollar Man Marlene Bekey2 episodes
1977 Delvecchio Estelle Richards1 episode
1978 Husbands, Wives & Lovers Mrs. Howard/Flo2 episodes
1978 Wonder Woman Dr. Sylvia Stubbs1 episode
1978Nero WolfeLaura Fromm1 episode
1981 The Waltons Bernadine Norris1 episode
1982 Lou Grant Josephine Bowers1 episode
1983 V Kathleen Maxwell2 episodes
1983 Hotel Elizabeth Stanton1 episode
1985 Cover Up Model1 episode
1985 Finder of Lost Loves Mrs. Murdock1 episode
1982–85 Falcon Crest Doctor4 episodes
1986 Dallas Mrs. Crane2 episodes
1987 MacGyver Connie Thornton1 episode
1988 Matlock Donna Stewart1 episode
19891st & Ten: The ChampionshipRebecca1 episode
1990 China Beach Jean Winslow1 episode
1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. Dr. Joanna Fields1 episode
1992 Civil Wars Rita Sawyer1 episode
1992 Married... with Children Sales Lady1 episode
1993 Reasonable Doubts Elaine Curtis1 episode
1993 Murder, She Wrote Laura Bennett1 episode
1996 High Incident 1 episode
1997 ER Mrs. Martineau1 episode
2002 Third Watch Crazy Lady1 episode
2004 Boston Legal Martha Silver1 episode
2005 Criminal Minds Lynette Giles1 episode
2006 Smith Dental Receptionist1 episode

Stage credits

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1967 Spofford Geneva Herman Shumlin [1]
1972Elizabeth IElizabeth the Player Queen John-Michael Tebelak [5]

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References

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