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Penny Singleton

1908 - 2003

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Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003) was an American actress and labor leader. During her six 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, and served two terms as president of the American Guild of Variety Artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Penny Singleton is the 11,033rd most popular actor (down from 10,158th in 2024), the 16,045th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,799th in 2019) and the 5,078th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Penny Singleton ranks 11,033 out of 13,578. Before her are Sterling Knight, Mariya Ise, Kate Vernon, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ali Wong, and Huang Shengyi. After her are Sasha Barrese, Lisa Martinek, Liam Aiken, Jason London, Tina Datta, and María Botto.

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Among people born in 1908, Penny Singleton ranks 429. Before her are Sally O'Neil, Helen Twelvetrees, Gene Raymond, Roop Singh, Raja Rao, and Dennis Morgan. After her are Will Lee, and Fearless Nadia. Among people deceased in 2003, Penny Singleton ranks 379. Before her are Johnny Boyd, Slim Dusty, Shawn Lane, Leela Chitnis, Nell Carter, and Chris Brasher. After her are Lauri Aus, Samson Kitur, Jaclyn Linetsky, David Brinkley, Rod Roddy, and Crash Holly.

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Among people born in United States, Penny Singleton ranks 16,052 out of 20,380. Before her are Sterling Knight (1989), Dwight Stones (1953), Cameron Richardson (1979), Matt Mead (1962), Ali Wong (1982), and Gregg Berhalter (1973). After her are Sasha Barrese (1981), Adrian Lamo (1981), Scott E. Parazynski (1961), Troy Aikman (1966), Liam Aiken (1990), and Harris Wofford (1926).

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Among actors born in United States, Penny Singleton ranks 5,081. Before her are Daniella Monet (1989), Jacob Bertrand (2000), Leo Carrillo (1880), Leslie Browne (1957), Sterling Knight (1989), and Ali Wong (1982). After her are Sasha Barrese (1981), Liam Aiken (1990), Jason London (1972), Cody Walker (1988), Max Sandvoss (1980), and John R. Dilworth (1963).

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