Penelope Milford

• Name — Penelope Milford • Birth Name — Penelope Dale Milford • Born — 23 March 1948 • Birthplace — St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. • Died — 14 October 2025 • Place of death — Saugerties, New York, U.S. • Years Active — 1968–2013 • Occupation — Actress • Family — Kim Milford (brother)

Milford was born March 23, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Illinois. She was the daughter of Richard George Milford and Ann Marie (nee Felt) Milford. Milford graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. Her younger brother, Kim, was an actor and musician until his death from heart failure at age 37.

Milford was married to poet/actor Michael David Lally from 1982–84.

In 1972, she joined the Broadway cast of the play Lenny, about the life of actor Lenny Bruce. In 1974, she was cast as Jenny Anderson in the musical Shenandoah, based on the 1965 film of the same name. Shenandoah opened on Broadway on January 7, 1975, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. For her performance, Milford was nominated for the first Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress. Off-Broadway in 1971, Milford starred as Judith opposite Richard Gere in Long Time Coming and a Long Time Gone, a musical about artist Richard Fariña. Milford appeared in Felix (1974), Fishing (1981) by Michael Weller, and Territorial Rites (1983). She also performed in a revue show titled The Second Hottest Show in Town. In 2013, Milford played the role of Deborah in the Harold Pinter play A Kind of Alaska at the Cocoon Theatre in Rhinebeck, New York.

Milford's first television appearance was on a 1976 episode of The Blue Knight. In 1980, Milford starred in Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris, as Kathy Morris. Also, in 1980, she co-starred in the Emmy Award-winning television movie The Oldest Living Graduate starring Henry Fonda and Cloris Leachman. In 1982, she starred opposite Sondra Locke in the Jackie Cooper-directed, Emmy Award-winning television film Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story, where she played Betty Clooney, the sister of Rosemary Clooney. In 1984, Milford appeared in the Golden Globe Award-winning television movie The Burning Bed starring Farrah Fawcett and Paul Le Mat. In 1985 she guest starred on an episode of The Hitchhiker.

Milford died in Saugerties, New York, on October 14, 2025, at the age of 77.

• 1970: Maidstone (uncredited) • 1974: Man on a Swing as Evelyn Moore • 1976: The Blue Knight (1 episode) • 1977: Valentino as Lorna Sinclair • 1978: Coming Home as Vi Munson • 1979: The Last Word as Denise Travis • 1980: Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (TV) as Kathy Morris • 1980: The Oldest Living Graduate (TV) as Martha Ann • 1981: Take This Job and Shove It as Lenore Meade • 1981: Endless Love as Ingrid Orchester • 1982: Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (TV) as Betty Clooney • 1982: Blood Link as Julie Warren • 1983: The Golden Seal as Tania Lee • 1984: The Burning Bed (TV) as Gaby • 1985: The Hitchhiker as Diane Hampton (1 episode) • 1989: Heathers as Pauline Fleming • 1989: Cold Justice as Eileen • 1990: Miss Missouri as Ann • 1996: Normal Life as Adele Anderson • 1996: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part II as Woman In Woods, Henry's First Victim • 1997: Night of the Lawyers as Anna Carroll

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