• Name: Penelope Ann Miller
  • Date of Birth: January 13, 1964
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Mini-bio: The daughter of Mark Miller, an actor best known for his starring role on the mid-1960s TV sitcom Please Don't Eat the Daisies, actress Penelope Ann Miller was born in California and raised in Texas. ... read moreAfter a year of attending Menlo College, Miller dropped out to train with acting coach Herbert Berghof. Her first role of note was as ditsy ingenue Daisy in the Neil Simon Broadway comedy Biloxi Blues, a role she would later recreate in the film version. For her role in Our Town she was nominated for a Tony award in 1989. In 1987, the blonde, saucer-eyed actress made her film debut in the wacked-out comedy Adventures in Babysitting, after which she costarred with popular leading men ranging from Pee-Wee Herman (Big Top Pee-Wee) to a GOlden Globe nominated performance alongside Al Pacino in Carlito's Way. Some of Miller's best known film roles have included that of Marlon Brando's enigmatic daughter in The Freshman (1990), a brief turn as silent film actress Edna Purviance in Chaplin (1992), and the svelte 1930s pulp heroine Margot Lane in The Shadow (1994). As the 1990s progressed Miller alternated ever more frequently between television and film, tempering high profile roles in The Shadow (1994) and The Relic (1997) with more intimate small screen roles in mini-series The Last Don (1997) and as the titular character in the true-life television feature The Mary Kay Letorneau Story: All American Girl (2000). If her roles in the following years weren't as high profile as in the previous decade, solid performances in Along Came a Spider (2001) and Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003) eventually led to a role in the popular but shortlived Norm Macdonald sitcom A Minute with Stan Hooper. Cast as the titular character's (Macdonald) city-slicker wife, the coupled opted to eschew the city for small town life to Newhart-like effect. Her gift for comedy more obvious than ever, Miller was subsequently cast in the made for television feature National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller, sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is a Golden Globe nominated American actress. She starred in several major Hollywood films during the 1990s, and has continued appearing in supporting roles in both film and television. Penelope Ann Miller

Career

Miller's film debut came in 1987 in Adventures in Babysitting, while in 1988 her Broadway stage role as Emily in Our Town garnered her Tony award nomination. At the same time, she appeared in an episode of the TV series Miami Vice ("Death and The Lady"). In 1990, she played Paula in the Oscar-nominated film Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. She also played in the 1990 movie Downtown with Anthony Edwards and Forest Whitaker. She subsequently appeared in a number of other theatrical movies, notably as Edna Purviance in Chaplin in 1992 and with Al Pacino in Carlito's Way in 1993. Directed by Brian DePalma in that film, Miller shattered her wholesome screen image by playing a stripper and appearing nude in several scenes. Miller co-starred with Marlon Brando (as his daughter) in 1990's The Freshman and with Gregory Peck (as his lawyer) in 1991's Other People's Money. She also appeared in Kindergarten Cop starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Shadow with Alec Baldwin, as well as in the Gary Sinise-directed film Miles from Home. The actress had the leading role in the big-budget creature feature The Relic (1997) as Dr. Margo Green. In 2000, she played scandalous teacher Mary Kay Letourneau in the TV version of a true story, All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story. In 2002, Miller made the film dead in a Heartbeat and starred in a two-part episode of the A&E channel's series A Nero Wolfe Mystery. Her 2005 movie Funny Money was voted the top movie of the Sarasota Film Festival. She appeared in the Fox series Vanished for six episodes, playing the ex-wife of a U.S. senator whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Her 2007 comedy Blonde Ambition co-starring Jessica Simpson and Luke Wilson performed poorly at the box-office. She also guest-starred as Fran on Desperate Housewives. Miller recently appeared in the horror film The Messengers, co-starring Dylan McDermott and Kristen Stewart. The film was produced in part by director Sam Raimi's production company, Ghost House Pictures. Penelope Ann Miller

Personal Life

Miller was born Penelope Andrea Miller in Los Angeles, California, the middle daughter of Beatrice (née Ammidown), a costume designer, publicist, and journalist, and Mark Miller, a television actor and producer; Miller's mother was the goddaughter of Aristotle Onassis, and also edited Harper's Bazaar. Penelope has two sisters, Marisa and Savannah. She moved to New York City to study theater after graduating from high school. In 1994, she married actor Will Arnett; they divorced in 1995. In 2000, she married James Huggins and had her first child, Eloisa May. She enjoys sport. She has long been involved with Judo and has competed in championships (one of her opponents being the 1996 and 2000 Olympics medalist Gella Vandecaveye). At the age of 45, she became pregnant with her second child. Penelope Ann Miller

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Penelope Ann Miller Information:
Eye color: Blue
Height: 5' 7"
Birth name:Penelope Andrea Miller
Notable feature(s): Eyes and Smile
Education: high school in L.A
Family: Father is Mark Miller, First child, daughter Eloisa, Her older sister Marisa Miller is an actress and set decorator, and younger sister Savannah Miller is a social worker and a representative for Arbonne skin care products who lives in Washington state and Stepdaughter of Barbara Stanger.
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