Penelope Windust
Actor
Biography
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.
Windust began her career on Broadway, appearing in a 1967 production of Spofford with Melvyn Douglas, and in 1972 production of Elizabeth I. 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.
Filmography
Bird
as Bellevue Nurse 1988
Iron Will
as Maggie Stoneman 1994
Ghost Town
as Grace 1988
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
as Gloria Beasley 1981
Scandal Sheet
1985
The Nightman
as Mrs. Fordyce 1992
The Call of the Wild
as Rosemary 1976
Cooperstown
as Receptionist 1993
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
as Bernadene Norris 1982
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Harris 1982
Children in the Crossfire
1984
Death Ray 2000
as Emma Blessing 1981